King County Search Dogs

November and December 2007

28-Nov-07
07-3886
Edmonds, WA
2130 callout for missing male Alzheimer's subject in Edmonds. We responded with 7 personnel. Our personnel were turned around when the subject was located by Edmonds' PD. (7 hrs)

1-Dec-07
07-ES-035
Skyway
0900 start for planned evidence search in Skyway. We responded with 5 personnel. The search was to look for a weapon discarded after a homicide in an area with low undergrowth. Nothing was located during the search. (35.5 hrs)

4-Dec-07
07-3947
Alpental
1130 callout for carryout of deceased avalanche victims on Snow Lake trail. We put five personnel into the field with 6 personnel total participating. The two victims were caught in an avalanche two days prior after heavy snow and rainstorm. A third person, injured in the avalanche, was airlifted by military helo. The carryout was uneventful as moving a sled on snow is very fast. The survivor described that they knew the conditions were bad but chose to descend from the saddle between Snow and Source lakes. They were caught near the top of the ridge, above the switchbacks, and ended up less then 200-ft off the bottom trail. They were only a foot beneath the snow when located by a Alpental dog team. (27.5)

5-Dec-07
07-3964
Mason Cty
0800 start for planned mission in Mason County to assist locating flood victims. We responded with four personnel. The teams traveled to different areas to check on the welfare of residents. This flooding was the result of a large heavy snow followed with several inches of rain. (50 hrs)

12-Dec-07
07-4022 1115 callout for missing 76 yo female Alzheimer's subject in Mill Creek. We had 4 personnel responding when they were turned around enroute. The subject was last seen between midnight and 0600 the night before. The subject was located in a hospital in Everett, as Jane Doe, while our teams were enroute. She had been picked up by Everett PD at 0300. Eventually her ID bracelet led them to contact her former care home and eventually contacted her current home. ( 7.5 hrs)