SAR Staff, Air Squadron, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR searched for a missing dementia subject on three days. The Air Squadron used three planes, each flying two separate sorties, in an attempt to locate a missing subject and vehicle. Nothing was located. On the evening of the following day, a couple that were off-roading in the mountains east of Spanish Springs came across the disable vehicle, but the subject was not there. Ground teams searched the surrounding area and canyons into the next morning, but without success. Teams, including RAVEN, started early in the morning, continuing the search on the ground, but this time, with daylight. RAVEN spotted the subject approximately 1/2 mile from the vehicle, in the area where a ground team was searching. The subject was located, deceased.
7/22-23/2018 – Missing Dementia Subject
- Date: July 23, 2018
- Author: Jack Wayman