Search underway in Yukon for woman missing since Monday

Police in Carmacks, Yukon, areputting a search party together to look for a woman missing sinceMonday.

RCMP say 36-year-old Sarah Ruth Kruse, also known as Sarah Thompson, was last seen in the Carmacks/Pelly Crossing area.

In a news release on Thursday, police said they were working with Yukon conservation officers as well assearch and rescue volunteers to organize the search.

Police advisedlocal residents that they may see a lot of activity in the area on Thursday as the search party is mobilized.

Anybody with information about Kruse's whereabouts is asked to contact Carmacks RCMP at 867-863-5555.