It would have definitely made a difference. They wouldn't have been waiting days to hear a response from the RCMP and then told to wait a little bit longer. It would have been instant.
When the RCMP learned about the second woman, it was instant. The word was out. Media was out there. There were people walking arm in arm in the fields in Portage la Prairie looking for this woman. The same search was not done for Jennifer Catcheway.