King County Search Dogs

May 2004

May 7, 2004
04-0929
Orcas Island, San Juan County
0600 start for planned search for missing 44 yo male on Orcas Island, San Juan County. We responded with one trailing and six airscent teams, 6 personnel total. The subject had disappeared eight days earlier after leaving a suicide note and abandoning his car near a lake. We were called in to assist the San Juan county teams who had been working for a week without luck. The airscent teams initially covered areas previously searched and then covered new areas. Dog team 2 worked a trail from the PLS to a quarry and back to, and beyond, the PLS, but stopped working due to time and needing a rest. In the second round of searches, Trulee, and his handler Greg Varney, located the subject on the hillside above the vehicles, approximately 150 yards up the hill. The subject was deceased, with what appeared to be a self-infliced gunshot wound to the chest. The body was still in rigor mortis. Additionally, the body was in an area previously searched in the first few days of the search. (103 hrs)

May 11, 2004
04-1042
Seattle
0015 callout for missing 8 yo male in Seattle. OL: 25. Support: 2, 4, 8, 22. Callout: 23. The subject did not return home from school the previous day. SPD requested a limited callout for trailing teams to see if they could develop a direction of travel. Prior to our teams deploying in the field, the subject was located by a SPD bicycle patrol, within 1 block of the subject's apartment. He was cold and hungry, but otherwise in good condition. (14 hrs)

May 15, 2004
04-ES-021
Bellevue
0900 start for planned cadaver search of residence in Bellevue. We responded with three cadaver teams, 4 personnel total. The subject has been missing since 1985. The missing person lived in the residence and was married several weeks. The backyard and crawl space were searched with no indications by the teams. (14 hrs)

May 26, 2004
04-1211
1830 callout for mission that was turned around quickly. We had seven folks on the way when we were turned around. (4.5 hrs)

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