Search Intensifies for Missing Woman

Friends of Gail Palmgren have organized their first search effort in Wetumpka, spreading the word about the Tennessee mother's disappearance.
Stacks of donated flyers were printed then placed on windshields and handed to countless people in Wetumpka. It's the determination of about a dozen friends, neighbors, as well as complete strangers to Gail Palmgren, a 44-year-old mother of two who's from near Chattanooga, Tennessee, who's gone missing.
"I think somebody knows something that'll just speak up and say something. If we get the word out and the picture out somebody will recognize," said Brandie Lowery, who met Palmgren just last year.
"Maybe somebody will see this flyer and say 'I've seen this Jeep. I've seen this lady'," said Janet Steed, who doesn't know Palmgren at all.
Palmgren and her 2010 Jeep Rubicon vanished more than three weeks ago. The last time anyone saw her was April 30th in her hometown of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, but the night before she was in Wetumpka where she owns a vacation home on Lake Jordan.
"What if somebody did see it? What if somebody sees the vehicle? There's hope, until you find the person there's always that hope and that's what you hold on to," said Arlene Durham.
Durham considers Gail Palmgren one of her best friends and now is heading up the search in Wetumpka to find any information she can, passing out 2,000 flyers in only an hour's time.
It's a search that began in Palmgren's hometown shortly after her disappearance, where friends and family there are worried sick.
"Please. She has got two little kids at home that miss their mommy. I'm begging you please help us find my sister," said Palmgren's sister Diane Nichols.
"I really believe she was scared of something. She would never leave her kids alone this long," said Palmgren's Tennessee neighbor Susie Button.
Those closest to Gail Palmgren will not give up, from her hometown of Signal Mountain, Tennessee to her vacation getaway of Wetumpka, Alabama, they are doing what they can.
"I want my friend and I can't find her. I want the closure one way or another," said Durham.
Arlene Durham is one determined friend. She will drive from Elmore County to the Chattanooga area tomorrow where she says she will spend the next three weeks looking for her friend.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee is now assisting Signal Mountain Police in the search for Gail Palmgren.
The Elmore County Sheriff's Office is not investigating the case because they believe no foul play happened there.