King County Search Dogs

February 2006

3-Feb-06
06-????
Tukwila
1000 start for planned water search along Duwamish River. We had a limited callout with three search dog teams. The subject was the possible victim of a homicide and a tip identified this search area. Stacie Chandler and Sage located the subject about 1/4 mile north of the casino on the east side of the bank. (18.5 hrs)

4-Feb-06
06-0323
Bellevue
1330 callout for missing 75 yo female in Bellevue. We responded with one trailing team, 9 personnel total. The subject was missing from her family residence since 0900 hrs. While our trailing team was getting started, the subject was located by a hasty ESAR team four houses away from her residence, deep down a trail. She was evacuated by ESAR and delivered to EMS. (19.5 hrs)

11-Feb-06
06-ES-061
Tiger Mtn.
0800 start for planned cadaver search on Tiger Mtn. We responded with seven cadaver teams, 13 personnel total. A skull, identified as one of the Green River Victims was located along a logging road. We were searching for more remains. Nothing more was located. (84.5 hrs)

13-Feb-06
06-0416
Shoreline
0100 callout for missing male dementia patient in Shoreline. We responded with three trailing teams, 7 personnel total. The subject had walked away from his residence 24 hours prior. The trailing teams were unable to establish a direction of travel, possibly due to a poor scent article. (Subject located several days later at Pike Place Market in Seattle) (21 hrs)

18-Feb-06
06-0461
Federal Way
0700 start for planned water search for missing 54 yo male in Lake Dolloff. We responded with for water search teams. The subject went for a boat ride at 0330 hrs and did not return. The teams reported a general area of interest, but no hard alerts. The subject was located several hundred feet away, upwind, at his dock. (26 hrs)

18-Feb-06
06-0478
Issaquah, Marysville
2230 callout for missing 65 yo male from Fall City. We responded with two trailing teams, 3 personnel total. The subject was a former Project Lifesaver participant, but who had lost or otherwise destroyed his bracelet. Evidence put him at the Issaquah Park and Ride. The trailing teams confirmed he had been there. The trailing teams then went to his former residence in Marysville and determined that he had not been there. (He turned up in Everett the following day.) (11 hrs)

20-Feb-06
06-0500
Fall City
2200 callout, again, for missing 65 yo male from Fall City. We responded with two trailing teams, 4 personnel total. The subject had been returned home and was again on the road, having been seen by a neighbor at 1900 hrs walking south on the road. The trailing teams had started, confirming the direction of travel, when the subject was picked up by Marysville PD while sitting on a Community Transit bus near his residence. (14 hrs)

21-Feb-06
06-0503
Sultan
1730 callout for missing 52 yo female near Sultan. We responded with one trailing and two airscent teams; four personnel total. The subject had last been seen at 0800 the previous day. Her vehicle was located at 1300 hours the day of the search. It was presumed this was her third suicide attempt in several weeks. While the teams were working in the field, the subject, who was deceased, was located by a Pierce County dog team, approximately 100 yards from her vehicle. (28.5 hrs)

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