Two weeks since a surveillance camera at an Oregon gas station captured the last known images of Al and Rita Chretien, the B.C. couple's family is appealing to the public for help.
RCMP said Monday some tips have started to come in as to their whereabouts.
The couple, in their 50s, left Penticton in their Chevy Astro van on March 19 to head to a Las Vegas trade show. They were reported missing last week by their children after they failed to return home.
Their son, Ray Chretien, told reporters Monday that there are only two possibilities about what could have happened to his parents: a car accident or foul play.
"Wherever they are they're not safe. We know that. They're not safe. They would be home, they would have contacted us if they were going to be delayed," he said.
The only comfort the police can provide is in the way of resources by the RCMP and their counterparts in the United States.
Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said three U.S. state police agencies in Oregon, Nevada and Idaho are working the case, in addition to "a multitude" of city police departments and up to eight country police departments.
Police have confirmed the Chretiens crossed the border at Oroville, Wash. The last glimpse authorities have of the couple was when they stopped for gas and a snack in Baker City, Oregon.
"It was good to have that look at them last Saturday night on the camera we know they were alive and well on that day," Ray Chretien said.
"But we were hoping to move forward and find them soon, because it is hard to be patient. We're trying to be patient but it's hard."
It was banking activity that led authorities to that surveillance tape. But since that day there's been no activity at all.
Investigators and the family believe the next big clue will probably come in the form of a tip. The story has generated a lot of attention in Canada but they're hoping for more coverage on the U.S. side to generate more information.
Moskaluk said there is no indication so far that the couple was met with foul play.
