Search continues for mother, son

SEATTLE – Despite searches by divers, boats and aircraft, investigators have yet to turn up any solid leads in the weekend disappearance of a Silverdale, Wash., woman and her 8-year-old son.

Shantina “Kat” Smiley, 29, and her son were en route from their Kitsap County home to her stepfather’s house in southwest Washington when they vanished.

The van Smiley drove was found Sunday, abandoned and partially submerged in water on a remote Puget Sound beach in the Olympia area.

Her fiance, Robb Simmons, said Tuesday that Smiley is a recovering alcoholic who relapsed last week, KING-TV reported.

Simmons said she had been under stress lately.

But he said he doesn’t believe the relapse played any role in her disappearance.