Prince George, B.C. - The owners  of  a Pinewood Road property  near Isle  Pierre, have been allowed  to return  home,  now  that the RCMP investigative team has completed  its  search for  evidence, in the disappearance  of 25 year  old   Nicole Hoar.

RCMP  will not say  if they have discovered  remains, or  any evidence   from  the   property, saying  only  that  it typically takes some time before  such information could be released. The search  warrant  expired last  night.

Corporal Annie Linteau says there  was no need  to request  an  extension  of  that search warrant.

During the   four days  of  searching, investigators (using trained dogs) were able to identify a couple of areas on the property which needed further investigation as did equipment which  can detect anomalies in the ground. Heavy  equipment was used to  excavate those site, but RCMP will  not  say  if any human remains,  or other evidence linked to the disappearance of Nicole Hoar, were found on the property.

RCMP are  still looking for information on a person who may have some details they need. The person is described as a Caucasian male, who in 2002 was in his mid 50's, had black shoulder length hair, very skinny face, sunken eyes, scruffy appearance, thin glasses, was a smoker and had a pronounced jagged scar on the left side of his neck.  

Investigators  in the region will now follow  up on the more  than 100 tips fromthepublic  they received over their  four days  of the search.

RCMP also expanded the search area over the weekend, including an unauthorized dump area northwest of the primary property. At that site they  located a yellow pick up truck which will be examined for further evidence.  Police have not idicated  if they have  established who owned that vehicle.

As  Opinion 250 reported yesterday,  (see  previous story)  a former owner of the property owned a similar  vehicle,  which he drove to an  interview  with  RCMP  investigators  in August of  2004.   At the  time,  Leland Vincent Switzer  referred to  his  truck  as  a  "bush  truck" .  Switzer is currently serving a  life sentence for the second  degree murder of his brother Irvin. Irvin was shot  and killed  just two days after  Nicole disappeared.

25 year  old Nicole Hoar of Red Deer Alberta was working as a tree planter in the Prince George area when she disappeared  in  2002.   She  was  last seen  hitch hiking  along Highway 16 at  Gauthier Road on June 21,  2002,   as she  headed to Smithers.