Sunday, March 25, 2012
80 year old man missing in Mono County
El Dorado SAR members were asked to help in a mutual aid in Mono County to help locate a missing man. The subject was found deceased on Sat March 24, 2012.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Missing Hunter/Hiker Cosumnes Mine Rd/Grizzly Flat area
On Tuesday, January 17, 2012 a citizen reported that his companion was missing. El Dorado Search and Rescue responded with resources and operated in the overnight period. Early in the morning of Wednesday January 18, 2012, a full callout for all ground resources was made (except snow-enabled).
The subject was located as deceased Wednesday AM by a SAR team. The EDSAR Cliff Rescue team, assisted by other team members, assisted law enforcement with a rope-assisted recovery of the subject.
Circumstances surrounding the death of the 50 year old male are under investigation by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.
The subject was located as deceased Wednesday AM by a SAR team. The EDSAR Cliff Rescue team, assisted by other team members, assisted law enforcement with a rope-assisted recovery of the subject.
Circumstances surrounding the death of the 50 year old male are under investigation by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Slab Creek Recovery
On Saturday, January 7th, the EDSAR Cliff Rescue team was undergoing training at the Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services center. During this event, Deputy Cathey arrived and informed us that we were needed for a callout. We loaded up and proceeded to the Slab Creek area in Camino. A young adult male had been found deceased. The Cliff Rescue team was asked to assist the Sheriff's department in the recovery of the decedent. Three EMTs packaged the subject at creekside. A rope rescue system (3:1 Z-rig) with a change of direction was set up on the footbridge, about 100 feet above the subject.
Two members in harnesses were anchored to the bridge and went over the edge to assist directing the rescue package over the top of the foot bridge railing.
The cause of death of the subject is currently under investigation.
Two members in harnesses were anchored to the bridge and went over the edge to assist directing the rescue package over the top of the foot bridge railing.
The cause of death of the subject is currently under investigation.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Missing Llama Camper, Meyers, 9-11-11
A llama camper lost her way, resultin in a callout for Tahoe and West slope members
Mutual Aid- Washington NV County - Missing 3 yr old 10-14-11
Missing 3-year-old Washington boy found alive after spending night in woods
OCTOBER, 14 2011
BY MATTHEW RENDA AND TRINA KLEIST
STAFF WRITERS
Barry Sieler, a Washington-based timber worker, arrived in a pick-up truck in the center of the small county town and shouted:
“I found him!”
The crowd of town residents that had gathered outside of the Washington Hotel erupted into jubilant applause and shouts.
Davyn Wilkison, 3, was found by Sieler at approximately 10:15 a.m. Thursday morning, just two miles outside of town on Alpha Road, after spending a cold night in the woods.
"I was just in the right place at the right time," Sieler said. “I was headed up Alpha Road and about 100 feet away I heard him crying.
"He was standing by a fir tree and he was crying. And I started crying, too."
Justin Wilkison, Davyn's 14-year-old brother, said his little brother was right behind him Wednesday afternoon as he was doing chores around the house. Suddenly, Justin turned around and Davyn was gone.
However, at first, Justin was not worried.
“Sometimes he wanders off to the neighbor's house,” Justin Wilkison said. “One time we were playing hide-and-seek and he fell asleep under the neighbor's porch.”
This time, though, Davyn did not appear and the family contacted the Nevada County Sheriff's Office at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal said. NCSO immediately dispatched 30 Search and Rescue workers, which grew to 70 by Thursday morning, when the boy had still not been found.
Search and Rescue workers from Yuba, Placer and El Dorado counties joined their Nevada County counterparts.
However, it was Sieler, a resident who spent the majority of his life in the area, who eventually found the boy.
Davyn was in good condition and seemed amused by all the attention directed his way, as he met members of the media near 11 a.m., just under an hour after being found.
“I slept on the ground,” he told a crowd of residents and local media. “Yeah, it was cold.”
Davyn said his dog, Shadow, chased after a squirrel and he followed the dog and soon became lost.
Davyn's mother, Harmony Blake, said she was very relieved the ordeal was over and her son is safe.
“I had a lot of fears throughout the night,” she said. “I was afraid he'd fallen in the river, encountered random strangers, everything.”
Blake said she knew her boy had been rescued when she heard shouts of joy come from Washington's downtown.
“This is a small town and we help each other out,” said Jason Wilkison, Davyn's father. “It's great to know that this many people care and God bless every one who helped search.”
Washington Hotel owner Henry DeCorte said Davyn is known for his love for the outdoors, but the
wilderness surrounding Washington can present dangers for a small child without navigation skills.
“There's lots of mountain lions around here and a lot of mine shafts,” he said.
Justin Wilkison said he had a dream that his brother was attacked by a mountain lion, but expressed relief that it was only a dream rather than a fatal premonition.
“This story,” Royal said, “has a happy ending.”
To contact Staff Writer Matthew Renda, e-mail mrenda@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4239. To contact Senior Staff Writer Trina Kleist, e-mail tkleist@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4230.
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Davyn Wilkison, 3 Found near Town of Washington 10/13/11
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OCTOBER, 14 2011
BY MATTHEW RENDA AND TRINA KLEIST
STAFF WRITERS
Barry Sieler, a Washington-based timber worker, arrived in a pick-up truck in the center of the small county town and shouted:
“I found him!”
The crowd of town residents that had gathered outside of the Washington Hotel erupted into jubilant applause and shouts.
Davyn Wilkison, 3, was found by Sieler at approximately 10:15 a.m. Thursday morning, just two miles outside of town on Alpha Road, after spending a cold night in the woods.
"I was just in the right place at the right time," Sieler said. “I was headed up Alpha Road and about 100 feet away I heard him crying.
"He was standing by a fir tree and he was crying. And I started crying, too."
Justin Wilkison, Davyn's 14-year-old brother, said his little brother was right behind him Wednesday afternoon as he was doing chores around the house. Suddenly, Justin turned around and Davyn was gone.
However, at first, Justin was not worried.
“Sometimes he wanders off to the neighbor's house,” Justin Wilkison said. “One time we were playing hide-and-seek and he fell asleep under the neighbor's porch.”
This time, though, Davyn did not appear and the family contacted the Nevada County Sheriff's Office at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal said. NCSO immediately dispatched 30 Search and Rescue workers, which grew to 70 by Thursday morning, when the boy had still not been found.
Search and Rescue workers from Yuba, Placer and El Dorado counties joined their Nevada County counterparts.
However, it was Sieler, a resident who spent the majority of his life in the area, who eventually found the boy.
Davyn was in good condition and seemed amused by all the attention directed his way, as he met members of the media near 11 a.m., just under an hour after being found.
“I slept on the ground,” he told a crowd of residents and local media. “Yeah, it was cold.”
Davyn said his dog, Shadow, chased after a squirrel and he followed the dog and soon became lost.
Davyn's mother, Harmony Blake, said she was very relieved the ordeal was over and her son is safe.
“I had a lot of fears throughout the night,” she said. “I was afraid he'd fallen in the river, encountered random strangers, everything.”
Blake said she knew her boy had been rescued when she heard shouts of joy come from Washington's downtown.
“This is a small town and we help each other out,” said Jason Wilkison, Davyn's father. “It's great to know that this many people care and God bless every one who helped search.”
Washington Hotel owner Henry DeCorte said Davyn is known for his love for the outdoors, but the
wilderness surrounding Washington can present dangers for a small child without navigation skills.
“There's lots of mountain lions around here and a lot of mine shafts,” he said.
Justin Wilkison said he had a dream that his brother was attacked by a mountain lion, but expressed relief that it was only a dream rather than a fatal premonition.
“This story,” Royal said, “has a happy ending.”
To contact Staff Writer Matthew Renda, e-mail mrenda@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4239. To contact Senior Staff Writer Trina Kleist, e-mail tkleist@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4230.
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Davyn Wilkison, 3 Found near Town of Washington 10/13/11
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Mutual Aid- Deer Creek Nevada County 10-20-11
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Lengthy search called off after injured man located at hospital
OCTOBER, 20 2011
BY LIZ KELLAR AND CHRISTOPHER ROSACKER
STAFF WRITERS
Reports of a man, and possibly a child, screaming for help in the Deer Creek area led to an extensive search Wednesday night and through most of Thursday.
But in the end, one victim — a 57-year-old Nevada City transient with a head injury — reportedly was picked up by an ambulance in the 15000 block of Old Downieville Highway at about 1 p.m. Thursday.
The incident might have been related to a fight at a transient camp, Nevada County's Sheriff's Lt. Shannan Moon said.
“He made his way to the road and a resident called an ambulance for him,” she said. “We're pretty confident he was the subject of our search.”
The man, who was not identified, said he fell in the woods near the creek early Thursday morning, and became unconscious for several hours, Moon said.
A transient camp in the search area on Deer Creek was located, and it is believed there was a disturbance at the camp between several men and women Wednesday night, Moon said, adding the investigation is ongoing.
“We're obviously suspicious since no one came forward, and they were all in the same vicinity,” she said. “They're not being cooperative.”
Moon said the reports of a child calling for help might have been one of the women at the camp.
At least 40 Nevada County Search and Rescue team volunteers scoured the area around Champion Mine Road and the Deer Creek Tribute Trail, based on reports of screams for help coming from the creekbed area.
The calls came into the Nevada City Police Department shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, said Moon.
Officers from Nevada City reported to the area and heard calls for help from what sounded like a man and a child. At approximately 8 p.m., the Nevada County Sheriff's Office took over the investigation.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter assisted in the search Wednesday night, employing infrared heat sensors. However, Moon noted that the rocks were too hot from the day's heat to offer any clues.
“The canyon makes it hard to pinpoint where the screams were coming from,” Moon said.
The helicopter searched until about 9:30 p.m., said neighbor Wayne Watson, who lives above Deer Creek.
“It kept slowly moving around,” he said. “We were guessing at all sorts of things.”
A reverse 911 call program, known as CityWatch, went out to about 2,000 area residents at approximately 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Two Sheriff's officers, a dive team and volunteer search and rescue team members were still combing the area Thursday morning.
“We worked all night last night,” Moon said. “We knew we needed more resources. We asked for mutual aid and got additional teams from Placer, El Dorado and Sacramento counties. They were kind enough to send us a lot of volunteers.”
Moon said that searching the heavily wooded area, with a thick canopy, was a process of elimination. The CHP helicopter searched again Thursday morning, Moon said.
Nevada City Police Department and the California Highway Patrol officers also assisted in the search, which was called off by 5 p.m. Thursday.
To contact Staff Writer Christopher Rosacker, e-mail crosacker@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4236.
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Lengthy search called off after injured man located at hospital
OCTOBER, 20 2011
BY LIZ KELLAR AND CHRISTOPHER ROSACKER
STAFF WRITERS
Reports of a man, and possibly a child, screaming for help in the Deer Creek area led to an extensive search Wednesday night and through most of Thursday.
But in the end, one victim — a 57-year-old Nevada City transient with a head injury — reportedly was picked up by an ambulance in the 15000 block of Old Downieville Highway at about 1 p.m. Thursday.
The incident might have been related to a fight at a transient camp, Nevada County's Sheriff's Lt. Shannan Moon said.
“He made his way to the road and a resident called an ambulance for him,” she said. “We're pretty confident he was the subject of our search.”
The man, who was not identified, said he fell in the woods near the creek early Thursday morning, and became unconscious for several hours, Moon said.
A transient camp in the search area on Deer Creek was located, and it is believed there was a disturbance at the camp between several men and women Wednesday night, Moon said, adding the investigation is ongoing.
“We're obviously suspicious since no one came forward, and they were all in the same vicinity,” she said. “They're not being cooperative.”
Moon said the reports of a child calling for help might have been one of the women at the camp.
At least 40 Nevada County Search and Rescue team volunteers scoured the area around Champion Mine Road and the Deer Creek Tribute Trail, based on reports of screams for help coming from the creekbed area.
The calls came into the Nevada City Police Department shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, said Moon.
Officers from Nevada City reported to the area and heard calls for help from what sounded like a man and a child. At approximately 8 p.m., the Nevada County Sheriff's Office took over the investigation.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter assisted in the search Wednesday night, employing infrared heat sensors. However, Moon noted that the rocks were too hot from the day's heat to offer any clues.
“The canyon makes it hard to pinpoint where the screams were coming from,” Moon said.
The helicopter searched until about 9:30 p.m., said neighbor Wayne Watson, who lives above Deer Creek.
“It kept slowly moving around,” he said. “We were guessing at all sorts of things.”
A reverse 911 call program, known as CityWatch, went out to about 2,000 area residents at approximately 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Two Sheriff's officers, a dive team and volunteer search and rescue team members were still combing the area Thursday morning.
“We worked all night last night,” Moon said. “We knew we needed more resources. We asked for mutual aid and got additional teams from Placer, El Dorado and Sacramento counties. They were kind enough to send us a lot of volunteers.”
Moon said that searching the heavily wooded area, with a thick canopy, was a process of elimination. The CHP helicopter searched again Thursday morning, Moon said.
Nevada City Police Department and the California Highway Patrol officers also assisted in the search, which was called off by 5 p.m. Thursday.
To contact Staff Writer Christopher Rosacker, e-mail crosacker@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4236.
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Lover's Leap- stuck climber 10-22-11
West slope members assisted Tahoe team in this after dark rescue and lowering
