76 YEARS OLD AND STILL MISSING

ALISO VIEJO (CNS) - A 76-year-old Aliso Viejo woman who left her home
last week after a spat with her husband remained missing today, and authorities
were prepared to scale back the search for her.
Orange County Sheriff's Department Lt. Mike Jansen said an intensive
operation, using search and rescue teams, bloodhounds, cadaver dogs and
helicopters, has turned up no trace of Margot Walters, who left her Vista del
Cerro home sometime about 3 a.m. Friday.
"They've searched as much as they can now," Jansen said. "We've
exhausted our means."
No one has reported seeing the woman and despite extensive media
coverage of the search, she has not contacted anyone, although she was not
believed to have taken money or a cellular telephone, said Jim Amormino of the
Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies are expected to keep up some activity in connection with the
woman, but not on the essentially full-time basis that has marked much of the
effort so far, Jansen said.
Deputies with dogs combed the canyons near Aliso and Wood Canyons
Wilderness Park for Walters. The home she shares with her husband is next to
the park.
Walters has been described as about 5 feet 6 inches and 130 pounds, with
brown hair and gray eyes, Amormino said.
The area adjacent to the home "is a greenbelt area," Jansen said.
"After a while, you're going to need some water."
It is not considered a habitat area for mountain lions, which roam
toward the eastern edge of Orange County, across a ridge from the area adjacent
to the Walters' home, Jansen said.
Walters' husband has issued pleas for his wife's return during the
search, telling reporters that the fight between them was a minor one and he
would never harm his wife.
"I called her a name and she didn't like that," Egon Walters told the
Orange County Register. "Please forgive, forgive, for everyone's sake. I want
you back and everyone wants you back."

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