Concerns for jogger in fourth day of search
The search for missing jogger Kim Bambus is entering its fourth day.
Police are still keeping an open mind on what has happened to Bambus.
Yesterday Detective Inspector Hayden Mander said people had survived for longer, but as time went on they had greater concern for the 21-year-old.
“We very much remain hopeful that she remains alive.
“We really don’t know what’s happened to Kim . . . All we know is that she’s missing and we’re trying to find her. There are an endless number of possibilities.”
Bambus told her friends she was going for a run at Piha on Friday morning but never returned.
Her worried friends drove out to the beach on Auckland’s west coast and found her car, with her cellphone still inside, parked at the entrance to Ahu Ahu Track ( Mercer Bay loop track), which traverses the vast cliff faces above the beach.
Police and search and rescue volunteers spent Saturday combing the area, with teams abseiling down the sheer cliffs to look for Bambus.
Helicopters scanned the coastline, while Bambus’ family and friends anxiously waited for news.
Her sister, Storm, said she got a call on Friday night saying Kim had not returned to her Ponsonby flat.
“I drove down and obviously the search and rescue started. There were helicopters all [Friday] night, dogs searching for her,” she said.
“We’re assuming that she went for a run or a walk there and she hasn’t been heard of since.”
Kim started working as a nurse at Middlemore Hospital a couple of months ago.
Her family is from the Bay of Islands, but Kim moved to Auckland about four years ago.
Mander urged anyone who had a CCTV system in and around Log Race Rd and the Ahu Ahu track or anyone who had used the tracks on Friday to call police on 0800 528 33.