At 18:50 on Tuesday, the police announced that the search operation will continue on a smaller scale during the night towards Wednesday. The reason is that the darkness hinders the search work.
"During the day, the police have worked on gathering information, but no findings have led to the missing persons being found," the police write on their website.
The couple is from Mjölby and relatives contacted the police on Monday after the man and woman could not be reached, according to Corren. The couple's car has been found a few kilometers east of Boxholm.
The longer time passes, the worse the prospects become, says Mats Pettersson, press spokesperson for the police, and continues:
The car has been parked in the same spot since Friday, we know that because we have spoken to hunters and other people in the area.
The couple was well-prepared and well-dressed, according to Mats Pettersson, who describes the current search area as wilderness.
Today's search operation is larger than yesterday's, as the police primarily searched the area near the parked car.
Dog patrols and drones were already used on Monday.
