King County Search Dogs

January and February 1998

January 10, 1998
98-008432
Woodinville
0930 callout for a Missing 77 yo female Alzheimer's subject in Woodinville area. Turnaround page at 1030 hrs prior to teams entering field. (10.5 hrs)

January 14, 1998
98-0074
Issaquah (Beaver Lake)
1500 callout for a missing 79 yo female Alzheimer's subject in Beaver Lake area outside of Issaquah, a suburban area with houses on 1/4 acre lots. Subject went for daily walks as part of her routine. However, on this day, there was a heavy rainstorm that came through the area and the weather went from 50-degrees and overcast to 40-degrees and raining. We deployed three trailing teams from the residence to establish direction of travel and extent of search area. Concurrent to this, we deployed airscent dog teams in the nearby parks and greenbelts. The trailing teams travelled to a nearby arterial but did not progress beyond this point. This event lead to two conclusions: the subject was picked up at this location or the subject returned to the house. We next deployed an airscent dog team, handler Eric Swenson and German Shepard Jasper, starting at this arterial and working the residential yards back towards the residence. Jasper alerted on the subject in the backyard of a residence several doors down from the subject's residence. She was severely hypothermic and was (carefully) transported in a heated ambulance to a local hospital where she recovered from this event. (74 hrs)

January 18, 1998
98-0101
NNW of Ellensburg, Kitsap County
1800 callout for a missing snow sled driver in Kittitas County. We responded with two avalanche dog teams and support. After arriving at search base, we learned that another search dog group had arrived before us and were preparing to take the 15-mile snow mobile ride to the scene. Our teams returned home without leaving base. The subject was located, deceased, the next day by search dogs. (37 hrs)

January 29, 1998
98-0148
Des Moines
0130 callout for a missing 82 yo male in a urban area. We responded with a trailing team and two airscent teams, plus support. The mission was secured at 0330 hours when the subject's daughter called to say he was in a local hospital. (17.5 hrs)

February 11, 1998
98-ES008
Bothell, Snohomish County
0800 callout for a planned evidence search at an urban construction site where human bones were found. We responded with two cadaver dog teams, with support. The teams located some "items" for the detectives. (35.5 hrs)

February 21, 1998
98-0285
Bryn Mawr (Renton)
0030 callout for a missing 73 yo male in an urban area. We responded with two trailing teams and one airscent team. We were turned around en route when the subject was located 1 block away by a police officer. (3.5 hrs)

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