Missing teen's family clings to hope after flyer campaign www.thenownewspaper.com
November 22, 2006

Brittany Stalman's family and friends bombarded North Delta with flyers on Sunday, hoping to generate some clues as to the missing teen's whereabouts. The 17-year-old North Deltan has been missing since a week ago Monday, when she was last seen walking away from the family's house in the 7400-block of Crawford Drive. Brittany took no money with her and went out with just the clothes she was wearing and a pink walkman. More than 100 people helped with the leaflet campaign. Neighbours, friends and family "all out" blanketed the North Delta area with flyers on Sunday, said Brittany's mother Sandra. "We probably put out 10,000 flyers yesterday," she said Monday. "We were handing them out at Safeway stores, putting them in people's grocery bags, putting them in people's mailboxes_" But at press time Brittany's loved ones still hadn't heard from her. "The news is the same, unfortunately," Sandra said. Rumours that Brittany had run off with her boyfriend are bogus, Sandra told the Now. "Her boyfriend is extremely distraught over all of this. "If she's out there, we would just like her to call someone, contact anyone, it doesn't matter," the worried mom pleads. "Whatever the problem is, it can be dealt with. We just want her back, we want to hear from her. If she's able to, just phone one of her friends - anybody - just to let us know that she's out there." Brittany has a history of depression but had never run away before. She's a North Delta secondary student and until recently worked at Gourmet Pita in Nordel. She was last seen wearing a black zip-up bomber jacket, grey sweatpants and blue and white Puma runners. She's five feet six inches tall, 110 pounds and has long brown hair and brown eyes. She used to wear braces but they were recently removed. Anyone with information is asked to contact Delta police Const. Deanna Church at 604-946-4411.