King County Search Dogs

December 2001

December 1, 2001
01-3164
Kent, Des Moines
0900 start for an evidence search in an urban area. We responded with five cadaver dog teams. These were three former residences of a suspect in four homicides. The areas searched included back yards and crawl spaces. Some areas of interest reported during the search but nothing located in ensuing excavation. (81.5 hrs)

December 2, 2001
01-3164
Kent, Des Moines
0900 start for an evidence search in an urban area. We responded with five cadaver dog teams. The areas searched included back yards and crawl spaces. Nothing of significance was located. (47.5 hrs)

December 8, 2001
01-ES-060
Des Moines
0830 start for an evidence search in a rural area. We responded with five cadaver teams. The search area was a 1.5 acre parcel that was vacant at the time the suspect lived nearby. Teams assisted with clearing lanes through the brush to allow the cadaver dogs to work nearby. The dog teams worked with negative results at this site. The teams also worked an alternate address, identified by KCSO detectives with negative results. (71.5 hrs)

December 11, 2001
01-3248
Renton
1530 callout for a missing 65 yo male in an urban area. We responded with one airscent and two trailing teams. The subject was last seen previous day at 0700 hrs at care home. Both trailing teams worked from residence to nearby bus stop and stopped working, indicating the subject had taken a bus. We suspended the search at that time. (No KCSO Deputy, nor any other unit, responded to the mission.) (17.5 hrs) [The subject was located in Walla Walla two days after the search.]

December 15, 2001
01-3182
Renton
2000 callout for a missing 69 yo male in an urban area. We responded with two trailing and two airscent teams. The subject had been placed in the facility the previous day after spending time at a local hospital while recovering from a stroke. He was last seen at 1615 hrs near the entry of the facility. Marcia Koenig with Coyote started a trail at the facility's front door and worked to the west then south and found the subject within 100 yards of the front door on a small path in blackberries. The subject was mildly hypothermic and was carried back to the residence for care by the nursing staff. No other units deployed due to the swiftness of the find. This was the classic Alzheimer's subject as he walked 15 feet into blackberries and stopped. He could have turned around and got back to the pavement quite easily. (23 hrs)

December 15, 2001
01-3182
Bellevue
2300 callout for a missing 79 yo male in an urban area. We responded with three trailing and two airscent teams. The subject lives alone and had not been heard from since the day before. There is some history of early Alzheimer's (short term memory loss, paranoia, etc.) Subject had been seen at a local supermarket; the trail at this location was inconclusive. The subject had also been reported being seen at Crossroads Mall. The three trailing dogs confirmed he had been there and worked a trail to adjacent bus stops. We recommended suspending the search at that time. (29.5 hrs) [ The subject was located at Tacoma Mall (30 miles away) the next day.]

December 21, 2001
01-3322
Renton
0130 callout for a missing 39 yo female in an urban area. We responded with two trailing and three airscent teams. The subject was a patient at a hospital for medical condition associated with brain tumors and pneumonia. She was last seen in her hospital room at 2330 hours two hours before callout. The trailing teams started at the two probable exits of the facility and airscent teams started working the grounds and immediate businesses. During a perimeter sweep of building exits, Andy Rebmann with Griz located the subject huddled against an exterior wall of the building, mildly hypothermic and unable to walk. (29.5 hrs)

December 26, 2001
01-3355
Kirkland
1230 callout for a missing 86 yo male in an urban area. We responded with 6 people but were turned around when the subject was located by a Metro bus driver at a nearby Park and Ride lot. (6.5)

December 26, 2001
01-3357
Shoreline
1600 callout for a missing 78 yo male from residence in an urban area. We responded with 11 people when the subject was located 1.5 miles from PLS prior to teams arriving at base. (12 hrs)

December 27, 2001
01-2697
Kent
1230 callout for a cadaver search for the dementia subject of past searches. We responded with two cadaver teams. No human remains were located in the search area. (4 hrs)

December 28, 2001
01-3364
Shoreline
0000 callout for a missing 52 yo male in an urban area. We responded with three trailing and four airscent teams. The subject suffer ed from schizophrenia and had a history of wandering. Airscent teams worked parks and green belts. Trailing teams did not find any conclusive direction of travel. The subject was located about 0600 hours over 2 miles from his residence by police. ( 55 hrs)