King County Search Dogs

January and February 2001

January 11, 2001
01-0082
Burien
2130 callout for a missing 75 yo male Alzheimer's patient in an urban area. We responded with one trailing and six airscent teams. The subject was last seen 1/2 mile from his residence asking directions. The airscent teams worked local parks and greenbelts and the trailing team worked from PLS, past the residence, onto a freeway heading eastbound. The subject was located at a hospital in a town east of the PLS. (75.5 hrs)

January 12, 2001
01-0081
Manson, Chelan County
0500 callout for 2 missing 10 yo males in a rural area. We responded with two airscent teams. The subjects had been missing since the previous day. They were found by divers in a nearby lake. (38 hrs)

January 21, 2001
01-0144
Seattle
0400 callout for a missing 65 yo female Alzheimer's patient in an urban area. The subject was heard leaving her residence at midnight. We responded with two trailing and two airscent teams. While the airscent teams started on parks and greenbelts the trailing teams worked northward from the residence. The subject was located by a citizen 18 blocks north of residence in fair condition. (31 hrs)

January 25, 2001
01-0184
Bellevue
1900 callout for a missing 6 yo male in an urban area. We responded with 16 people and were turned around when the subject was located in a tree by early SAR responders. Apparently, the subject was having trouble at school for 2nd day in a row and was not looking forward to going home. (8.5 hrs)

January 25, 2001
01-0171
Seattle
1200 callout for a speculative evidence search for Seattle Police Department in an urban area. Limited callout as requested with only two cadaver dogs. No items were located. (11 hrs)

February 11, 2001
01-0312
Sammamish
0700 callout for a missing 84 yo female in a care home in a rural area. We responded with 13 people and were turned around when the subject was located in another bed during second check of facility. (17.5 hrs)

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