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DPS search turns up no trace of Zhao
Search continues today as scuba diving instructor’s mysterious disappearance now on 3rd week
The Department of Public Safety’s search teams have already covered wide areas of the island but have yet to unearth any signs of missing scuba diving instructor Mei Hua Zhao.
A DPS source disclosed over the weekend that teams conducted searches in Marpi, Naftan, and Obyan Beach areas.
The teams also checked the former La Fiesta Mall in San Roque, where a bartender was found murdered in February 2012.
DPS teams are expected to continue the search today, Monday.
The source said there was no search last weekend as officers were given a break for the All Souls’ Day celebration.
The source also stated that there was no truth to rumors that a body was found inside a sack at a jungle in Marpi. What was found was a sack that contained a dead pig, the source said.
The search for the 25-year-old Zhao is now on its third wee, but authorities still have found no trace of her.
DPS acting spokesman Jason Tarkong last week also denied rumors that a body was found in Garapan.
Zhao’s husband, Guang Zhe Xuan, 45, owns Go Pro Diving on Tinian and Saipan.
Zhao’s last communication with Xuan was last Oct. 19. At that time, Xuan was on Tinian while his wife was reportedly in Gualo Rai after she had just finished a diving excursion with customers.
Xuan was reported missing the following day. Zhao’s Toyota Tacoma was found by her friends the following day, Oct. 20, parked behind Joker’s Bar in Garapan.
