Friends believe new video footage is missing woman Holly Ellsworth-Clark
Stephanie Babych
Updated: February 12, 2020
''Family friends Andrea Llewellyn and Elle McFearsin, who watched the video at a coffee shop in Calgary, told Postmedia that the family is confident the woman is Ellsworth-Clark, though her face isn’t clear in the footage. The two, who have been integral in co-ordinating the search for Ellsworth-Clark, won’t publicly release the video because Hamilton police can’t confirm the identity of the woman, said Llewellyn.
“This is renewed hope. We’ve been searching for weeks and weeks, and now there’s an image on our phones of what looks to be Holly . . . The family and search crew know Holly very well, so looking at the video we see her mannerisms, her assertive stride, her shoes, shoe size and her hair,” McFearsin said Tuesday, adding that the woman in the video walks past one of the many missing-person’s posters with Ellsworth-Clark’s face on it.''
Det. John Obrovac with Hamilton police spoke with Ellsworth-Clark’s family on Tuesday to discuss the video.
“Her family is hopeful it’s her and they feel that they have a high degree of certainty that it’s her, but we are all in agreement that we can’t say 100 per cent that it’s her. I definitely cannot say it’s 100 per cent her in the video,” said Obrovac.''
''Ellsworth-Clark’s bank accounts have remained untouched but the woman in the video is wearing different clothes than what Ellsworth-Clark left her home with. Llewellyn said there are many unanswered questions about what’s happened.
“We want to piece together this puzzle of where Holly is, where is she going and answer all the why questions, too,” said Llewellyn. “Even if it’s her in the video, we can’t conclusively say she’s OK and not at risk. Everything is speculation.”
