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K-9 Search and Rescue Services. Over 34 years of search and rescue experience in finding missing persons. 12 in Law Enforcement, combined with 34 in SAR Management, and 22 in K-9 SAR .TRAINING:1972-1974 Started in SAR (search and rescue) with Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department Explorer Post#900 attached to #631 for SAR. (Documentation of searches and findings on file at MCSO). 1974-1977. Search unit US Army Military Police. Helicopter Rescue Support. (Classified Files). US Army.1979-1980 Morrow County Sheriff’s Dept. SAR Coordinator. (Documentation of rescues on file with MCSO). 1984-1986 Mazama’s safety climbing instructor, crevasse rescue. 1986-1992 Portland Mountain Rescue. Team leader, co instructor. (Documentation of search and rescue missions and findings on file with PMR and CCSO). 1986-1988 Oregon DOGS. Dogs Organized for Ground Search and Rescue. SAR Dog Handler.1988-1996 Mountain Wilderness Search Dogs. Coordinator, dog handler, instructor. 1996-Current International K-9 Search and Rescue Services. Coordinator, dog handler, instructor
Note: Repeatedly Radio talk show host Lars Larson goes on the radio and tries to
discount my findings. The facts speak for themselves. We’ve given Lars the facts
and he continues to ignore them. Here’s just one of many reports we’ve documented
that Lars continues to forget about. Shame on you Lars, why don’t you tell the truth
and show both sides of the issues? You are a sorry excuse for a human being and
a pis poor radio host.
After the Oregon State Certified Instructor Marty Neiman with his Certified search dog teams failed to find anything regarding the Pond Gaddis search, per the FBI’s own statement to the Oregonian newspaper and Portland Tribune. MSNBC did a followup story that exposed the truth that we did in fact find the missing children’s remains.Missing Ore. City girls: Was the FBI too slow?Transcript from Dateline NBC 08:44 PM PST on Friday, January 27, 2006VIDEO: Excerpts: Dateline NBC examines Ward Weaver case OREGON CITY -- It was evening, dark and cold, in this suburb of Portland, when the call came in to a 911 dispatcher. A mother was reporting a missing daughter. During her 911 call, the immediate assumption was that 12 year old must be a runaway. So began the long strange tale of what happened to Ashley Pond. It began not with a bang, but a whimper, as it dawned on a young mother what terrors could lie ahead. Lori Pond’s daughter, Ashley, had simply vanished— gone, or so it seemed on her way to school in the town of Oregon City in January 2002. Linda O’Neal, relative: It was very upsetting. A 12-year-old child had disappeared, you know? This is a child! Linda O’Neal is a member of Ashley’s extended family; Linda’s husband was once married to Ashley’s grandmother. Not exactly a close relationship... but Linda certainly knew about Ashley. Keith Morrison, Dateline correspondent: How would you describe her as a little girl? Linda O’Neal: Well, she was kind of known as having an attitude… But Linda was not just family; she was also a licensed private investigator. And, in those first days, her experience told her Ashley was probably okay. O’Neal: My first thought would have been that she probably ran away. Police in Oregon City apparently agreed. But then a whole week went by, no sign of Ashley anywhere. Runaways inevitably contact someone, but she didn’t. And now local officials, thinking “abduction,” called in the FBI. Jim Redden, crime reporter for Portland Tribune: One of the problems with the case is that there was a wealth of suspects. Jim Redden is a veteran crime reporter for the Portland Tribune. Ashley, he soon learned, had disappeared from an apartment complex that was a "mulligan stew" of troubled souls. Redden: It had a lot of welfare cases. It had a number of mentally ill people that would be placed there by the county. There were a lot of single mothers who attracted a lot of really bad boyfriends. In fact police searching for suspects found no fewer than 90 sex offenders living within a mile of the complex. One possible suspect was Ashley’s own biological father. He’d been convicted of sexually abusing her during one of her visits. Had he taken her? And if not him, who? As weeks passed, a terrible realization began to set in around town. Ashley’s little group of best friends knew it, and everybody seemed to sense it— something awful had happened to Ashley. A friend of Ashley’s, Miranda Gaddis, was interviewed by a TV reporter, not knowing that fate had its eye on her too. Miranda Gaddis (in TV interview prior to her death): It’s really hard to believe that happened to one of your friends or something. It’s just really different and really sad. In the weeks that followed, the task force would chase hundreds of leads.They would, according to newspaper reports, watch Ashley’s mother, and her mom’s boyfriend. Investigators even began tailing a couple of male neighbors from the apartments. No one, it seemed, knew anything. It was as if Ashley Pond had disappeared into thin air. And then, two months after Ashley disappeared, the girl interviewed by a reporter, Ashley Pond’s friend Miranda unbelievably, turned up missing too. Two girls vanished from the same apartment complex. They went to the same school, and were even on the same dance team! Both vanished, within 8 weeks of one another. O’Neal: When the second girl disappeared, it caused panic, absolute panic. They were afraid that there was a serial killer among them. MEETING WARD WEAVER In this suburb of Portland, everyone could feel the chill. The disappearance of 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis was a sickening reminder of the way 12-year-old Ashley Pond vanished 2 months before. Now, the FBI ramped up its investigation, and called in scores of agents. Soon more than 60 of them were working on the case. A true task force was assigned to find the answers about Ashley and Miranda. Private investigator Linda O’Neal began to turn down other work to work on this case full time. It was a little crazy, maybe, given the size of the official investigation, but Linda felt a real family connection with Ashley. This was personal. Keith Morrison, Dateline correspondent: What made you think that you could help solve this crime? Linda O’Neal: Well, the FBI would say “We have no suspects, we have no crime scene, and we have no clues,” so it appeared that they needed a little help. But where to start? Suspects were no problem, narrowing it down was. Some on the list: A former neighbor on the wrong end of a restraining order taken out by an ex-girlfriend, Miranda’s father once convicted of abusing two minor girls. And that was just for starters. So Linda decided to start with a name she’d heard from Ashley’s aunt. O’Neal: I asked, “Who are the people in Ashley’s life?” And she told me about Ward Weaver. Ward Weaver as a neighbor, and a family friend, whose home was right next to the apartment complex in which Ashley and her mother lived. In fact, Weaver had been interviewed on television too… Ward Weaver (during TV interview prior to his arrest): That little girl took off, I wholeheartedly believe that. Weaver did have a criminal record for assault, but it had been 16 years before. Now, he seemed like a hard-working single father raising a daughter Ashley’s age. And police had already checked out his alibi and sent several teams of officers and dogs to search his house and property. They found nothing. And after all, there were so many suspects. Morrison: Why would Ward Weaver stand out in that group? O’Neal: Because Ashley had complained that he had sexually molested her. And yet, as Linda learned, those allegations had apparently been investigated. And no charges had been filed. But she decided to run a computer check on Weaver and she was stunned! O’Neal: I get this information Ward Weaver is on death row! Morrison: Death row? But you’ve got ward weaver in your town!? O’Neal: This fellow on death row for serial murder was Ward Weaver’s father! Strange, but true: Weaver’s father had been on California's death row for two decades. But surely just having a father who was a killer wasn’t reason enough to suspect the son? Was it? Then, just about the time Linda was contemplating that question, a second private investigator offered to help: Harry Oakes. Oakes was a bit of a maverick who runs a for profit search and rescue center. And this is his partner was a 12-year-old pound rescued mutt named Valerie. Many police departments don’t like him, says Oakes, and don’t use him. But in this case he waived his fee, did some background work, showed the dog some of Ashley’s clothing, and went to work. Harry Oakes, private investigator: The track led from the apartment complex up the road, the staircase, to Ward’s property. That name again. Harry, with his Valerie now excited and on the chase, knocked at Weaver’s door and asked for permission to search the house. Harry Oakes: He said, “I don’t have any problem with you searching, they’ve already brought in 7 different search dog teams. I have nothing to hide.” During the search of the house she gave me a death alert of Ashley’s scent in Ward’s hallway. Morrison: Did Valerie alert anywhere else? Oakes: Yes. When we went outside to the back area, there was a slab that had been poured. Morrison: A concrete slab? Oakes: A concrete slab. And where the slab met with the grass, the dirt where they came together, my dog was smelling Ashley’s scent coming out of there. Morrison: Did you call 911? Oakes: I made a report and turned it into Oregon City police department. A record of Harry’s report shows it was indeed turned in to police on March 20th, less than two weeks after Miranda disappeared. Morrison: Was there any reaction from the police? Oakes: They basically ignored us. Morrison: What about the FBI? Oakes: Ignored us. But not long after, Harry’s report found its way to the desk of private eye Linda O’Neal. Morrison: What did his report say to you as an investigator? O’Neal: It said “red flag.” His dog had alerted a death alert over a freshly poured concrete slab in our Ward Weaver’s backyard. And something about that slab resonated with Linda: Remember, when she was digging into the background of Ward Weaver’s father, the serial killer on death row? She found out what he had done with one of his victims. O’Neal: He buried her in the middle of his backyard. And then covered it with concrete. Morrison: A concrete slab? O’Neal: Yes. And Linda’s suspicions were about to grow. Over the next few weeks, teachers, dance coaches, and even Weaver’s ex-wives would tell her stories of disturbing and inappropriate behavior. There was the teacher who saw Weaver drop off Ashley at school, and here was a man in his late 30s locked in a passionate kiss with 12-year-old Ashley. There was the family friend who said Ashley spent weeks at a time at Weaver’s house, often sleeping in his bed, with him. There was the girlfriend who said that Weaver was angry with Miranda because she had been telling girls in the neighborhood to “Stay away from Weaver’s house, he might molest you.” By June, Ashley now gone six months, and Miranda, three months. The story had hit the cover of People Magazine. But it seemed to reporters that the FBI wasn’t anywhere close to closing the case. Jim Redden, reporter for Portland Tribune: It was very much [like], “We have a range of suspects, maybe six to eight different men. The entire impression I got was that they had not in fact, focused on any particular individual.” The reporter didn’t know it, but he was about to play a key role in the case. And Linda O’Neal says she was about to get the scare of her life, returning home one day to see her son working on his car with a stranger. O’Neal: I came face to face with Ward Weaver. Morrison: And he’s with your son? O’Neal: He’s with my son. Morrison: What did he say to you? O’Neal: He said, “Kids are so naive aren’t they?” And I said, “Mr. Weaver, I don’t think that my family is any of your business.” And he said, “Ms. O’Neal, that’s what I came here to tell you.” O’Neal: I dug out my gun and loaded it, and put it in my purse. Morrison: Did you really think he might be capable of coming after you or your family? O’Neal: I had thought he was capable of anything. CALLING THE FBI TO NO AVAIL By June 2002, Ashley Pond had been missing for six months and Miranda Gaddis, for three. All of Oregon City seemed to be clinging to faint hope: their dance team, their mothers, the whole community. Lori Pond: We can’t wrap our arms around them. Whoever did this took that away from us and hopefully they’re going to give our babies back so we can do that again. FBI canines were dispatched once again to sniff around the apartment complex where the girls lived. Even Weaver’s house, but apparently found nothing. An FBI spokesman continued to insist the agency had “no suspects,” and “virtually no clues.” But this private eye disagreed. Keith Morrison, Dateline correspondent: You must’ve been going nuts! Linda O’Neal, private eye: I couldn’t think of anything else. Remember, Linda O’Neal, was part of Ashley’s extended family, and had been working the case for months. And she believed the FBI should by now have focused on Ward Weaver, a 39-year-old single father who lived in a house near the apartments. O’Neal: I was getting very upset and nervous about what was going to happen next. Who was going to be next? Linda thought it was time to take what she knew to the FBI. Morrison: Did the FBI understand that you were a recognized private investigator who was calling them? O’Neal: Yes. Morrison: What did he say to you? O’Neal: He said, “We really don’t need help from private investigators, you know. We’re the FBI and we really don’t think that Ward Weaver is a suspect.” Morrison: How did you feel when you got off the phone? O’Neal: Devastated! Still whatever happened on that call got Linda so mad, so angry, and so hurt, that she got in touch with Portland Tribute reporter Jim Redden. Jim Redden, Portland Tribute reporter: She thought that she had legitimate information that they should be interested in, and they weren’t responding the way she thought they should. She said, “Have you ever heard of Ward Weaver”? And at that point, I had not heard of Ward Weaver. The private eye and the reporter came up with a plan: A surprise interview of Weaver. So the reporter got up early one Sunday morning and drove to Weaver’s house, knocked on the door and wonder of wonders, Ward Weaver invited him in for an interview that would lift law enforcement’s “shroud of secrecy” on the case, and put one suspect in the spotlight for the very first time. Morrison: Did he seem to you at all like a potentially sociopathic killer? Redden: He really seemed like a very normal kind of guy. The more he talked, the more nervous he got and that’s when he said, “I’m the FBI’s prime suspect.” Morrison: What was your feeling as you sat there next to the man? Redden: Well, he was coming across to me as sort of honest and candid… The reporter’s gut feeling put Linda back on her heels. O’Neal: Jim Redden said to me, "You know, he seems like an okay guy." Morrison: Maybe you were the crazy one! O’Neal: It sort of was looking that way! But the reporter wrote the article, putting Ward Weaver’s name in print for the first time. Weaver was now the center of attention, and he seemed to be enjoying it. He even appeared on national television, saying “She’s better off hiding out wherever she’s found a place to live.” And just days later, what did the local police and the FBI and local police do? They launched a huge raid, executing a search warrant, towing away vehicles that might contain suspicious materials, and informing the target of all this attention that he’d failed a polygraph test. The surprise? Well, the surprise was in the man’s name: It was not Ward Weaver. It was another prime suspect, a neighbor of the girls, who denied any role in the murders, said he’d been interviewed five or six times. He was questioned about a camping trip he took the day Miranda disappeared. And his friends had been warned to stay away from him. What no one knew is that the big break was about to occur. And it would come, not from the FBI task force, or local police. But from a woman, a teenager at the time, who’s never before spoken about what happened to her— or how she somehow found the strength to survive. A LEAD FROM A VICTIM By August, seven months had passed since Ashley Pond disappeared; more than 4 months since Miranda Gaddis vanished. Still, Oregon City police and the FBI appeared to the public to be no closer to an arrest, even though neighbor Ward Weaver had told whoever would listen that he was the prime suspect. And though Ashley’s step-grandmother Linda O’Neal firmly believed there was enough probable cause to search his property for the two bodies, police did not appear to her to be interested. No search warrant was asked for or issued. By early August, Linda learned Weaver had apparently had enough media attention. Linda O’Neal, step-grandmother and private eye: He told people he was going to Mexico or Idaho. He had emptied his entire house of all of his possessions.. But with his house empty, and apparently ready to move out of Oregon, Ward Weaver made a move that still mystifies everyone involved. Randi Oneida, girlfriend of Ward Weaver’s son: He was a nice person to be around. He fooled people I guess. Oneida is the girlfriend of Ward Weaver’s son, the mother of Ward’s grandchild. Never before has she revealed publicly what happened that day in August 2002 when at the age of 19, she got in a car with Weaver, a man she assumed she could trust. Oneida: All the way to his house, he wasn’t acting different or anything. Keith Morrison, Dateline correspondent: And then you walked in the house, and.. Oneida: That’s when he snapped. That’s when I noticed a different face. He threw her to the floor, tore off her clothing, and raped her. She couldn’t talk about the worst of it, she said. Her body seemed to stiffen at the memory. Morrison: Do you remember the look in his eye? Oneida: He was possessed. It wasn’t him. It looked like satan inside of him, but the second he stood up off of me, his face went back to normal. Morrison: And then you ran? Oneida: Yeah, I pushed him with my feet, pushed him back, and I ran. On the way out, she grabbed a tarp covering the concrete slab in Ward’s backyard. And then she ran naked and trembling after a savage sexual assault— into the street, where she flagged down a passing car. And within hours, Ward Weaver was arrested, booked, and behind bars, charged with rape. Portland Tribune reporter Jim Redden: That was the moment that I really thought, "This is the guy." Linda O’Neal says she’d known it for months. She had known in her gut that Weaver was a violent man, who’d killed Ashley and Miranda. And they had him in custody now, for a violent rape, so she felt sure the FBI would move quickly to charge him in the disappearance of Ashley and Miranda. Morrison: Once he was in custody was a search warrant issued for his property? O’Neal: There was a search conducted that had everything to do with the rape, with the crime that occurred that day, but then they took down the yellow crime tape and they left. And without crime scene tape or a steady police presence, Weaver’s house became a kind of open house. After weeks of people seeing Weaver’s name in the papers, or seeing him on the news, sitting near that freshly poured concrete slab, and hearing of his arrest for rape, many of the locals had come to the same conclusion as Linda: What was the FBI waiting for? In mid-August, in the days after Ward was arrested for raping his son’s girlfriend, protestors gathered at the property. They left their accusing signs lying around the unexamined back yard... Morrison: How long was it between the time Ward Weaver was arrested, and the time somebody got a search warrant to look into his property? O’Neal: Well, he was arrested August 13, and it was August 23 when they got the search warrant. Then, with crowds gathering again as if they knew what was to come, the FBI showed up in force, erecting two white tents, bringing in dozens of agents and tons of equipment. Hours later, there was the first discovery: a box, in a shed behind the house, with remains. The Oregon state medical examiner positively identified the remains of the discovered body of Miranda Gaddis. The following day, there was another vigil and another discovery. Investigators finally dug up that concrete slab. It was the very spot at which that search dog had issued a “death alert” five months before. And there beneath it, they found another body — Ashley Pond’s. O’Neal: It was very sad news because I think you always hope, until there’s a body, you always have hope. And even though I always believed the bodies were there, the reality of it was difficult. These two beautiful young girls were gone forever. During all those days, weeks, months, of anxiety and hope… the long investigation, the scores of officers, the bodies of the two little girls were right here all along in Ward Weaver’s backyard. And Weaver himself? At first, claimed he had not a thing to do with it. But in the end, Ward Weaver, without explaining how or why, simply pleaded guilty and was sentenced to remain in prison for the rest of his life. At his sentencing, the judge said: “I think everyone probably shares in the hope that there is a special place in hell for people like you.” How could Ward Weaver have gotten away with it for so long? And how could the FBI have seemed so, well, off? Especially when others seemed to have figured it all so neatly? There was sadness, yes, for the loss of those two girls— but also now, anger. Redden: Our headline was “Why did it take so long?” And that was the question that we were trying to get answered. We still don’t know. Although there’s no evidence that a faster investigation might have saved Ashley or Miranda—the question remained, what about Randi? The young woman whose presence of mind and physical strength in the face of rape— and maybe something worse— saved her own life? Morrison: You know better than anybody else on earth what Ashley and Miranda went through. Randi Oneida, Ward Weaver's victim: Uh-huh. Morrison: If you hadn’t had the abilities you had, what would’ve happened to you? Oneida: I would be exactly where Ashley and Miranda are. Morrison: Are you angry? Randi: Yeah, I’m very angry. Morrison: What does that anger feel like? Oneida: It’s anger, frustration that this happened to me. It could have been stopped, I really believe that it could have been stopped. Morrison: Who could have prevented it? Oneida: I think the FBI, the Oregon city police. O’Neal: If they were watching Ward Weaver, how did he move all of his possessions out of his house, give notice, and rape, and almost kill one more girl? How indeed? We wondered how the police and FBI would respond to allegations that they had taken too long or bungled their investigation. What could they say to this young woman? FBI: 'A SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATION After all the waiting, the investigating, the discovery of the bodies of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, and the arrest and conviction of their killer, Ward Weaver— that’s when the questions really began. It was a question splashed in a banner headline: Why exactly had it taken so long? And now, for the first time, police and the FBI agreed to answer their Portland critics. Were they in some away ashamed of their investigation? Well, as a matter of fact, absolutely not. Robert Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: This was a very, very successful investigation. Robert Jordan is special agent in charge of the FBI’s office in Portland. He came to Oregon city after murders were solved. The FBI, with the Oregon city police department, were the two agencies that made up the task force on this case, and they bristle at suggestions that they didn’t move as quickly as they should have. Gordon Huiras, chief of Oregon City police department: The investigators involved were driven to solve that case. They put their heart and soul in that case. They would have arrested someone just as soon as they had probable cause to make an arrest in that case. Keith Morrison, Dateline Correspondent: There are those who believe though that probable cause existed long before the rape of Randi Oneida. Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: People who were not associated with the investigation. People, like Linda O’Neal. She’s now co-written a book detailing her investigation, called ‘Missing: the Oregon City Girls.” Remember, it was Linda who said she called the FBI in June 2002, two months before Weaver’s arrest to outline what she said was solid circumstantial evidence that Weaver was the killer, and that the girls’ bodies were buried on his property. Information, it turns out, that was true . Linda says the FBI agent she spoke to wasn’t interested in her opinion. And reporter Jim Redden confirms Linda told him the same story. But the head of Portland’s office now says no record of such a call exists. Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: The first and only documented contact our investigators had with the author was in March 27 and she said she had a tip she wanted to pass on. The tip was a psychic tip and that is the only documented contact this investigation had with the author. No documents. But, we wondered, could an agent have spoken to Linda, heard her allegations about Ward Weaver, without keeping a full record of the call? Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: Absolutely. We had over 4,000 tips that came into us. But we had many people who wanted to tell us Ward Weaver did it, but all those people were interviewed, and none of those interviews provided us with a witness or something we could put in an affidavit for probable cause to arrest Mr. Weaver, or search his property. The FBI says Weaver was always among the top three suspects, especially after flunking a polygraph. Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: Our polygrapher followed him out to his car, literally haranguing him, trying to get him to confess. He wouldn’t. This is the United States of America. We don’t have any physical ways to make somebody confess. And so, the investigation continued, say police, until Weaver was arrested for raping Randi Oneida. And Weaver’s own sons came forward with incriminating information that allowed prosecutors and the task force to agree that finally, 10 days after the arrest, that they now had “probable cause” to search his property. Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: We were working an investigation, to try to a) find the girls, and if we couldn’t find them safe and alive, b) find out who did it. We did that. That’s a successful investigation. Morrison: Is that what you’d say to Randi Oneida? Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: No, I don’t think I’d say that to Randi Oneida.Morrison: What would you say to her? Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: She was at risk, no question about it. She was at risk from Ward Weaver. As for Linda and her book, the task force has come out swinging. The FBI says the book is not credible, and points to an author’s note that tells of “reconstructed conversations,” “composites of characters” and the fact that some “names have been changed.” Jordan, FBI special agent in charge: The book is fictionalized, in some manner. So what’s fiction, what’s real, it’s hard to say. Linda O’Neal, private investigator, author: Well, I was offended. Linda says she made it quite clear that while some names and narrative details were altered.. her story is a true telling of events from her own perspective. Morrison: Do they have some point? That it’s easy for you to say, “We could have moved quicker, but you weren’t part of the investigation, so how would you know what went on?” O’Neal: I wasn’t part of their investigation. I was on my own, conducting my own investigation. And all I know is what I did and what I found out. Should Ward Weaver have been stopped sooner than he was? The question, for Randi Oneida, is altogether too personal. Morrison: What has he done to you? Randi Oneida, Ward Weaver's victim: He’s ruined me. I really believe that they could have stopped him before he had gone as far as he did. And around Oregon City, Oregon, the strange disconnect lingers: Bitterness among some who believe it took too long to solve the murder of two little girls; and among police, satisfaction for a job well done. Editor's note: NBC News contacted Ashley Pond’s mother for comment. She said that she will be forever grateful to the FBI and all the police agencies who worked on the case, and that any criticism of their efforts is unfair.
Hi Harry! Yes, Cynthia was here from Seattle, and we watched the show! Great job with you and Valorie doing superb work, once again! The FBI and OC Police looked like Keystone Kops running in every direction but the right one! You were lookin' good! Thanks for letting us know it was on. Love u, Susan & family Note: Many of the police depts in Ore. and Washington don't like us because we come
in to the search privately on behalf of the family and find the victim or, we’re able to
determine what really happened to the victim, when the police and their certified
K-9 SAR teams failed to find anything.
When a police dept
calls us in we work for them and won’t talk to anyone regarding their case and
our findings. When they refuse
our offers to assist and the victim(s) family calls in, we then work for the
family. If this embarrasses the law enforcement community, it’s not our fault.
We’re just doing the job we’ve been hired to do. Other stories
about Harry and his search dogs. Claudia Kirchoch
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http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/turkey/gallery9.html http:// Dog Obediencehttp://www.columbusdogconnection.com/DogWhsiperer.htm Oregon City 2002 Ward Weaver Murder cases of Ashley Pond/ Miranda Gaddis http://www.soldiersandkids.com/childmurders.htm Dog Rescue effortshttp://p076.ezboard.com/fmissing87975frm1.showMessage?topicID=771.topic Cat searcheshttp://www.catchannel.com/cat/cfcc_portal.aspx Other info re: Dogshttp://www.k9sardog.com/aadnw.html Jackie (A child kidnap murder case)http://www.puregolden.com/sarc.htm Search dog Yogihttp://www.puregolden.com/sarc.htm SAR Dog Linkshttp://fomlo.homestead.com/Links_Page.html Animal Rescuehttp://www.klamathhumanesociety.com/links.htm http://www.thedachshundnetwork.com/petlinks.htm Missing Childrenhttp://www.findthekids.com/non-profit.html www.k9sardog.comSAR Findings. 86 86-001 Clack. Co. Mt. Hood Climbing Accident-OES school incident. Team leader PMR-Team#23, Day#2 and T#2 Day #3. Assisted in locating and recovering two dead adults, 7 dead children. Molly, Gyles, Karen and Leader Ralph Summers survived 87-001 Clack. Co. Evidence Search-Kidnap-Homicide. Lake Oswego PD ref: Homicide.SAR Dog Kodi-Dirt Burial-Located evidence for LOPD. 87-003 Skamania Co. Mt. St. Helens,Washington Lost Climber.PMR/ MWSD-Team. Missing person Deahdore Baskar-SAR Kodi located him weak but OK on Monitor Ridge coming down.Lightly dressed.Windbreaker and light clothing. 87-004 Wheeler Co.Fossil Ore. Escapee from Court House. "Anderson". Team:H.Oakes SAR Kodi.Results:Tracked all night long to where deputies and OSP located suspect in a camp ground where we tracked. GOOD JOB -KODI. 87-005 Skamania Co. Mt. St. Helens,Washington 3 missing climbers. two adult male one juvenile female. Bad weather.Monitor ridge. Kodi and I located them alive and cold one thousand feet up the trail from base camp. 03-30-88 88-008 Mult. Co. Research Oxbow Park for Fred Trinkle's remains Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: Ranger Keeps alerting in river downstream 100yrds from pls. Requested dive team to come recover victim. 88-010 Mult.Co. Oxbow Park Drowning-Thong Diah-Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: Located victim in water. Downstream 40 yrds. 88-011 Kidnap Homicide-Doreen Ratterman-Delrey Beach,Oregon. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger.Results: Located evidence-Bag of sperm/urine from suspect. 88-015 Clack. Co. Lake Oswego Golf Course. Altz. Pt. missing in hot weather x 5 days. Mr. William Griffee. Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Detective f/ LOPD. Ranger located area where victim had died in briar patch from heart attack. Detective gave Ranger and I credit for the find. 88-016 Skamania County. Stevenson, Washington Drowning.Victim "J.Weeks" Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog "Ranger" and SAR Dog Rommel. SR#14 MP55. Located victim in 94 feet deep water in Columbia River. 88-018 Clackamas County, Ripplebrook Ranger District. Lost Deer Hunter C. Walker. Teams: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger and Judy with SAR Dog Rommell. Results: Victim left business cards that ID him and what path he was taking. Both Ranger and Rommell ID path and led to victim being found alive. 88-023 Skamania Co. Sioxon Creek Mitchel Peak, Washington. Mitchel Sowa Search. Lost Elk Hunter. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. JP Troyer SSSAR, Results: Ranger, myself and JP tracked victim and airscented into area where we put hasty team in and located victim with fx leg. Hypothermic. GOOD JOB Ranger. The SAR deputy stated, "We would not have searched this area if it wasn't for Rangers alerting into it. It was to far out of the search area. 88-025 Armenia Earthquake USSR. Four of MWSD teams geared up and placed on S/B. We were able to send two teams. We also sent $3000.00 worth of medical gear we gathered through donations in with NW Medical teams. I coordinated K-9 missions with OFDA. 01-28-89 89-003 Clack.Co. Mount Hood White River Canyon. During Training excersice We (PMR) located an injured boy in White River Canyon. Fx-C Spine.Took 3 raising systems to bring him out. 89-005 Polk Co. "Jay Burroughs"-Homicide-Pee Dee, Ore. Victim missing 45 days. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: MWSD Teams Located victims buried in dirt and debri pile. Also located vital evidence in crime scene to show where victim was killed (SHOT) how he was transported to burial site, where evidence was in an abondoned house to show who shot victim and when and where. 89-007 Columbia Co. Drowning-Sauvies Island.Victim"Weslie Desell' R/C from Lt. C.Co.SO. req. teams. Upon responding-All teams canceled as "Sheriff didn't want MWSD teams there." Family called us in privately. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. We responded and within 15 minutes located victim 20 yrds out 40 feet deep in the water. I called the sheriff to come get the victim and he refused. Oregon State Police notified and did recovery. Sheriff mad because his dive team didn’t find the victim and we did. Victim’s father present when the body was recovered on the beach the next day and when we made the find. 89-008 Clack. Co. Salmon River Canyon area. Welches,Ore. Missing hiker Glen Crum" missing x 4 days. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Hiked to assigned area to clear. While enroute to area. Ranger and Smokey alerted over cliff. 304th AFRS was flying overhead at the time and we asked them to inspect the area. They located the victim DOA from fall and hypothermia. Same area where dogs alerted over cliff. Good job Ranger and Smokey. 89-010 Clack.Co. Squaw Mtn. Joey Lefler lost 3 year old with 3 dogs. Teams:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Sheriff was going to call of search due to lack of clues. On Sat. Ranger and I and ST located boys footprints put MWSD containment team in area and we located the boy alive the next day. 89-014 Clack.Co. Mt.Hood S. Side Missing Climber. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: 304th Located victim in white river canyon during search. 89-016 Clark Co. Vanc. Wash. David Douglas Park Missing 2 boys. William and Cole Neer. Teams: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. MWSD and SSSAR. SSSAR found two boys dead. Murdered and molested & Stabbed to death. Ranger Tracked suspect from victim’s body, one mile into city to Andresen st. Vanc. PD with us on track. (Suspect) parked his car here and then left the scene after the crime. 89-023 Skamania Co. Dog Creek, Carson, Washington High Angle Rope Rescue. Hiker and baby stranded on cliff. Team: H.Oakes, MWSD teams, and SSSAR teams. RESULTS. I climbed up to victim and we rappelled off cliff together. Rick Blevins belayed and did a GREAT JOB. We saved her and her unborn child. 89-024 Polk Co. Fall City,Ore. Lost Searcher(Volunteer Fireman). Team:MWSD-H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: Ranger picked up victims trail and located direction of travel. I put Searcher Ben Lill up ahead as a containment and we located the victim the next morning. Hypothermic. Good Job Ranger and everyone. 89-025 Washington Co. Missing 17y/o boy. Washington Co. SO searched area with police and detectives and ESAR. Nothing Found. Family called us in.Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. During interview of Father, he was very nervous and giving me alibis when (It wasn't needed during the interview). Cleared assigned search area 95%. Victim found in our search area in Creek in 3" deep of water. Three weeks later. Same area that Wash. Co. SO and MWSD teams searched. Victim was not there in the creek during the search. His body was placed in the creek after the search. Father is the suspect in the "Drowning" Death of his son. Detectives refered to this case. 89-027 Vanc.Lake-Clark Co. Vanc.Wash. Lee Isle's body found by pheasant hunter dead and molested.Same as in Cole Neer and William Neers case. Evidence Search. Ranger located physical evidence 89-028 Clark Co. Yacolt, Washington Missing Deer Hunter. Tim Bunner-Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger and MWSD Teams. Results: Ranger tracked victim into canyon (after bloodhound team couldn't locate victim). Ranger located victim alive and very wet and cold next to creek. 89-031 Wahkiakum Co. Wash. Missing Bow hunter Butch Huston. Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger ,Scott Rich SAR Dog Otis. Ben Lill. Results: We located victim DOA Frozen against a log. Died from Hypothermia. HE had all the survival gear but didn't use it in time. Ranger alerted over ridge third day of search. Gave 12-49 alert. I informed Scott to go down there with Otis and locate victim as we were too exhausted and needed some rest. Scott found him right where Ranger alerted. 90-007 Ohio,Shadeyville floods. H.Oakes coordinated with Fire Dept. on who to bring in and how to use them effectively for locating bodies. I coordinated searchdog teams. 90-012 Chemult,Ore. Private Search for missing 9 year old on a pony lost Oct. of 89. Sheriff of Klamath Co. REFUSED 9 offers from MWSD teams during initial major search. MWSD Teams went in and within 48 Hours we were able to pinpoint the airscent alerts where MWSD Teams located remains in coyote feces and Bill G. and SAR Dog Lady assisted in bringing in more teams who located saddle and more remains. All teams given credit for finding Nathan Madsen. SAD Ending to an innocent child because a sheriff in Klamath Co. had his head up his ass. The sheriff’s office searched for 9 months and couldn’t find anything. We searched for 16 hours and found the victim in the original search area. I coordinated private k-9 sar ops. 90-013 Philippine Earthquake Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Kathy Gunn SAR Dog Kodi. We flew as part of the Seattle King Co. Disaster team. We located 25 sites where 59 dead victims were recovered. Per Lt. From SOG Special Forces Task Force. Also assisted in grief therapy and first aid of injured. I coordinated Sar ops. and worked the disaster with SAR Dog Ranger. 90-015 Polk Co. Missing 11 year old child with a gun. Nathan Montez Search. Suicide. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger and Bill G.SAR Dog Lady. Results: We located victim DOA self inflicted gun shot wound to head. I coordinated sar ops. And assisted in crime scene investigation and grief therapy for family. SAD ending. 90-019 Mt Adams Suprise Lake Sk.Co.So. missing mushroom picker George Takahasi. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger K-9-1. Tracked from PLS 5 miles NE accross lava field. Set up road containment and they located him with us right on his trail. Sheriff Dept Coordinator stated that it was “Ranger’s track that directed containment teams to locate this missing person. 90-023 Sk.Co. Homicide case "GreenRiver Case"Rd#10. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results:located victims clothing and cosmetics. Evidence find. 10-29-90 90-025 Polk Co. Injured/lost mushroom picker. Sue Smith. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: Victim located upon our arrival down 1500Foot canyon. She suffered a fall over a 40 foot cliff into a creek. Fx Leg. Hypothermic. It took us 9 raising systems to bring her out. 90-033 Lost Inj. Hunter. Polk Co. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger Results: Tracked to where we found hunter tired but ok. Drunk. 90-35 Lincoln Co. Missing Mushroom Picker Jody Cox. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: We tracked victim to where we located his bucket of mushrooms and his rain jacket. On Road where all scent and sign indicates he was picked up by a car. Sub. investigation showed that two subjects involved with drugs with this person, took him out of the search area and killed him. His body was found three years later out of the search area. 90-036 Sk.Co. Luin Biddix Missing teenager hunter. Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger.Results: Subj. Located alive by other MWSD Sar team. I coordinated K-9 teams. We found him alive. Mult.Co. Missing hikers (Mazamas) Pat Lidrich and Kathy Spencer. Mult.Co. Refused our services and canceled their own efforts after two days of searching. We responded privately and picked up victims trail. 304th located victims 5 days into their search in snow alive and hypothermic 9 miles away. Mult. Co. was very embarassed on this one as they should have been. Very poor management on Mult. Co. SO’s part. They were really embarrassed when 304th landed the women alive in the parking lot right in front of the news cameras. Great job 304th. J.
91-Douglas Co. SO.
Missing child Tommy Gibson. Kidnap/Homicide. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger.Results:
Douglas Co. Deputy Larry Gibson claimed ,”his son was kidnapped in the country
down a private rd where two big dogs were sitting in front of with a Marked
Police car parked in front of house and four people home sitting in front of
Picture Window”. Oregon State Police served search warrant on his house today
and asked our team to assist. Larry suspected and later convicted of killing
Tommy and fabricating story. Everything I found showed me that Larry did kill
tommy in the kitchen while tommy was eatting and then laid the child outside.
Larry then put tommy in back of patrol car and left the scene. Tommys remains
have never been found yet. Larry convicted of homicide. Ranger located tommy's
shirt where larry buried it outside house under corregated tin roofing. 91-016 Sitka,Ak.
Coordinated missing coastguardsman -Coordinated SAR efforts. Subject located at
girlfriends AWOL. 91-027
Mult.Co.Private Call Missing 13y.o male Peter Rudge. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog
Ranger.Results: Located evidence that showed Diane Waldon was kidnap suspect and
investigated matter. Diane arrested back east at hotel. Portland Police very
upset that their detectives missed what we found. 91-150-045
Clark.Co. Missing 9 yo child Hannah Narvel. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Girl
missing x 4 hours. rural area near Battleground, Wash. Ranger tracked from PLS
to laundry room where she was sleeping under numerous amounts of clothes inside
a sleeping bag curled up 91-151-046
Sitka,Ak. S/B to fly teams up for missing hunter. Coord. search by Fax and
telephone. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Victim located DOA from fall over cliff.
Teams canceled. 91-152-047 Hood
River Co. Missing Hunter Corey Faye Teams:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger and MWSD teams.
Results: We were called in privately after SO refused to use all available
resources. During the search-our teams located death site and suspect. This
after local search teams from the sheriff’s dept failed to find any clues.
Suspect failed 5 polygraphs regarding Corey’s death. 91-157-052. Mt.
Hood White River Canyon. Inj. Skier. On scene found inj. xc skier and rescued
him. Ranger found him in canyon. 92-159-001 Mult.
Co. PPB Evidence search ref: Homicide. Rocky Butte. Portland, Ore. Found
evidence for PPB. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. 92-168-010 Mult.Co.
Rock Rescue-Team:H.Oakes . While up rock climbing I heard a cry for help. I
responded to a drunk person in cowboy boots 30feet up on the cliff face. I then
Set up a lowering system and performed a single person rescue. Victim lowered to
the ground and given a stern lecture. 92-174-016
Vanc.BC Canada Call. Missing 16y/o suicide Michael Hammond. Missing x 6 months.
Team:H.Oakes, B.Oakes Ranger and Jim and Brandy. Results: We located where he
died in the ocean. Tswwassen BC. 92-182-024 Polk
Co. Jason Miller -Suicide.Team: H.Oakes Ranger. Results: Ranger located subjects
pack and area which led searchers to the victim. Ranger stung by 7 bees from
hornets nest. Also located two marijuana Grow operations. Polk Co. SO removed
same. 92-193-035 Sk.Co.
Byron Shurleff -Missing Mushroom picker. Mt. Adams. Team: H. Oakes/Ranger.
Results: Ranger tracked victim to where we located him alive. 92-194-036
Missing child in Brush Prarie area. Clark Co. Anthony Cochran I got search
organized using ICS System. very unorganized at first. Large effort. Subj.
located the next day by 304th. Ranger led the 304th to this area. 92-200-042 Polk
CO. Missing Deer Hunter Lukiamoot Area. T Team: H. Oakes Ranger Results: we
found him alive and cold. 11-16-92
92-201-043 Polk Co. RD#18. Buckman Howard-Missing Deer hunter. Team H. Oakes
Ranger. Results:MWSD Located this victim cold and wet. 92-206-048 Clack.
Co. Mt. Hood, Ore. Ski Accident Mike Lilly White River Canyon Rescue. We were
training that day when Ranger located the injured skier laying in the snow weak
from Hypothermia. Ranger layed next to the victim to assist in rewarming. Pt had
a dislocated patella. BUCK RAT assisted MWSD in extracation. Good Job Ranger. 92-186-028(E).
Clark Co. Body Recovery-Columbia Tie Rd. Amboy, Wash. Homicide. Shot in head and
buried. Team:MWSD H.Oakes/Ranger Ken Bowlsby.12-16-92
92-205-047(C). Coleman Search Lost Hunter Team: H.Oakes Ranger. Results: Victim
located in water where Ranger and other SAR Dogs alerted. 93-209-001
Clack.Co. Mt. Hood Ore. White River Canyon Inj. X-C skier Mike Levine Team MWSD.
Rescue inj skier. 93-211-003 Clatsop
Co. Water Rescue Seaside,Ore. South Shore beach. (On Scene) Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog
Ranger and Brandon Oakes. Results: While walking on the beach we witnessed 5
children get pulled out to sea by a sneaker wave tide undertow. One girl made it
out on her own. Two parents jumped in and saved their children and that left two
children still heading out to sea. Drowning. Brandon acted as a spotter while
Ranger and I went to help. I swam out to the boy and pulled him out of the water
and Ranger swam 30 yards out to the little girl and she hung on to his tail
while he pulled her in. Fire Dept.and Police notified of incident by family.
Great Save Ranger. Brandon acted as spotter. Did great job. NOTE: We later were
the first search dog team to ever be awarded the “Higgins’ and Langley Swift
Water rescue award for this rescue. 93-218-010 Clark
Co. Washugal Wash. Columbia River. " Mark R. Smith" Bad weather Team: H. Oakes
Ranger and MWSD teams located victim in water. Recovered 93-226-018
Missing Hiker-Hoskins-West Side of Mt. Angelas. Olympic National Forest. Missing
x 13 days. Ranger & I flew into sight by helo. We found him in less then 20
minutes on scene. West Side. He had fallen 350' over a cliff to his death. We
assisted in the body recovery with park rangers and MT. Rescue. We found his
remains after local search dog teams and Mtn. rescue teams searched the same
area for 14 days. 93-228-020 Clark.
Co. Suicide. Columbia River. Team: H. Oakes Ranger Located victim dead in water.
Souri Yavang. 93-258-050 Polk
Co. Missing 17y/o girl with 7 year old mentality. We were told this would be a
cadaver search. Missing X(3) days in very cold weather. Girl with her
cockerspaniel. Dallas, Ore. WE FOUND HER AND HER DOG BARELY alive.:} Body core
temp 92 and heading down. Girl unconcsious. Dog cuddled inside her jacket saved
her life. MERRY CHRISTMAS. This after search teams and police searched for her
for 3 days and nights and found nothing. We found her alive in 30 minutes. 94-263-001 Mult.Co.
Missing female runaway. Kristen Stearns. Team:H.Oakes/Ranger. We tracked her
down alive. 94-267-005(A).
Mutual Aid Cleared assigned areas by Orange Co. SAR. Found one dead in Apts that
were burned out. Also assisted in Grief therapy. Team:H.Oakes/Ranger J.Burgett/
Brandy. 94-269-009
Clatsop Co. Private Missing person search Dela Carlson 77y/o altz pt. Phase#(1).
Cleared area of highest POA. Picked up her track found her foot prints and
toilet paper every time she changed to another road. We located all this
evidence and her remains after Clatsop Co. and Search one K-9 detection searched
entire area for three days and told family she wasn't out there. 94-269-009 "G"
Private Dela Carlson Search. While inspecting the death scene. Ranger located
Dela's Jaw bone and teeth under a tree. This is after Clatsop Co. SO stated to
Janice, Leroy and Oscar that, "We recovered everything after an extensive search
of the scene.". Witnesses to the remainder of the body part recovery was Janice,
Leroy and Kris Desylvia.94-315-53(A-B-C) Private Missing Person Bryan Meier Age
23 found DOA in Willamette River. 94-338-075 Missing
Person "Dan-O-Johnson Pack 657 BSA Camp Discovery Missing Child. Ranger tracked
him to canyon creek where he was hiding. 94-341-078 D. Pat
Reudinick Columbia River drowning. WPD. We located his remains in the water with
the search dogs. 94-335-027 (D-O).
C. Hall Pine Bluff, Arkansas Homicide. Flew and worked homicide located suspect
and ID same through scent evidence on his boots and his vehicle. Good job
Ranger. 94-359-096
Homicide x 2 . Carlson case Clark Co. Battle Ground Wash. Ranger and Shadow
located where victims were killed and id suspect and how he transported victims
out of the area. This after detectives went through home and didn’t find
anything. Detectives got a search warrant based on our search dog teams
findings. Found evidence. ID suspect. Good Job Ranger and Shadow. Suspect
convicted of double homicide. 94-371-108 Mtn
Rescue (2) Searchers Mt St Helens, Wash. Call came in for help from SSSAR.
Responded and assisted in rewarming victims. Medical response. 11-03/04-94
94-378-115 Lost Mushroom picker Bun My Loeng Sk.Co. request for assist. Canceled
upon arrival due to weather. Skamania Co. Director of EMS screwed this one up
really bad. His ignorance along with the victims cost the victim his life. I
wrote a letter to Gov. Locke. He didn’t do anything about it. I got removed from
the callout list from the office of emergency management state of Washington for
opening my mouth and exposing the truth. 94-391-128 Body
Recovery Class 5 water Wind River Sk.Co. asked to be there to supervise
recovery ny SSSAR. Drowning. Kayaker caught in a strainer of logs. Died from
Hypothermia. "Dave" Victim. Sk. Co. S.O. on scene and refused to allow local
assistance to rescue the victim while he was struggling to stay alive. 94-385-122(C)
Clark Co. Brian Harris. MWSD teams located victim in search area after search
one, Clark Co. SO and SAR and SSSAR and NCEMS and bloodhound team failed to
locate him. We found him DOA in search area in less then 15 minutes. Supervised
body recovery. We found prior search teams flagging ribbon, 10 feet from his
head. 95-439-035 Clark
Co. Missing Person "Linda Obrien NE 57th Vanc. Wash. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. Tracked from house to bus stop where tracked stopped behind Vanc.
mall. Blood hound confirmed Val's track. Subject later (4) days, called family
from Colorado stating she was ok and confirmed that was the route she took. Good
job Valorie. 95-458-054
Oklahoma City Bombing-Disaster Response Federal Building Bombing Murrah Bldg
Bombing. Teams: H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Valorie alerted on four areas.
Fire dept told me later they found 4 dead kids & 6 adult body parts. The book
Valorie’s Valor came out of this tragedy. (Some FEMA teams passed around bad
rumors that,”We got kicked out of the scene”. Nothing was further from the
truth. All 25 on scene nonfema teams were asked to leave on Sunday morning, so
only the FEMA teams could finish working the site. (This so President B. Clinton
could get more funding for the Fed. FEMA system). *04-23-95
95-467-063 Drowning Sitka, Ak. Assist in coordinating find and recovery
Lisianskie Peninsulla, Sitka, Ak Coord. Called drowning of Randy Helem. After
dogs and my map assit they found subject in 220 Feet ocean deep water. 95-426-022 Polk
Co. Water Search Independance, Ore." John Pope" Search (F) With K-9-20 assist.
Loc. Sub. in 29 feet water down stream from first searches and out 20 feet from
other side East side of embankmant. 07-31-95 Polk
Co.SO, FallsCity,Ore.Kidnap(1) Sexual Abuse(1) case Camp Killowan Lower
Greenwood Cabin.Victim: S. P. Stayton,Ore. age: 10. Between 0430Hrs. and
0500Hrs. suspect entered victim’s cabin through front door of cabin while she
was asleep and kidnapped her at knife point. He then took her down the trail and
molested her. She reported the actions to Polk Co. SO. They did their
investigation and grid searched the area for evidence. We were then called in on
07-31-95 and searched the area. See report for findings. 09-02-95 Clark
Co. Washington. Clark Co.Sheriffs Dept. Request Possible Kidnapp homicide case.
DEM#95-1217 Martha, Michael and Crystal Beeson missing from NE 72ave. Vanc.
Wash. R.P. Sgt. Warren CCSO. Teams: See unit list. Coordinator for MWSD H.Oakes
SAR Dog Valorie. Results: Searched Victims house. Door broken in from front
door. Blood found small amounts throughout the house. Valorie and Tracker gave
strong STRESS alerts inside living room and bathroom. MWSD did area search of
property and found no bodies. CCSO obtained search warrant based on our
findings. (NOTE). DA’s office established my expertise on scent, scent evidence,
training SAR Dogs, made me an expert witness. As soon as I completed my
testimony in the courtroom, the suspect stood up. Stopped the trial, and plead
guilty stating our search dogs were 100% accurate in their track of the victim(s)
and suspect. 10-06/07-95
Clack.Co. Private search for missing Mt. Climber on Mt. Hood. Ken Budlong.
Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results. Rode chair lifts to top of
palmer and then climbed to NW ridge of Illumination rock. Picked up death alerts
at base of Ill. rock and minor alerts at saddle top. Winds from west at 35
gusting. ICY. Wrote report and faxed to Hood River Co. S O. Alerts coming from
Reid Glacier and Yocum Ridge area. 7800 to 8200 foot levels. Body is in crevasse
on Reid Glacier. Observed fall line, slide. I filed report with sheriff’s
office. Body still in crevasse to this day. 95-569-164
Drowning Clark Co. Camas Washington. 14year old, (Billie Talent) drowned
10-13-95 while fishing with a friend. Responded teams.H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie
K-9-1 located victim along with other SAR Dog teams down stream from PLS in
Class 3 water. 95-569-164(C).
Grief Therapy Camas Middle School. Ref: Billy Talent body recovery. 95-614-209(B).
12-06-95 Grief Therapy Tangent,Ore. with employees of Hessel Corp. Team: H.Oakes
/Valorie K-9-1. Results: Went very well. 96-668-024(C)
01-25-96 Cowlitz Co. Drowning X (2). Dennis Svoboda and Larry Mansur. Two
missing fisherman. Missing X 4 days. Searched their favorite fishing holes. Very
cold outside. Snowing in hills. Winds from West 0-5 MPH. Air temp..35f. Water
42F. One found by valorie in 40 feet of water and one found in 60 feet of water.
Grief therapy 1 hour with family after debriefing. We located victims
whereabouts after sheriff’s dept and dive team failed to. Sheriff continues to
badmouth us to the newspaper on this one. Family witnessed our search and
findings. One body found upstream. (this isn’t a surprise since there are TIDAL
currents from the ocean in this section of river and heavy boat and barge
traffic that tow bodies up and down river all the time. 96-676-032(A).
02-11-96 Marion Co. Hwy 99E Drowning X(3) OSP request. Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie and SSSAR(x)2. Victims. Gonon, Satey and Santiago Alblino HMA's. Drowned
when their vehicle went off road into flooded onion field. Made 12 passes.
Valorie located both on second pass. 100 feet down stream from PLS. OSP Advised.
All 3 bodies recovered. 05-05-96
96-727-083(B). Marion Co. Searched Willamette River near Mission St. Team:
H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Found human in water DOA. Police
advised. 96-730-086(D).
Clatsop Co. Searched for David Wahl at alleged last pls. Teams: Harry Oakes SAR
Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: See report and diagrams. Numerous death alerts. We
made phone call and found body. It had washed up in Gray’s Harbor, Wa. They sent
notice to Clatsop Co. Clatsop Co. didn’t do anything. Med. Exam. Buried body as
a john doe. We had David’s remains exhumed and reautopsied. Proved it was
murder, turned case over to OSP who obtained conviction of David’s girlfriend.
This after police and search one k-9 detection failed to find anything. We were
never once given credit for this find. The family took all the credit on tv. 05-30-96
96-730-087(I). David Wahl Mission. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. RESULTS:
David was found two weeks after he disappeared by Aberdeen, Wash. PD. Naked and
Headless. ID through Fingerprinted. Listed as John Doe until yesterday when
Positive ID was made through prints. Already buried. Legal records will show I
located the where abouts of David’s remains. 05-28-96
96-750-106(A). Clack. Co. Drowning Clackamas River High Rocks Area Gladstone,
Ore. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Initial Interview and grief
therapy started. 05-29-96
96-750-106(B). Clack. Co. Drowning search. Team: H.Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1.
Results: Located body in 20 feet of water moving at surface at 4 feet per
second. 08-07-96
96-805-161(A).Clarksville City PD Nix, Diana Homicide Evidence Search-Searched
victims vehicle and located death alert at drivers seat foot pedals and carpet
areas. 08-08-96
96-788-144(F) worked Beard Case. Found death and stress alerts in suspect
vehicles at crime lab. 96-805-160(B).
Diana Nix Homicide. Searched house with detectives from Clarksville City PD.
Search Warrant for shoes. 08-09-96
96-799-155(B). Viola Morgan Warren Co. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Kidnapped case
from Apt. Tracked with Kentucky State Patrol and worked with FBI on this case.
Successful track to where vehicle parked and switched victim to another
vehicle. 08-10-96
96-788-144(H). Worked Beard Case Found evidence. Tracked suspect to same
location where we tracked Jackie. Death alert in suspects house and found shove
with dirt and hair on it in suspects closet. 09-28-96
96-858-214 Performed BLS Aid on Heart attack patient in flight. Patient: S.
Felts Age# 36. Clarksville, Tenn. Dr. Admin. 2lpm O2 Rebreather. Monitored
vitals and Dr. Admin. 2 nitro. ALS team met us at the airport. Flight#1575
Nashville to Dallas. 10-09-96
96-839-196(K). Marion Co. Grief Therapy at sight where Mariah's body was found.
With Ellen Pelker. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Krista also present. MWSD
teams able to prove Mariah was murdered and who the suspects were. Police took
suspects into custody. 11-20-96
96-893-249 Mult. Co. Bad Guy Pursuit. PPB Request. 122nd and Fremont 1210Hrs.
Came accross PPB who had one burglar in custody. One escaped. Put Valorie on
track (Footprint near seen) id as suspect#2. We tracked North on 122 from
Fremont to Marine Dr. East to 162 then south (152) turns into 162nd. to
telephone booth and bus stop. Suspect ID by PPB. BMJ age 16 used to live 138 and
Sandy. 12-10-96
96-910-266 (C). Wash. Co. Missing Person: Cynthia Grotjohn: Team: Harry E. Oakes
Jr. (SAR Dog Coordinator) MWSD. K-9-1 SAR Dog Valorie. Responding K-9 Team from
MWSD. Heather Frazer (ST). Results:Cleared Ravine West of Nudist Camp. Got
strong death alert in Dairy Creek 4/10th of a mile west from Dairy Rd. off of
Fern Ridge Rd. Area Flagged. Family notifed. Found coyote poop with human hair
remains. Faxed report to WCSO. Flagged area. Detectives called me a year later
demanding why they weren’t told about this? I can’t control their dept and their
lack of communication between one another individual offices. 01-02-97
97-926-001(B). Cowlitz Co. Phylis Lewellen SARM. Teams: H. Oakes SR Dog Valorie
K-9-1. Michelle Keating SAR Dog in training "Rusty" K-9-16. Results: Signed
contract, setup overhead management sar ops. and searched immediate area. Also
performed Grief Therapy for children. Gave them both GT Bears. Cowlitz Co.
refused to dig up body. She’s still under the dirt next to the house. 01-08-97
97-928-003(A). Clark Co. Drowning. Ridgefield, Wa. Brian Raff. Five foot of Mill
House Boats SlipA-18. Teams. H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. C. Martin SAR Dog
Billie K-9-12. Results: Located victim in 5 minutes under dock. 01-25-97
97-938-013 Clack. Co. Mt. Hood White River Canyon Rescue. Victim Dan McKinby
Farmcrest Rd Hillsboro, Ore. Fx left radius / ulna with BSA group. Approached
our team and asked for help. We splinted fx and put arm in shoulder sling.
Vitals and BSA transported victim to Mt. Hood ER. We advised family via
telephone 01-25-97
97-939-014 Clack Co. Mt. Hood White River Canyon Rescue. Victim: E. Berrest NE
8th st. Portland, Ore. Poss. strain ligaments R ankle. splinted and applied
ice. Transported to Parking lot by BSA Sled and transported to hospital by POV.
T 97-949-024(B).
Pierce Co. Drowning. Missing Person :Raymond Leon Bickle. H. Oakes K-9-1. SAR
Dog "Valorie". Results: Located victim Puget Sound Stellicom Warf area 80 feet
deep pacific ocean. Family and S.O. advised. Pierce Co. Refused to recover body
according to family. 03-08-97
97-963-039(B). Clack. Co. Mt. Hood, Ore. Private request to assist by family.
Missing snow boarder x 3 days. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1 and Garton
with SAR Dog in training Dwezel, Michelle Keating base. Results: All of our sar
dog teams obtained alerts into Sand Canyon. We advised a news helicopter to
search ahead of us in a specific area. They found him alive. CCSO SAR Teams
pissed. This after sheriff’s teams, mountain rescue and search one k-9 detection
couldn’t find him. 03-15-97
97-965-042(D). Clack. Co. SARM Sandy, Zach search. Worked as IC. 17 Hrs. Grief
Therapy. 04-03-97
97-976-052(A). Mult. Co. Missing Person-Drowning-Accidental. (Victim) We tracked
this victim through downtown portland, Ore. After he had been missing a week.
Abraham Steven Ellis: ABE, Ash St. Portland, Oregon Roger Legg: (Biological
Father). Wenda L. Ellis (Mother) Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1.
Results: K-9-1. Tracked victim from PLS to Willamette River. K-9-15 verified.
Family and Police and NMCLC notified. MCSO River patrol Lt Dan Fitz gave Val and
I credit for the find. 04-04-97
97-976-052(B). Mult. Co. Missing Person research area for drowning victim. Team:
H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Reconfirmed location of body 300 feet
off shore 100 feet from Burnside Bridge. Police recovered his remains right
where said he was. 04-09-97
97-979-056(A). L.A. Co. Missing Person: Actor Robert Axelrod WMA DLS 03-31-97.
ETOH. Wallet located on Recita and Oxnard on Sunday. Size 8 shoes. West Valley
PD Det. Ryan & Hernandez Missing persons detectives. LAPD has it in their
possession. Angel Valentino Laurel Canyon Blvd. N. Hollywood, Ca. Mother called
me on 04-10-97 and said she had found her son. Her son Robert was an outpatient
at UCLA Olive View Med. Center. I confirmed it with E.R. 05-24-97
97-1001-078 (C). Cowlitz Co. Drowing Private response. Victim: Corinna Sofranko.
Team: H. Oakes Overhead management. SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. ST Michelle Keating
K-9-16. River lower 4 feet than when drowning occured. Results: Located victim
at PLS. 12 feet of water. Water now class 4. 06-14-97
97-1017-094 Mult. Co. Assisted in Water Rescue Boat Stranded. Teams: H. Oakes
SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Kris Desylvia ST2. RP: Relatives of Kris Desylvia ST
Member of MWSD. Lynn Kokos SE Ellis, Portland, Ore. Boat stranded with two
adults and three children on board. r/c from KD Family member that her daughter
was attempting to hike out for help. We located one of the victims hypothermic
and cut by brush 1 mile east of Troutdale in swamp north of I-84. Night mission.
Assisted by treating for hypothermia, transporting victim to river patrol and rp
did physical retreival of boat with remaining members of the party. 07-15-97
97-1040-117 Polk / Marion Co. Drowning. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1.
Missing Person: Cody Morris. Drowned in Willamette River Saturday 07-12-97.
Results: SAR Dog Teams Located missing person in 5 minutes. 08-10-97
97-1056-133(A). Mult. Co. Lost Child. Jessica Nicole Clark, (Victim). WFJ. age
4. Last seen wearing a yellow one piece bathing suit with "tweety Bird" in front
and "Sylvester the cat" in back. She has dark blonde hair, blue eyes, 3 foot
tall, 35 lbs. Missing from Sellwood Riverfront Park on the beach by the dock
since approx. 1400Hrs. on 08-10-97. Search NONE K-9 Defection team was there
with MCSO. They couldn’t find crap if they had to. We went in there and located
the body in under 30 seconds with our own 2 dog teams. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. O. Gomez SAR Dog Buddy K-9-15. Angie Untiz ST#4. Results: Cleared
areas. Both dogs alerted in water. PPB advised. Performed Grief Therapy for
Mother. MCSO being unprofessional as usual. Refused to allow all available
resources in immediately. We were called in by PPB. They were really
embarrassed (AGAIN) by our finding the body. 11-06-97
97-1108-185(B). Linn Co. Missing Child. Elijah Kelt Age 4. (Austistic). DLS:
Monday. 0830Hrs. 11-03-97. Father Jerry Mother "Kathy" . Lived Riverside Dr. SW
Albany, OregonR/C from Jerry.
Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog "Valorie" K-9-1. Results: Tracked child to where
"Valorie" K-9-1 and "Rusty" K-9-16 located victim doa under log debri and 4 feet
of water. Divers recovered body right where our search dogs located it.
Performed Grief therapy for I.K.9.S.A.R.S. Team members, sar dogs and victim's
family. We found Eli after Linn Co. Sheriff refused our offers to assist.
Sheriff cost the tax payers over $125,000 in their four day search efforts with
bloodhounds, search dogs, helicopters, boats, divers. They didn’t find a thing.
We found Eli in 30 minutes. 11-25-97
97-1121-198 Mult. Co. Missing Child-Runaway. Angela Marie Bohan.Team: H. Oakes
SAR Dog "Valorie" K-9-1 and Krista from the NMCLC.Results: Tracked her down
alive and fine. 11-25-97
97-1122-199 Mult. Co. Missing Child-Runaway. Desirae Epley Team: H. Oakes SAR
Dog "Valorie" K-9-1 and Krista Widman from the NMCLC. Results: Tracked her down
alive and fine. 12-11-97
97-1127-204(C). Wash. Co. Missing Person. Saffa M. Nasir. Teams: H. Oakes SAR
Dog "Valorie" K-9-1. Results: Meet with Private Investigator for the Saffa case
at their Tigard office. They had 6 blue shop towels that Dennis used to clean up
his van with. I put "Valorie" on each towel for victim id. She alerted on 3 of
them. The search was video taped. We id the murder suspect through scent id.
Police arrested and convicted suspect. Body later recovered. Suspect later
convicted. Family gave us full credit for the findings. 12-22-97
97-1134-211(A). Clark. Co. Missing juvenile. Athalie Marie Wiser,(Missing
Person) Vancouver, Washington. WFJ Home schooled. Grade 9. *Date Last Seen
12-20-97 2230 Hrs. Darrel W. Wiser (Father) Candie Wiser (Mother) Team: H. Oakes
SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Did initial interview, report, investigation,
house and property search, and started track. SAR Dog Valorie located victim
alive. 98-1138-003(A).
01-07-98 1430-1930 Hrs. Clark. Co. Missing girl Amber Hughes. Age 15. Team:H.
Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Tracked the girl to an apt. and located where she
had stayed on 01-01-98. Interviewed with VPD a witness and faxed BG PD the
information for follow up. We found her alive. 02-06-98
98-1147-012(A). Tillamook Co. Missing Person. Karl Schomburg. Teams:H. Oakes SAR
dog Valorie K-9-1. Pinpointed an area of death alerts along the steep rugged
cliffs South of the PLS. Rappelled down cliff, checked on areas of interests of
the SAR Dogs from I.K.9.S.A.R.S. Thick brush. Foot prints found. Dogs continued
to give death alerts in this area. Winds from the North North West. Friends of
the victim advised. 02-25-98
98-1150-015 (C). Darke Co. Lynn Topp Missing Person. Lynn Topp. SAR Dog Valorie
and I went to Victim's families home. Joe Marylou Topp Rossburg, Oh. Lynn's
Parents. Obtained a scent article, Drove to nearby city PD ref: a wma who
claimed he had Lynn for a satanic ritual. Did vehicle check for scent id on . No
alerts. Went back to other areas of interests and cleared more areas. Definate
death alerts in one area searched on a farm. Sheriff dug with a backhoe and
recovered linns’ remains. Suspect had cut her face off, fingers off, poured
gasoline on her, wrapped her in plastic, buried her five feet deep, put 20 feet
of debris on top of the site and SAR Dog Valorie still found her remains. Good
job valorie. Val found this little girls remains after local K-9 sar teams
failed to find anything. 02-27-98 98-
1153-017 (A). Union City, Ohio, Missing Girl, Scent id. Worked on another
Homicide case and suspect id in Union City. Officer Bruce A. Jamison West Water
St. Piqua, Oh Ref: Shaylene M. Farrell Age 18 WFA DLS: 08-08-94. 135 Lbs. 5
foot. Hazel eyes. Mother Darlene Farrell Piqua, Oh Met at 1715 Hrs. PU Scent
article Prom dress in black plastic garbage bag. Mother stated it hadn't been
washed. Worked search area. (See report). 3 areas of interests. Death alerts
each area. Then did boot / shoe suspect id off of victim's scent article.
Valorie id one pair of brown boots 3 times and one pair of black tennis shoes
twice as positive hits. Police advised. 1750 Hrs. Did newspaper and tv
interviews. 03-06-98
98-1152-016(F). Milan, Tennessee, Missing persons case. Fd. Researched and
reconfirmed pond # 4. Middle Rd Pond. Death alerts. PD Advised. Divers searched
and see report for findings. We found a body but not Casey's. Red Marron Pants,
White T Shirt, Five Cinder Blocks with wireclothesline loop bindings still
intacked. Axe. Steel plates with bindings also. Skeleton remains beleived to be
human. 06-20-98
98-1209-073(A). Clark. Co. Missing Child. Kristy Duell, VPD Case# S-98-10137 Age
16. Missing Child. RP: Marianna Kuhn Battleground, Wa. Missing Child: Marilee
Snyder. VPD Case# S-98-10104 Age 16. Missing Child. RP: Carole Browning Loowit
Loop, Vanc. Wa. Missing Child: Tiffany Browning VPD Case# S-98-7419 Age 17.Mrs. Burnett Vanc.
Wa. Missing Child: Jessica Burnett VPD Case# S-98-10166 Age 15. Team:H. Oakes
SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Located suspect(s) who had drugged and raped
these kids, kidnapped them to Mexico. We recovered all of the girls alive. Feds
wouldn’t prosecute the bad guys. They stated,” The girls went willingly”. (I
don’t think so). 06-28-98
98-1217-081 Clatsop. Co. Drowning Pacific Ocean Cannon Beach Haystack rock.
Team: H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie, M. Keating SAR Dog Rusty/Murphy. Results: All 3
dogs gave death alerts off Haystack rock. CPD advised. 33 yo female missing from
a suicide. 06-30-98
98-1220-084(A). Wash. Co. Nancy Hawkins private search for her daughter who is
missing. SARA Victoria Hawkins (Missing Child). Teams: H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie
K-9-1. M. Keating SAR dog Rusty K-9-2. Results: We located her daughter alive.
She had been drugged and kidnapped by an internet suspect. 07-17-98
98-1233-097 (A). Mult. Co. Missing Person. B. Oakes Gresham, Ore. RP: K and J
Holden Gresh eam: H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: See reports. I
located him alive. 08-31-98
98-1261-125 Drove from Portland down to Eureka PD and did night search for
missing Karen Mitchel. She has been missing for 10 months. Valorie did great
track to where body was disposed of in the inlet ocean.09-01-98
98-1262-126 Drove to Monterey CA and met with FBI agent ref: Christina Marie
Williams Case. Educated FBI on proper use of scent evidence and sar dog usage.
FBI agent refused to allow us to search Fort Ord, Ca. for remains. Her remains
were later found on Ft Ord. Oops…………..09-20-98
98-1277-141 Skamania Co. Victim: J.Woldridge Portland, Ore. Hamilton Mtn. Trail.
First Aid Brown Recluse Spider bite. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1.
Results: Pt LOC X 3. No < with Resp. Pulse > 120. Pearls. Skin normal. Admin.
Benadryl tab. Lid. 2% on bite site. Topical ointment.10-19-98
98-1291-155 Clack. Co. Missing Person. Laura Lee Hoyt. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results: Minor alerts. Searched
house and vehicles. We located her sleeping in a hospital intensive care ward
with a patient she didn’t even know.Hurricane Mitch
Honduras. 11-09-98 98-1301-165 Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating
SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Tegusagalpa. Fire Dept. Met with Riley Wooten 11-18-98 Wed
We located 29 victims dead. Buried in flood mudslides. Fire Dept. witnessed
finds.12-11-98
98-1318-182. Mult. Co. Missing person. Joshua Petefish. Missing from: Anthony
Adult Foster Care N. WIlbur St. Portland, Oregon. North Greeley Ave and
Killingsworth St. Joshua was last seen wearing a brown checked quarter length
coat with a fur lapel. a dark blue sweatshirt, jeans and black Nike tennis
shoes. 6-02" 210 Lbs. with black hair. Anthony Adult Foster Care Center Mult.
Co. Divi. of Devel. Dis. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Tracked
to 7-11- Store. Then to bus stop in front of 7-1-1 store. RP's advised.12-28-98
98-1314-178F Klamath Co. Missing child. Derrick Engebretson Case. We offered
services to sheriff’s Dept. They refused. Family called us in privately after
sheriff’s dept, K-9 SAR teams, blood hounds, helicoptes, failed to find
anything. SAR Dog Valorie and I called in privately from family. SAR Dog Valorie
and I worked the search area with the family present we found where Derricks
tracks, where he slept under a log, crossed roads twice and fell through the
frozen ice on Klamath lake. This photographed and documented by the family. This
after three different search dog teams, blood hound teams, tracking teams and
ground teams failed to find anything.01-11-99
99-1328-005 Linn Co. Drowning. Victim's name Ryan Lee Willam Pitts age 13.
Drowned Sat. 01-09-99. While duck hunting. boat tipped over, No pfds worn.Water
Very COLD and SWIFT.Ryan attended Lebonan Middle School Did consult case.01-11-99
99-1329-006 S.C. and Ohio. Missing person. Dennis Massie Lockwood Blvd.
Youngstown, Ohio Missing person: Todd James Massie NCIC#: Out of Monroe Co.
Bloomington Indiana. Consulting work01-12-99
99-1328-005(B). Linn Co. Drowning. Ryan Lee Willam Pitts. Teams:H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1, M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results: Canceled upon arrival.
Victim located by his father. Did CISD on scene and at Ryan's school.01-26-99
99-1336-013(B). Missing persons case, Ref: Chip McCain. Flew to Minnapolis.
Consulted on case and was able to determine what had happened to chip.
02-20-99 99-1343-022(A). Jackson Co. Missing Person Victoria Kelly
Coleman Creek, Medford Son missing (Thomas Erin Devine Kelly) DLS: 01-26-99.
PLS: Pioneer Rd. We flew down and determined he was dead.03-06-99
99-1354-033(B). Clack. Co. Missing Person. David Francis Aszman. Drove on
03-06-99 0730Hrs. to PLS Sandy River. near Dodge Park. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Worked both sides from PLS Both
sar dogs alerted 100 yards downstream. We then worked area search and found
nothing. We then floated down to Oxbow in large raft. Water COLD. Both dogs also
alerted 1/2 mile down stream in a deep section. Near where his kayak was
recovered.04-06-99
99-1367-046 Mult. Co. Missing Person Runaway: RP: William C. Jager SE Lincoln
St. Portland, Ore. Jennifer Ann Jager. NMCLC case. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. Results: Tracked Jennifer to where she was staying.04-13-99
99-1371-050 Mult. Co. Found runaway Jennifer Lynn Rochell Mother Loretta Toth
Team: H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Girl recovered alive sleeping in
neighbors tree house. Mother notified.05-18-99
99-1389-068B. Clack. Co. Missing Person: Christine Marie Prothe SE Ogden St.
Portland, Oregon Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Located
Christine in Seaside, Ore. with old boyfriend. Family and police advised.06-11-99
99-1408-087 Mult. Co. First Aid Call. 9 yo boy fell off bike at Gresham City
Park. Injury large hematoma left skull above left ear. Edema, PEARLS, Normal
pulse, resp. No jaw fx. No apparent c spine inj. Found parents. applied ice, and
direct pressure to inj. sight to control bleeding. Parents advised to transport
child to hospital immediately.:06-24-99
99-1417-096A Mult. Co. Missing Person. Amy Bowerman Age 15 Lou & Darlene
Bowerman Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results:SAR Dog Valorie
K-9-1 located Amy to where we found her alive.07-13-99
99-1421-100A. Mult. Co. Missing Person, Amatha Saenz. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1. Results: Searched the apt that Susan and Amatha shared. See
report for findings. We found that she had been killed.07-24-99
99-1421-100H Wash. Co. Missing Person Amatha Saenz. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog
Valorie K-9-1, M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results: Searched more areas of
Forest Park. (Hoyt Arb). Found woman's belt. Both dogs getting death alerts.07-17-99
99-1431-110 Clatsop Co. Found HEARING AID. While relaxing, SAR Dog Valorie
alerted in the waters edge. I inspected this area and recovered a hearing aid.
(Starkey CE sent : Roy Tabor Starkey Hearing Aids, SE Oak Hillsboro, Oregon.08-19-99
99-1448-127(B). Turkey Earthquake. Offered services. Team: H. Oakes SAR dog
Valorie K-9-1. Flew to Turkey, worked assigned areas. Located 4 live 41 dead.
100% humidty 100Degree heat. Lots of dead. Saturday. 1122Hrs. Arrived Istanbul.
1150Hrs. Briefed at Airport CP with Task Force#1 FEMA Florida. Drove to
Adapazari in small car with local volunteer SAR folks. 1640Hrs. Arrived and
briefed at CP to just go start searching areas. NO ICS system set up. Set up my
camp with German team.1705 Hrs. First Building searched called "The Plaza"
Cumbunyet Mah. Dr. Kamilsok's office building. Valorie found 3 DOA. 1757Hrs.
Searched a collapsed Bakery store on Char St. and Sasyapastone St. Found one
Dead. 1900Hrs. Very tired, rested. Base camp with teams from Hungary, Belgium,
Germany, Switzerland, and USA. Met with representative from Governors office.
Each district has a different government. We got into a heated discussion with
all teams as the Turkish Government feels there are no more survivors and want
to bulldoze all of the buildings and spread lime. We all said no. But they
started telling every one (All team leaders) that if we quarantine the areas,
you'll be here for a minimum of one month then. The Belgium team left that
night. 2215 Hrs. Sipi St. near Bakery Found 1 Dead and a 14 yo girl ALIVE. She
was buried under collapsed home, brick construction, in bedroom. Local rescuers
dug her out. Made the news. 2300Hrs. Did Taped interview with CBS. Hungry Team
with me during live find and they dug her out. 2400Hrs. Went to bed. Too hot,
stressed. The stench of death is every where.08-22-99 Sun.
99-1448-127(G). Turkey Earthquake. 0400Hrs. Searched building near Irik St.in
Adapazari. No alerts. 0429Hrs. Searched another building next door found 2 dead.
0540Hrs. Searched Yenidogan Fabrihn St. and Tung St. Found one dead, one alive.
50 yo woman trapped in bedroom under four stories of debri. Local military and
police providing security. Ambulance transporting victims, both dead and alive.
Fire Dept. standing by and watching. Doing nothing. Military spreading LIME for
disease control. Had to ask them to stop as it was hurting all of the search
dogs noses, eyes, feet. Also had to ask the heavy equipment operators to stop
using machines so we could bring search dogs in to search buildings. Many of the
dead that we found, were in buildings already cleared by USAR teams from Spain,
Italy, and other countries that didn't have search dogs. Lots of glass, sharp
metal, power lines down everywhere. Buildings some standing fine with just
broken glass. Others collapsed right on the spot. 0800Hrs. Searched another
building two blocks away and found 3 dead. 1100Hrs. Searched another building
next door found 1 dead. 1200Hrs. Took a much needed break. The heat is horrible
and so is the stench of death. Valorie very tired and depressed. Cleaned up
self, repacked gear, and cleaned up Valorie. 1600Hrs. Marla and Suha gave us a
ride to Istanbul. Hyatt Regency in Istanbul Rm#407, comp room Val is first dog
ever to spend night at Hyatt there. 1700Hrs. Did interview with USA Today.
Talked with Mary N. Biddle People Magazine. 1200Hrs. Met with LA Times #401 Mary
Beth Sheridan. F/ Mexico. 1300Hrs. Met with NTV reporter and crew. Discussed
goverments position on closing search down and bulldozing buildings. Talked with
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