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The parents and grandparents of a woman and her daughter who disappeared with two others from a town in WA's south nearly 20 years ago have joined a new search effort. The private search, made up of a group of volunteers, was organised after WA Police admitted their previous search was carried out in the wrong location.

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00:02Catherine and Jim McDougall have travelled across the country in search of answers.
00:07It is very emotional and sometimes very stressing but I'm glad I'm out there helping.
00:15The pair joining a citizen-led search in thick bushland near Northcliffe,
00:20hoping for any clues as to what happened to their daughter Chantelle
00:24and five-year-old granddaughter Leela, last seen with Simon Cadwill and Tony Poppich in July 2007,
00:32the group now known as the Nanup Four.
00:34It definitely looks like fabric, it's something.
00:37The strip of fabric, one of three items found on day five of the two-week search
00:42and while unlikely to be related to the four missing individuals,
00:46it's buoyed the spirits of all involved.
00:49These little items that we found are not what we think are related to anything to do with the McDougall's.
00:56We think that, you know, it gives us some chance that we can actually locate things that are there.
01:02WA police have previously searched this bushland but admit they were in the wrong spot.
01:07The current search focused on an area where clothing was spotted shortly after the group's disappearance.
01:13We know that was there at some point and if we can relocate that then that puts us in the
01:19area of interest.
01:20All these years, there hasn't sort of been much happening
01:24and for all these people to turn out here and help, it's just absolutely amazing.
01:30A rotating team of nearly 40 volunteers involved.
01:34Restores your faith, there is still a lot of good people out there.
01:37You know, these guys are just doing far and beyond in what you expect.
01:41Search efforts will be stepped up with a cadaver dog team arriving soon to look for any signs of human
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