Family members reported him missing and he tends to wander off. He had a ankle-bracelet with transmitter beacon. CHP helo assisted with signal hunting.
Break came when reverse 911 calls to local residents resulted in a tip where he had been sighted the night before.
Bianca and team will provide the finder's details
Date of callout- Thursday August 9, 2007. Rapid and successful find and then we went to our monthly meeting.
This is a venue for El Dorado SAR members to provide fill-in information and first-hand accounts of specific previous searches. After SAR302 posts the first item about a recent search, any SAR member is invited to add their comments/observations/feelings/experience as it relates to said search. The postings are then edited and posted to the ESARC website (edsar.org) for public viewing.
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Kelsey Search 8/9/2007
The subject, an elderly 65 year old mentally challenged male was reported missing around 2 pm. El Dorado County Search & Rescue responded with a command center and 12 teams in the field. The subject was wearing an ankle bracelet, with a locator beacon, for which some teams had receivers as well as a helicopter above. However do to the uneven terrain; the subject was not easily tracked through his bracelet. Reports came in that he was seen at 7:30 am in an abandoned Cadillac near a mobile home park. The area was searched and the subject was located approximately a quarter mile from the Cadillac, at 5:45 pm, next to some bushes by a mobile home park. The subject had gone to the backyard of a mobile home in the mobile home park and made himself at home. Once located the subject was identified, at first through his ankle bracelet, do to the subject being very shy, at first scared to talk, and his mental challenge, and later the patient identified himself and other individuals in his missing person picture. He was given water and a quick medical screening was conducted. The subject appeared in good health and was not hungry. The subject was then reunited with his daughter in the field.
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