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The search for Melissa McDevitt near Sooke Potholes has been called off, after a weekend blitz by more than 170 searchers.

Melissa McDevitt was last seen in Sooke on Dec. 10

Given the amount of time since Victoria woman Melissa McDevitt went missing, the search is likely a recovery mission, search-and-rescue officials say.

Search-and-rescue teams are briefly pausing their efforts as they prepare for an expanded push on the weekend to find Melissa McDevitt.

The search for a woman missing in the Sooke Hills park area of Vancouver Island has been scaled back to give crews a break after five days of searching.

The search for Melissa McDevitt, who was last seen in surveillance video as she headed out to hike on Friday, Dec. 7, 2022, was found Saturday in a parking lot.

On Tuesday afternoon, Tom McDevitt pulled into the Charters River parking lot in Sooke to join in the search for his missing daughter Melissa McDevitt.

CCTV footage shows McDevitt heading to the trails at Sooke Potholes

Police and rescue volunteers are searching for an avid hiker whose vehicle was found abandoned Saturday at the Sooke Potholes, west of Victoria.

Melissa McDevitt was supposed to fly from Victoria to Vancouver, but never got on the plane