King County Search Dogs

October 2003

October 1, 2003
03-2502
Kent
2100 callout for missing 11 yo male in Kent. We responded with two trailing and four airscent teams, 11 personnel total. The subject was last seen at school at 1600 hrs when he slipped out the back, from his grandmother. He was said to be in trouble at school. Trailing teams established a direction of travel from the school generally to the west. The airscent teams searched known play areas and green belts. The search was suspended when the obvious locations had been searched and the investigation was focused on his classmates. The subject turned up the following morning after having spent the night hiding at a friends house, without the friend telling his parents. (59 hrs)

October 11, 2003
03-ES056
Kent
0730 start for planned evidence search for Green River Task Force. We responded with three cadaver teams, 3 personnel total. This was a new area to search. One area had mild interest but nothing was located at this site. Overall, nothing was located. (29 hrs)

October 14, 2003
03-2619
Arlington
1500 callout for missing 8 yo male in Arlington. We responded with four personnel. The subject had been missing all day. The subject was located in the basement of his residence by his father as our teams were arriving at base. It is our understanding that the subject felt he would be punished for his actions, so he went into hiding. (17.5 hrs)

October 18, 2003
03-ES058
Arlington
0800 start for planned evidence search for Green River Task Force along Hwy 410. We responded with three cadaver teams, six personnel total. This was another area to check for Task Force. One area with mild reported interest but no confirmation from other teams. Nothing located during search. (50.5 hrs)

October 22, 2003
03-2706
Mercer Island
2230 callout for missing 80 yo female on Mercer Island. We responded with 9 personnel. Subject had had a disagreement with her husband around 1830 hours at an adjacent house and had not been seen since. MI police and fire had conducted hasty searches in neighborhood prior to calling KCSO. KCSD was the only unit called out for this search. As the scent articles were being obtained, and the teams were arriving at base, a lady walked up to Stacie Chandler, who was standing by her vehicle, and asked what was all the commotion. Stacie had the presence of mind to ask her name and found out she was our subject! Stacie stayed with the subject until MI PD arrived and the daughter took her away (she didn't want to go home). Apparently, the subject had gone to the house next door and slept until awoken by all the noise. MI and KCSO were impressed by our quick find! (16.5 hrs)

October 26, 2003
03-2731
Kent
1000 callout to assist Kent PD with crime scene. We responded with three personnel. Kent PD located clothing with what appeared to be blood on it, buried in Lake Fenwick Park. The cadaver teams indicated there were human remains due to the dog's alerts. A larger area of the park was searched with no further areas of interest. We had a blood exposure incident when a handler grabbed the blood (?) soaked sheet away from the dog and the handler's hands were contaminated by this substance. A follow-on call from KCSO told us that students had been working on a film project and they determined that the substances were potentially chocolate syrup. There was no body found at this scene.(17 hrs)

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