King County Search Dogs

August 2000

August 12, 2000
00-2036
Bellevue
1830 callout to assist local police who located clothing in a park and asked for limited KCSD response for speculative search. We responded with one trailing and two cadaver teams. A young girl's clothing had been found stuffed below rocks near a stream. The cadaver teams located no human remains in the park. The trailing team followed a route out of the park and into the neighborhood. The search was suspended pending further investigation into or a report of a missing person. ( 27 hrs)

August 13-14, 2000
00-2039
Steven's Pass
1830 callout for two missing hikers in the Steven's pass area. We responded with one trailing and two airscent teams. The subject's car had no good scent articles so we were limited to the airscent teams. The subjects had been the object of an all day search of trail heads to locate their vehicle as it was known they were hiking somewhere along Highway 2, just now specifically where. KCSARA 4x4 located vehicle at trail head. Snohomish Cty was lead agency for search. The airscent teams were deployed trail running towards nearby lakes. Search command recalled the teams to search base at 0300 hrs. Subjects walked out 4 miles to west in morning. The male subject was a macho, backwoods type who liked to travel cross country, the female subject was not an experienced hiker. (85.5 hrs)

August 17, 2000
00-2089
Middle Fork Snoqualmie
0900 callout for 4 missing hikers at Dutch River Trail. We responded with two personnel and were turned around when the subjects were located by ESAR hasty teams. (4 hrs)

August 16-17, 2000
00-2090
Snoqualmie Pass
2000 callout to assist with the carry out of an injured 72 yo male hiker at Lodge Lake. We responded with 7 personnel. The subject decided he wanted to walk out so our personnel returned home and let ESAR handle the assist. (42 hrs)

August 20, 2000
00-ES026
Petrovisky Road
1000 callout for an evidence search at crime scene for clues. We responded with 5 cadaver teams. We located no additional clues during this search. (92 hrs)

August 26, 2000
00-2181
Stampede Pass
0330 callout for a missing male near Stampede Pass. We responded with two airscent teams. We were turned around when the subject was located by a 4x4 unit on a logging road. There was some question as to the subject's sobriety. (21 hrs)

August 28, 2000
00-2213
Burien
1030 callout for missing 6 & 7 yo children in an urban area. We responded with three trailing and two airscent teams. We were turned around when the subjects were located by KCSO deputies. (6.5 hrs)

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