Search for missing person 02-01-2011

THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING 53-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN ATTALA COUNTY. VICKIE ELLINGTON WAS LAST SEEN LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY AT A WAL-MART PARKING LOT IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. SHE LIVED ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO ON COUNTY ROAD 5216. ELLINGTON OWNS A PHYSICAL FITNESS BUSINESS IN KOSCIUSKO. HER EMPLOYEES DESCRIBE HER AS A WONDERFUL WOMAN. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING ALONG COUNTY ROAD 5216. SHERIFF WILLIAM LEE SAID HE HAD NO NEW INFORMATION BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS NOT MISSING SOMETHING ON HER PROPERTY. HE SECURED VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS, ALONG WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP IN THE SEARCH.  THE SEARCH CONTINUED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HER CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT IN LOUISVILLE, AND SHE WAS SEEN WALKING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.