Prince George, B.C. - The man who has spent several years looking for clues in the deaths and disappearances of 9 women along Highway 16 says he is getting more calls offering tips and his phone has been ringing off the wall since the RCMP converged on an Isle Pierre area property to search for evidence   in the disappearance of   25 year old tree planter Nicole Hoar.

Speaking on the “Meisner” program on CFISFM this morning, private investigator Ray Michalko says the Isle Pierre region is an area he had   looked at in his investigations but did not conduct door to door interviews  “There is no cell service there, no one knew I was   there, and there are pit bulls everywhere. I like to think I’m getting smarter as I get older.”

Michalko  believes the disappearances and deaths are the result of several people   “I would go out on a limb and say at least half of the 9 cases I was working on were people who were in the wrong places at the wrong time. I don’t think it will be proven that one person killed all the people who disappeared.”

For him the information  increases whenever the investigation   hits the news, “Normally I get four or five calls a week,   but when something like this ( weekend search of the Isle Pierre property) hits the news, for me, the information just increases.,  Yesterday I got calls from Edmonton.” 

“I would be interested in seeing the search warrant, and it likely says they received information they thought was credible, so that’s good” but he doesn’t believe searchers found anything of substance. The RCMP search team left the property  yesterday, hours before the search warrant expired.    Corporal Annie Linteau   advised   Opinion 250   there were no plans to extend that warrant.

Michalko says he hopes to be back in the region to continue his investigation  before the   snow flies but he says following up clues and tips can be frustrating as   he   must turn that information over to the RCMP without the benefit of the RCMP sharing any information  with him that could further his efforts “As a private investigator, I don’t have the authority to charge someone, so I need the RCMP and    whether the RCMP like it or not  I’m going to be here for awhile.”