Detectives are continuing their search for Rachael Anderson.
But after more than two months since the 41-year-old Clarkston woman's disappearance, the flow of information to detectives has slowed to a trickle.
Fewer tips are coming in now than there were two months ago, noted Moscow Assistant Police Chief David Duke, and the task force is meeting less regularly to discuss the case.
"It's still coming in, but it's obviously a lot slower than it was to begin with," Clarkston Police Detective Dan Combs said.
The task force, which Combs said was meeting as often as twice a week, is now meeting on an as-needed basis. The task force last met on June 11, Combs said.
Detectives assigned to the case are renewing requests to the public for information, encouraging anyone with a possible tip as to Anderson's disappearance to report it to police, regardless of how minute it may seem.
Amber Griswold, Anderson's oldest daughter, said she hasn't talked to the task force about her mother's disappearance in a few weeks. Waiting has been difficult for Anderson's children, she said, and their mother's birthday earlier this month was an especially hard day. But Anderson is never far from her daughter's mind.
Much of the case has been referred back to the Clarkston Police Department, and Clarkston Police Chief Joel Hastings said it remains a suspicious missing-person case.
Anderson's estranged husband, Charles A. Capone of Moscow, was the last person known to have seen his wife April 16 in Moscow. Capone, 48, has been named a person of interest in his wife's disappearance, and is presently awaiting trial on unrelated federal weapons charges.
Capone, a twice-convicted felon, is in custody of the Bonner County Jail without bond on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm that court documents allege he possessed in October 2009 and February. He pleaded innocent to the charges last month and is scheduled for trial July 6.
Detectives note Capone has not been charged in connection with his wife's disappearance, nor has he been named as a suspect.
"It's still an active investigation," he said. "Of course the case is going to remain open until there's developments."
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