King County Search Dogs

January 2002

January 6, 2002
02-0050
Arlington
0530 callout for missing 57 yo male walkaway in a rural area. We responded with two trailing and three airscent teams to this out-of-county search in Snohomish County. The subject had been reported missing the previous day and we were assisting the local teams who had been searching for a while. The subject was known to take long walks. Although the subject's depression was controlled with medications, the meds had not been taken for over 24 hours and the search urgency was increasing. The subject located by an ESAR team several miles from PLS, alive and well. ( 113 hrs)

January 14, 2002
02-0112
Mt. Si
0020 callout for missing 30 yo male hiker overdue on Mt. Si trail. We responded with a trailing team and two airscent teams. The subject was last seen at residence at 1400 hours with expectation of returning from hike on up mountain at 2000 hrs. The trailing team worked from the vehicle, with a gauze pad scent article from the door handle on driver's side of vehicle. The team worked the parking lot and started up trail. The subject's were located cold but otherwise OK by a hasty ESAR team 2+ miles from trailhead at 0230 hours. We thanked the ESAR team for saving us the hike! (12 hrs)

January 17, 2002
02-0133
Renton
0330 callout for missing 36 yo female in urban area. OL: 2. We responded with two trailing and two airscent teams. The subject was last seen 1630 hours previous day at residence. Described as being off anti-psychotic drugs, subject was catatonic when last seen by the RP (husband). Trailing dogs worked from residence and airscent teams worked parks and greenbelts. Based on a sighting several blocks away at 2330 hours (prior to our callout), trailing dogs worked a 5 block trail before losing the trail at a nearby business area. The subject was located around 1100 hours by Boeing Renton security when they spotted the subject just inside one of their fences. Subject was cold and scratched from crossing the fence and admitted to Harborview. (40 hrs)

January 23, 2002
01-ES-60
Auburn
1700 callout to assist with evidence search in rural area. We reponded with three cadaver teams. SAR teams were called after construction workers located a skull in a truckload of material removed from a streambed. Our cadaver dogs searched the soil offloaded from dump trucks as well as assisting with the shovelling and sifting operations. (33.5 hrs)

January 24, 2002
01-ES-60
Auburn
0800 start for continuation of evidence search in rural area from previous day. We reponded with three personnel to assist with the forensic evidence recovery (sifting !) (16 hrs)

January 26, 2002
01-ES-60
Auburn
0800 start for continuation of evidence search in rural area. OL: 1. We responded with three cadaver teams. The teams searched the area of the stream near where remains were located with no additional finds. (23.5 hrs)

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