A search is underway for a 32-year-old woman last seen in Annapolis County on Saturday afternoon.
Nova Scotia RCMP say Kerstin Marie Wetter, who is five foot four inches tall with long blond hair and hazel eyes, went missing from a “loved ones” home near the 9500 block of Highway 10 in Nictaux at around 1:20 p.m Saturday.
She was wearing light blue jeans and a black tank top, police say.
“They were outside in the yard,” said RCMP Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay on Sunday. “When the loved ones came back outside, Kerstin was not present.”
Tremblay said Wetter left her car at the residence and it’s believed she departed on foot.
Search and rescue operations began after she was reported missing at 8 p.m. Saturday, he said.
On Sunday, approximately 50 people were part of the active search, including volunteers from ground search and rescue teams in Lunenburg, Yarmouth, Clare, Annapolis Valley, Annapolis County, West Hants, and North Queens.
Tremblay said air support is being provided by a Department of Natural Resources helicopter and that remotely piloted aircraft systems from the RCMP and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association have been deployed.
At 2:35 p.m. Sunday, a vulnerable person’s report was issued by the RCMP asking for public assistance to locate Wetter.
Police say they are concerned for her well-being. They added that she has tattoos of flowers on her right shoulder and left hip, along with a tattoo of roman numerals on her left shoulder and an inscription on her left forearm.
Anyone with information about Wetter’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers or to call the Annapolis District RCMP directly.