King County Search Dogs

May 2005

May 1, 2005
05-1096
North Seattle
1230 callout for a missing 55 yo black male from North Seattle. We responded with two trailing and three airscent teams, 11 personnel total. The subject had walked away from his house near North Seattle Community College sometime the day before. This search was urgent due to the subject's medical condition. The trailing teams were working south towards Greenlake and the airscent teams were checking parks and houses under construction. Seattle PD notified the search IC that they had located the subject in Harborview at 1500 hrs. The subject was picked up at 1000 hrs this morning at NW 65th St and 25th Ave NW and taken to Harborview. (50 hrs)

May 1, 2005
05-1103
Mt. Teneriffe
2100 callout for un-enlightened hiker on Mt. Teneriffe. OL: 25. Responding: 2, 6, 9, 12, 22. The subject called his wife from just below the summit and said he was unable to follow the trail safely. A hasty SMR team located the subject just below the summit. No KCSD personnel went into the field. (17 hrs)

May 3, 2005
05-1112
Des Moines
0830 callout for missing female in Des Moines. We responded with two trailing and four cadaver teams, 10 personnel total. The subject had been missing for five days. We were called to do trails as well as cadaver work. The trailing teams worked her known walking routes and the cadaver teams worked around the residence as well as selected greenbelts and parks in the area. Nothing was located. (73.5 hrs)

May 7, 2005
05-1129
Kanasket
0800 start for planned cadaver search near Palmer-Kanasket State Park. We responded with six cadaver teams, 6 personnel total. We were requested to assist Major Crimes search this area based on a 3rd party tip that people running through the woods (avoiding cops...) had seen a boot with bones in it. We started teams on the east end, sweeping in parallel tracks to the west. We also started one team at the west end, working a 90-deg grid to the other teams for better coverage. It worked. Joanne Varney and Hylee located the "death" scene as well as bones in 6 other locations. Stacie Chandler and Sage also located bones in two other locations. The entire skull and most of the torso had been located, as well as other long bones. Clair Carver located a finger bone while doing a fine search near the death scene. We are surmising this is the subject of our 14-Dec-03 search in this same area. The total scatter of the bones extended nearly 120 yards from one end to the other, based on what we found. ( 75 hrs)

May 10, 2005
05-1162
Mt. Pilchuck, Sno Cty
0500 callout for two missing female hikers on Mt. Pilchuck. We responded with 5 personnel. The subjects had been missing since 36 hrs prior to our response. When our teams arrived in base, a KCESAR team located the subjects in a drainage below where they had bivouaced for the night. (28 hrs)

May 15, 2005
05-1196
Wenatchee, Chelan Co.
0900 start for planned cadaver search in Wenatchee. We responded with four cadaver and four airscent teams, 10 personnel total. Subject is suspected to be the victim of a homicide, having gone missing in mid-March-05. We were tasked to rule out an area as a speculative search for local police. We deployed the cadaver dogs into the primary areas where they had tips or information. The airscent teams were deployed into low probability areas to put eyes into the areas, with the intent that unresolved areas of interest be double checked by cadaver teams. Our search located some articles, but no body or significant clues. (135.5 hrs)

May 25, 2005
05-1323
Mt. Teneriffe
1600 callout to assist with carry-out on Mt. Teneriffe. We responded with 8 personnel. The subject had fallen and broke bones in his lower leg. We supported the SMR and ESAR teams in bringing the victim out. (13.5 hrs)

May 29, 2005
05-1363
Carnation
0800 callout for a search along the Snoqualmie River for a missing male swimmer. We responded with two water and two airscent teams, 13 personnel total. The subject had been swimming the previous day and did not surface after swimming from a sand bar. Our teams deployed both in boats and on the shore. The subject was not found. (76.5 hrs)

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