searching tornado stricken areas

You’ve been called to the scene of a tornado search.

Searching for live and dead victims in the aftermath of a tornado that’s hit a residential neighborhood.

Where do you start?
Like in any disaster response, first obtain written authorization to respond. Find out where the forward base camp or command post, also known as a staging area is going to be located.

Once you arrive at the cp or staging area, you need to check in, obtain passes into the restricted zones. Obtain your SAR instructions, which should be in writing on what your assigned search area is going to be.

You also need to ask what are the risk factors involved? Hazmat, broken glass, power lines. Is the power turned off? Exposed ruptured gas leaks. Is the gas turned off? Looting and security risks, etc. Then make a decision on whether you are still going to respond. If the risk is too great, back off and don’t go in. It’s not worth it.

Example; We were all set to go to Japan for the March 11, 2011 9.0 earthquake. When I checked in with the DOD, before our teams were to respond, I found out the US Navy was pulling out because of the nuclear fallout threat danger, I did a risk assessment and contacted all of our response teams and canceled our response to Japan.

It’s not worth risking my search dogs, handlers and support teams to search for dead human remains. The risk factor was way to high.

Once you as the SAR Coordinator, dog handler have made the decision to go in, work the assigned area slowly.

Put your dog on a down stay and or hand your search dog to another dog handler while one of you walks through the search area without the SAR dog. Your job is to look for any exposed hot electrical wires, which can burn or kill you and your dog teams.

You will look for any HAZMAT areas to avoid. Broken shards of glass, sharp pieces of metal, nails sticking up right, roving packs of dogs, people, spilled antifreeze, fuel leaks, bleach, etc.

Once you’re determine it is safe, draw a diagram of your search area. (rubble pile). And determine which direction the wind is coming from. Next, one search dog team at a time should search the assigned area in a slow methodical grid air scent search.

Note your dogs live and death alerts. If you get a live alert. Stop, mark the location, and call in for rescue support teams to start their digging.

If you get a death alert, stop, mark the location with flagging, or spray paint, note location, date, time, GPS coordinates, then continue with your search.

If you find a vehicle, make sure you look inside for victims.

Once you’re done with your assigned search area, bring in your second search dog team to confirm your findings. As soon as you’re done searching, remove yourself and your search dog immediately out of the rubble pile and check your dog’s pads, legs, paws, nose, eyes, ears, body for cuts, etc.

Remember if all you are finding is dead body after dead body, your dog will become depressed. After you’ve cleaned your dog and yourself, your gear from any hazardous fluids, powders, etc. Find a safe area and have your dog work three or four quick runaways with some of the local search and rescue volunteer staff, nurses, doctors, paramedics, or local kids out of the restricted zone.
This will cheer your dog up as well as the victims hiding for your dog.

Once you’ve debriefed the CP on your findings, get some rest and then go to your next assignment. Don’t push yourself if you are stressed and tired. You’ll be no good to anyone if you get your search dog or yourself injured or killed.

Take photos. Be discreet. If the family is right there and you’re taking photos of their dead loved ones, I suggest you tell them what you are doing and inform them on why you need to take photos.
I’ve told family members in disasters, “I’m taking a photo to document the location, date, time, and position of your dead family member for legal purposes”.
Be respectful. I will then try to find something from the rubble site to cover up the body. A sheet, towel, shower curtain, even a newspaper to cover the victim’s face or head.

If the family insists you help them dig their loved one out, tell them, “I’m sorry I will help you or send someone to help you as soon as possible. My assignment is to try to find as many live victims in the area first. Then we’ll send in a recovery team after we’re done with the live victim searches”.

Most families are understanding. Some may yell at you, curse you, and throw stuff at you and or your search dog. Protect yourselves. Don’t take it personally. These families are grieving.

Don’t tell them their loved one is dead unless you are 100% sure he / she is dead. I always check a pulse, respirations, as well as the victim’s pupils for a response. Then I note the date, time, location and my findings.

Mark the location and move on. If they are alive then focus on getting rescue teams in right away. If you are the only search team in the area, then your focus is to help save this one person. If you can, find someone else to stay with the live victim so you can continue your search.

If the destruction is due to a tornado, make sure you look at the path of destruction. The tornado will have winds that may exceed 500 Mph. This can pick up a human and toss them into buildings, debris piles, fields, up into trees, miles away from the path of destruction.

The search coordinator should assign support teams to search a 5 mile path on both sides of the debris path and when a pile of debris is found up against a building, bridge, in a field, bring in a min. of two search dog teams and double check the pile for human remains live and dead.

If you find an injured pet, don’t just leave it. If you can, mark the location, help it out, without getting bit, and rescue it. If you must continue your search efforts, mark the location, and make sure you notify the CP in your debriefing that this pet needs rescuing. The CP should have specialist trained in animal rescue that will respond right away to rescue and or recover the pet. Same goes to livestock that you find.

When you’re done with your efforts, make sure you obtain critical incident stress management debriefings.


Respectfully
Mr. Harry E. Oakes Jr.
International K9 Search and Rescue Instructor.
Disaster SAR Coordinator.

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39 years of search and rescue experience in finding missing persons.
12 in Law Enforcement, combined with 39 in SAR Management, and 25 in K-9 SAR .
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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

MISSIONS;
87-001 Clack. Co. Evidence Search-Kidnap-Homicide. Lake Oswego PD ref: Homicide.SAR Dog Kodi-Dirt Burial-Located evidence for LOPD.

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.

88-023 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.

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.

89-016 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.

89-024 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.

89-027 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.

90-012 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.

90-015 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.

90-023 Sk.Co. Homicide case "GreenRiver Case"Rd#10. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results:located victims clothing and cosmetics. Evidence find.

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.

91-027 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.

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.

92-159-001 Mult. Co. PPB Evidence search ref: Homicide. Rocky Butte. Portland, Ore. Found evidence for PPB. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Ranger.

92-174-016 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.
92-186-028(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.

93-226-018 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.

93-258-050 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.

94-269-009 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.

94-341-078 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.


94-385-122(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.

95-426-022 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.

09-02-95 Clark Co. Washington. Clark Co.Sheriffs Dept. Request Possible Kidnap 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, Oregon R/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.

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.

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 wire clothes line loop bindings still intact. Axe. Steel plates with bindings also. Skeleton remains believed 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.

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.

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.

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.

02-10-2000 2000-1566-028 (B). Clack. River RP: Vivian Almond ref: Lost son. Team:H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results: Took initial report. Obtained scent articles. Performed Grief Therapy. Went to victims home/work obtained more scent articles and wit. interviews. Went to PLS and did search. Found victim and his dog in water. Verified by K-9-2. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi.

04-24-2000 2000-1618-080 (A). Adam Parr Mult Co. Missing Person. Team: H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Took initial report. Signed contracts, searched room, interviewed family and friends, called bank. Searched car. Met boat at Willamette Park 0700Hrs. Searched river. (Body recovered 05-02-2000 where our SAR dogs Alerted. Side scanning sonar used to locate victim along with dogs.

06-18-2000 2000-1651-113 (B). Linn Co. Lebonan, Ore. Ref: 17yo wmj drowning. RP: Rhonda Dival "Sangster age 17, wmj, Linn County Sanderson Bridge South Santiam near Crabtree. John Sangster was swimming with two friends just before 3 p.m. when he was caught in a current, swept into a large eddy and went underwater about three miles upstream from Sanderson's Bridge, Linn County Sheriff Dave Burright reported. John is the son of Arlene Sangster of Albany, a cashier for Northwest Natural, and Rick Sangster of California. lived with his mother, stepgrandfather Glenn Gerdlund and Gerdlund's friend in southwest Albany. Team:H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. Team: M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Pam Stanley ST1. Results: Drove team down to PLS, Located victim near PLS. Family advised.


07-24-2000 2000-1680-142(A). Criminal Complaint filed against Marty Neiman from Search One K-9 Detection team ref: telephone harrassment with Ore. Dept of Justice and DEM Oregon.

07-27-2000 2000-1682-144(A). Offered services to RCMP. Marcus McKay, an eight-year-old boy missing for four days in a remote part of Manitoba, Darlene Dumas, who moved to Mallard, Manitoba, with her son two weeks ago from Winnipeg. Sergeant Craig Cochrane, the RCMP's Winnipegosis detachment commander. Marcus was hunting with his stepfather and several others on Saturday on the east shore of Waterhen Lake Northern Affairs Minister Eric Robinson. Waterhen General Store. Dauphin Friendship Centre, we determined what happened to child.


08-14-2000 Mon. Claudia Kirshoch case Jamaica. Did a track off Claudia's scent articles from Beaches resort Rm:621. FBI and Local JPD police with us. Tracked Claudia's most recent scent from her room, west to the ocean sandy beach area, into the water, then out of the water South East. Then south along the beach to Swept Away resort. Then East through Swept Away resort to the security gate to the public road where scent stopped on road. At this time Claudia got into a vehicle and left the area. There was no stress alerts in this area of the track so she was not afraid at the time she walked this route. Winds gusting from the North at 5-15MPH. Clear sky, warm. Searched homes. Searched Anthony's vehicle on Green Island. Home #1, belongs to Anthony Grant’s Mother. The vehicle is a White Toyota Corolla 4 door . SAR dog Valorie gave "MAJOR DEATH ALERTS" after being introduced to Claudia's scent articles. SAR Dog Valorie alerted in the back seat, trunk, and on a pair of leather, grey, vibram-soled hiking boots that were stored in the back of the Toyota. Anthony admitted they were his boots. The soles appeared to have yellow hard rocks imbedded in them. There were no grains of sand attached to the insole areas or inseam areas. The boots appeared to have been worn only once. This disputes Anthony’s statement that he wore them while on the sandy beach.SAR Dog Valorie also alerted on Claudia's scent on a cleaning brush located in the back of the car, and Val also alerted on the gray trunk liner. In Anthony's bedroom, Val alerted on a MAJOR DEATH ALERTS on a pair of soiled leather gloves and some clothing found by the FBI teams. These items seized by the FBI. NOTE: When I informed the FBI team that Anthony's boots needed to be taken into evidence. Anthony immediately picked up his boots and handed them to his mother and she immediately started walking away with them. I had the police stop her. She denies any knowledge of such an incident. The local police took Anthony to the local police department where we interviewed him. He repeatedly denied having any idea of what happened to Claudia. When asked about lying to the police and FBI agents repeatedly during their initial investigation and again while being given the polygraph examination, Anthony stated, "None of you know what you're talking about.” When I explained to Anthony how scent and scent evidence works, and how search dogs detect scent and the transfer of scent from one person to another person or another person’s clothing and vehicle, Anthony stated, "Your dog doesn't know what she's doing.” Then Anthony's attorney arrived on scene and we explained everything to him about how search dogs detect scent and the nature of scent. Anthony continued to deny any wrongdoing through his attorney. 08-16-2000 Wed. (R). Did a retrack of Claudia's route from Beaches Hotel Rm# 621. Val did same track ending up at same location along the main road in front of Swept Away Resort. We then searched pumphouse areas #5 and #2. Numerous public and private beaches. In the Longbeach area, SAR dog Valorie started giving alerts along a treed area in the public beach. Nothing found. SAR Dog Valorie then started giving strong alerts into the water by airscenting. Winds from the NW at 10MPH. Searched ocean from Beaches Resort North to alerts located in the ocean. SAR Dog Valorie alerted to scent from Claudia in the ocean. In inspecting the areas up to BBQ Island, there were no physical findings of any human remains. Met with Det. Calbert Bowen from Jamaican Police. He took statement ref; our searches, search history. Dinner with Calbert, Fred, Mary Anne. Dr. Foote met with Val and I inspected Valorie. (FBI Forensics confirmed Val’s findings). Suspects attorney later told the media that, “Harry lied to the police and to his client”. THE FBI FINDINGS SAY OTHERWISE. Search dogs and evidence don’t know how to lie.

11-17-2000 2000-1753-215(B). Coos Co. Missing Bow Hunter 46 yo Chris Lapping. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Drove to Medford. PU Scent articles, signed contract, interviewed Dawn, searched home/garage, premises, property and vehicles. Then drove down to Roseburg and met Teri and family. Drove to search site on Burnt Mtn. Set up camp. Searched crash site.PU track heading SE f/ Cliff elk trail. Determined he was dead in the area. Remains in coyote feces.

12-16-2000 2000-1761-223 (A). Missing Person. Clark Co Andrew John Allinger NE Mattson Rd. Brush Prairie, Wa Date Last Seen: 12-15-2000 Walk up the road goes 3-4 miles. AlderBrook. 5 miles. Team:H.Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: tracked missing person to where he got picked up. CCSO and SKSAR and SSSAR on scene. I then checked the pls Bank in BG and confirmed he was there. Family advised. Family called. They received a letter in pm, Andrew walked and rode exactly where Val tracked. He’s OK up in Seattle, Wa.

02-18-2001 2001-1793-024(A). Clack. Missing Person Ken Bowlsby SARM. Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. SE Johnson Creek Blvd. Portland, Oregon. Milw. Ore. 97222. Results: Ken located in Providence Milw. Hospital.

06-27-2001 2001-1886-117 (A). St. Croix. Missing Police Officer Wendell Williams. CPD. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Flew to St. Croix for SARM. Missing Police Officer. Search various areas for Police. Val alerted in Ocean near Hay beach. Police advised. Water search conducted.

11-12-2001 2001-2019-250(B). Clark. Co. Missing altz pt Mr. Earl Sexton Met at victim's residence. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results: We located where his body was in Washugal River. CCSO and family advised.

12-01-2001 2001-2031-262(B). Tillamook Co. Missing Persons. Eugene H. Hyatt, 18, Kami L. Vollendroff, 16. Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results. Drove to Depot Bay Boiler Bay winds f/ SW 70mph raining hard. Val gave death alerts in the bay.

03-15-2002 2002-2146-076(H). Clack. Missing Child Ashley Pond. Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results:Searched Wards property. Made contact with Lori from the ptld FBI, did interview with Don and his wife (lori's step dad and mother). Checked library records, talked with neighbors. Did search down in creek. Did interview with AP reporter. Results: See report. (I believe ashley's remains are under wards poured cement. I advised the FBI). Aug. 2002 FBI Finally dug up the concrete. SAR Dog Valorie was correct. Ashley was stuffed inside a 50 gal barrel. Four feet down under concrete slab. Val was the only search dog of the 14 they had search wards property that located where Ashley was. Miranda Gaddis was in the freezer in the kitchen. FBI refused to acknowledge we found Ashley. We went public four days before they dug Ashley up and told the media where her body was. We were right.

03-20-2002 2002-2146-076(I). Clack. Missing Child Ashley Pond. Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results:Searched Hwy 213 and found two femur bones in canyon below hiway. Took them to hospital and orthopedics verified these were human. (Fresh Human). Turned them in along with reports, photos on cd and hair that we recovered the other day to Oregon City PD MK and Y find human hair inside coyote poop. All given to OCPD property officer. PD never gave us credit for finding a 3rd body. (Dateline MSNBC proved we were telling the truth) on their story “Into thin air” aired Jan 2006.

10-18-2002 2002-2404-333(D). SHAWN DAMIAN HORNBECK Team:H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Flew to Missouri and worked SARM. Did initial interview, gathered scent items. Did night SARM Track. Cleared areas. Located site where he was kidnapped. Did cisd cism w/ Family. Shawn found alive 01-12-07 with his abductor.

12-18-2002 2002-2575-403(D). SARM SP Dom. Republic. Sean Clinton Stover. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Sent them telephone message and email consult. Worked on logistics. Flew to Dom. Republic. Met w/ Stovers in Philiy and we flew to Dom.Repub. Then looked at Hospital and city morgue for their son, sean. Then drove 6 hours West towards SAR Area. Airlines lost my luggage. Did search. Val located Sean's death site. He had been killed by a crocodile.

07-25-03 2003-2863-172(D). Nappa Co. Drowning Lake Berryessa, Ca. Napa, Ca.Victim: Jose Louis Ramos Went to PLS with Ezmeralda and her husband, val and I 1000 feet off shore line of island 60MN 125f of water. Val’s first alert. 1500’ out at 60D MN val went nutso. Informed Sheriff and other side scanning sonar person involved. Val’s 3rd alert at 500’off shoreline 60MN. Diagramed area. Debriefed NCSO, Ezmeralda.

08-16-03 2003-2888-198(A). Missing Climber. Fred Freaun case. Clack. Co. Mt Hood. I went to PU Brandon for SARM and he never answered the door nor the telephone. He later called me and stated “he was in the shower”. I climbed to Ill. Rock area. Val and I rode the chair lift up and back and did search in crevasse while K-9-3 JR and Mocha and K-9-7 C and Ogen did canyon sar. Found where body is stuck in crevasse at 9500 foot level. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. J.R. SAR dog Mocha K-9-3. CM SAR Dog Oden K-9-7.

08-30-03 2003-2899-209(B). Coos Co. Death Investigation reopened. Chris Lapping. See 11-19-2000 2000-1753-215(D). RP Jim Lapping Terri Mother Teams :H. Oakes SAR dog Valorie K-9-1. C, Umphrey’s SAR Dog K-9-7. Results:Drove to sight, hiked in, determined it was a suicide. Family advised

02-04-04 2004-3057-026(C). Lost person. Mexico. RP: Jim Vos Vanc. BC.San Jose Del Calbo Cabo San Lucas. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Worked early am search in Arroyo area, then night search in desert and ocean. Did water search. Val alerted in specific area. Police notified.

07-07-04 St. Croix USVI 2004-3179-154(A). Body Recovery (old human bones) Worked SAR Dog Valorie on actual cadaver area search. Hwy 70 near 707. Unearthed soccer field. Located death site of a human and some bone fragments. All items diagramed, photographed. Took Bones to Gov. Juan Luis Hospital pathologist. He confirmed they were human bones. Turned over to police.

07-11-04 St. Croix USVI 2004-3180-155(A). Found Human Remains. Teams: H. Oakes J. Russell. St. Croix USVI K-9 teams. Hwy 70-707 area. All K-9 teams did tight Type 3 grid search and found fresh human bones, schrunchee and chewed up shirt button up type turned over to VIPD forensics.

11-15-04 2004-3243-243(E). Clark. Co. Wash. Carolyn Killaby Search. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. M. Keating SAR Dog Yogi K-9-2. Results; Found some human remains.
01-06-05 2005-3349-006(B).. Lost person Herminder Sidhu Hwy 1 Rock Climbing. Moss Beach. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1.Results: Tracked Herminder where he fell to his death on the south side into the Ocean.

02-27-05 2005-3405-063(A). Pierce Co. S.O. Drownings x 2. Lake Kapowsin Thomas Johnson age 26. (Missing presumed drowned). Kenneth Brisby, 26. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. J. Russell SAR Dog Mocha K-9-3. Results: Located both subjects whereabouts in water in front of their family and friends. S.O. Advised. Police ignored our findings. Victims surfaced where we flagged. Family gave us full credit for the findings. Shame on Pierce County.

06-21-05 2005-3520-176(A). Marion Co. Missing 15 yo. Scott Spansel Jr. Wallace Marine Park. Salem, Ore. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Drove to Salem, did search. Located victim's position in large pond in Wallace park. Police and family advised. The next day (Wed) an Ore. STATE CERTIFIED CADAVER DOG TEAM was brought in and they failed to find anything in front of the victims family, friends and law enforcement. The victim’s body floated up 3 feet from where I put my flagging in the pond. Again we're right and the state of Oregon has failed the families. The detective suppressed the mothers written press release giving us full credit for finding her son.

07-12-05 2005-3548-202(A). Lake Berryessa, Ca. Drowning. Victim: Kellie Forristall Did telephone consult. Victim’s boyfriend located her remains after doing what I suggested to find her.

07-31-05 2005-3572-226. Clack. Co. Missing person Carlos Rubio. Teams; H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. C. Umphrey’s SAR Dog Thor K-9-7. Results: Found victim’s right shoe, bloody cling, tied balloon and nylon cord. All items photographed and flagged. This after local search dog teams and ground search teams failed to find anything.


09-09-05 2005-3572-226(P). Clack. Co. Death investigation. Re:Carlos Rubio SARM Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. J. Russell SAR Dog Mocha K-9-3. Results: Drove to 4220 Rd. Hiked into location where body was recoverd. Located game stalking overslippers which explains how Carlo’s shoes were so clean. Found remains in bear feces. Debriefing with family.

09-20-05 2005-3614-268(A). Klamath Falls Medford Ore. TV producer Re: A. Pond Case. Bishop, Shane (NBC Universal) Mr. Oakes, I am an NBC News producer working on a story about the deaths of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. Your name and story appears in a new book by Linda O'Neal. It looks to me as if authorities could have found these girls 5 months earlier if they'd listened to you.. Thanks Shane Bishop Producer Dateline NBC 541-899-0201 Office 917-841-8893.

11-01-05 2005-3654-306(A). Clack. Co. Ashley Pond Interview w/ MSNBC Clackamas Park. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Did interview re: Pond case.

11-01-05 2005-3654-306(B). Clack. Co. Ashley Pond Interview w/ MSNBC Lake Sacajewa Park. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Did more film shoot with MSNBC re: Pond case.

02-07-06 2006-3744-034(A). Tillamook Co. Drownings x 3. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: UCSG recovered one near Twin Rocks. Jeff King, 30, of Garabaldi, The captain and owner of the vessel, Craig L. Larsen, 32, of Warrenton, and crew member Trona B. Griffin, 30, also of Garabaldi, are still missing. SAR Dog Valorie located one of the remaining missing near the debris pile boat, North of Tillamook Jetty. USCG Tillamook and Garabaldi stations advised.

07-30-06 2006-3988-277(D). Lost climber RP: Missing Jon Francis Stillwater Saw Tooth Mountain Ranger Idaho. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: did all night search. Stayed on the mtn all night long searching. Val indicated death alert from South. Family advised. Our findings were documented and turned over to the family, Police, Governor’s office and USFS.

09-21-06 2006-4078-378(A). Missing person Cyn Dee (Cynthia) Maurer Height: 5'10" Weight: 160lbs Eyes: Brown Age: 50 Last Seen: Sept 19th 9:30pm - Silver Honda Accord 2005 4-Door. Heading to Barnes & Noble Walnut Creek from Dublin. Results: Offered our assistance. Sent overhead management information.


10-25-06 2006-4128-428(D). Crater Lake, Ore. Missing child. Samuel Boehlke Cleetwood Cover area. Portland, Ore. 97221. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Drove to Crater Lake, Did search for Sam. Val tracked SARM and located where he was dead. Possible cougar. Also located what appeared to be two strands of human hair in predator feces. Park Ranger given hair for evidence. Family advised.

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08-01-07 2007-4616-371(A). St. Paul Minn. Bridge Collapse. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. SAR Dog Willow K-9-1A. Results: Sent contract. And SAR search overhead management letter.

09-25-07 2007-4716-481(B). Pierce Co. Drowning. Silver Lake Wa. 1500Hrs. R/c f client requesting search dogs for tomorrow. I brief father William Bengilley Sr. on how we work, what to expect, how to collect a scent article. His son was fishing and drowned last Fri. Local SAR teams, divers and SAR Dogs failed to find his sons remains. Son age 25. Results: Drove to scene. Did search. 0715 started. 0800Hrs. Debriefed family. Father with me when we located the site where his son’s remains were in the water.
10-04-07 2007-4734-498(A). Lake Co. Ca. Drowning. RP: Jennifer Z and Mike (father) Z. Re: Matt Z. Drowned at Clear Lake, Cal Windsor, Ca. Kelseyville. Did telephone consult. Subject located dead.

01-03-08 2008-4884-004(A). Missing person GA Meredith Emerson. 34°44′23″N 83°56′14″W Blood Mtn. Union County SO. Sheriff Blairsville, Georgia Meredith Emerson, 24, Results: Did consult work.

02-02-08 2008-4939-059(A). Reno, Nv Briana Denison Missing 19 yo woman Did consult work.

03-03-08 2008-4998-118(A). Tulsa OK. Missing Child. RP: Vickey Maroon Tulsa, OK for Corie Baker age 13, Tulsa Nov. 9, 08. Picked up after school from sister’s boyfriend, he’s in jail, not talking. (did consult case).

06-04-08 2008-5181-299(A). Clatsop Co. Airplane Crash. RP: Private person John Wage Rd Seaside, Ore. Wit. Plane crash. Team: H Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. SAR Dog Willow K-9-1A. Results: Drove to scene. Did search. Returned home. Wrote report on our findings. Sent copy to US Coast Guard and Clatsop Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

06-10-08 2008-5193-311(A). Missing Person. RP: eloisa Palisoc" lost daughter name angel p bernaldo.

08-07-08 2008-5354-473(A). Mult Co. RP: Keating. Re: Aunt missing Demensia. Rcvd call 1218hrs. 07-07-08 Fran went on a walkabout for 3 hours and ended up a few blocks away at Rose Schnitzer old people place. You can use the same address for Fran and Jane. They said that the police used their dog to search. They couldn’t find anything. She wound up in the place next to the large grassy area due west of A. Alpenrose Dairy area. Results: Canceled while in route. Missing person located at another care facility having lunch with her ex husband.

08-12-08 2008-5361-480(A). Plano, Tx. RP: Subject: 13 year. old and her dog missing in plano tx A friend’s 13 yr. old daughter and family dog have been missing since last night. Girl went our to walk the dog in front of home at approx. 10:25 (per cell phone info). Never came home. 11 registered sex offenders registered within 1 mile of her home. Police will not issue an Amber alert b/c she ran away last Nov. But last night she was barefooted and in her PJ and spoke with a friend to make plans for Monday ( today). Results: Did telephone consult.

08-13-08 2008-5367-486(A). Missing person Kent, Ohio. Brain injury. KENT, Ohio. August 13, 2008. Brett Preston was last seen leaving his home on Hudson Drive in Kent, OH on foot. He was wearing a t-shirt, shorts and flip-flop shoes. He has no ID, no car, no money, no credit cards and no cellphone. Preston is brand new to the area and has no friends or family here. Results: Did telephone consult.

08-14-08 2008-5368-487(A). Medical Assistance Service Dog Regarding Seizures. Kim Marrow Camano Island, Wa
09-11-08 2008-5427-548(A). Hollywood, Florida Caylee search. Contacted: Orange County Sheriff's Department Offered services.
10-28-08 2008-5529-638(A). Sherwood, Ore. Missing 15 yo. Received call from Annette Tillberg (Sister in law). Regarding child missing Santiago Trejo Sherwood, Ore. Did email and telephone consult.

11-22-08 2008-55-89-699(A). Col. Co. Suiside, drowning. C&E Thurston DLS Last wed SS Beach Sauvies Island Aaron Fernando Thurston Age 31 Veh. 2003 Mitsu bi. Burgundy. Results: Did telephone consult.

02-06-09 5711-071(A). Clark Co. Missing person. J D R age 33,

03-02-09 2009-5737-097(C). Missing person Hebo, Ore. Z Brown Results: Drove down. 0845Hrs. Arrived 1135hrs. Met w/ family. Obtained missing persons profile. Obtained scent articles. Shoes. Photographed veh. Room, search areas. Conducted searches. Debriefed family. Zach’s death scent in Nestucca River.

03-03-09 5755-115(A). Cowlitz Co. Missing Person F McCoy. Results: Met w/ Relatives. Obtained contract, Obtained scent article. Did search. 03-10-09. Subject floated up in Lake Sacajewea right where SAR Dog’s Willow and Tyler tracked him to.

03-15-09 Re: 02-20-09 5737-097(C). Missing person Hebo, Ore. Zach Brown Results: Did research of boat ramp at Cloverdale and Hebo. Both dogs did exact same death alerts at down stream from Hebo boat ramp down to Cloverdale. Victim surfaced where my search dogs indicated he was.

04-07-09 5809-169(A). Missing child Spokane, Wa. Did consult.
04-10-09 5814-174(A). Suicide Portland, Oregon J G F Did search. Located death site. Family advised.
04-10-09 5816-176(A). Clark Co. Missing 17 yo. (Cold case homicide). Jamie Grishim.
04-13-09 5814-174(B). Portland, Oregon. Missing persons case Juan Garcia Francisco Did a second search with ST Laurie McQuary. Located death site at same location. Family advised. Mon, 7/13/09, MIKKI PATE wrote: From: MIKKI PATE mikkip2@hotmail.com Subject: HI harry just wanted you to know Juans body was found To: "harry98632@yahoo.com" harry98632@yahoo.com Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 5:37 PM HI harry just wanted you to know Juans body was found washed up right were the dogs were, Francisco is headed up there to pick up his ashes. again thank you for all your extra help you did for us.Mikki Pate

04-24-09 5833-193(A). Cowlitz Co. Filming for KPTV Ch# 12. Kim Singer. Spent from 1100Hrs. to 1600hrs. W/ Kim Singer and camera man. Did filming.
05-05-09 re: 04-10-09 5816-176(B). Clark Co. Missing 17 yo. (Cold case homicide). Jamie Grishim. Drove to E. Clark Co. Did search. Located one grave possible site. Clark Co. S.O. advised.

05-06-09 5846-206(A) Missing child MO. Joshua Childers The blond toddler, about 3 feet tall and weighing 35 pounds, was wearing a dark blue shirt and a pull-up diaper when he left his house through the back door around 11:30 a.m. His parents searched for about 45 minutes before calling authorities.Madison County Sheriff . Results; Did consulting on this case with family members. Child found alive.

06-15-09 5816-176(C). Clark Co. Missing 17 yo. (Cold case homicide). Jamie Grishim. RP: Starr Grishim. Results: Drove to E. Clark Co. Did research. Relocated one possible site.

06-23-09 06-12-09 5928-288(B). Missing persons (Tennesse). Lisa Maxwell Morristown, Tn.
Did consult work on this case.

06-29-09 re: 06-23-09 06-12-09 5928-288(B). Missing persons (Tennesse). Sent team in from Ky.

07-02-09 Re: 06-28-09 5963-323(B). Missing child. Gray’s Harbor Co. Wa. Lindsey Baum McCleary, Wa. Age 10. Sent my search report to FBI and McCleary City PD.

07-09-09 5978-338(A). Missing person Missouri. RP: Kim Reed Simpson County, Mississippi. AUNT IS MISSING. Did consult work.

7/13/09, MIKKI PATE wrote: Subject: HI harry just wanted you to know Juans body was found... To: "harry98632@yahoo.com"
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 5:37 PM HI harry just wanted you to know Juans body was found washed up right where your search dogs said he was in the water. Francisco is headed up there to pick up his ashes.
again thank you for all your extra help you did for us. Mikki Pate

07-19-09 6001-361(B). Hood River, Ore. Missing person. Hood River, Ore. 49 yo wfa, 5’ 06” 127lbs. Hair gray short 1” no eye glasses, or contacts. Cancer Survivor. Size shoes 8, grey shorts, blue tank top. Last seen 0900hrs. Going for a walk. Results: 0200hrs. Drove to HR. Did search. Found her alive in 2 minutes. She was located in unattached storage shed/garage. Family advised to transport her to hospital.

6248-014(A). 01-10 through 01-20-2010 Capital Haiti. Earthquake. Teams: Harry Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. Sent request to respond to UN. Missing person. Diane Caves Hotel Montana, Rue Franck Cardozo – 6119. Port of Prince. # 220. Overlooking the pool.
6310-076(A). 03-01-2010 Chile earthquake. Worked as consultant.
6332-098(B). 03-12-2010 Skam Co. Missing hiker. Katherine Heuther Results: Drove to scene. Did recon of area. All 3 dogs gave death alerts from SW table Mtn area. Sk Co SO Advised. Persons unknown attempted to kill us by rolling two large bolders down on top of our search teams. We believe it was one of the search teams in the area. Victims Body recovered after two civilians located victim in original search area on their own. Father and son team.
6340-106(A). 03-17-2010 Thurston Co. Missing persons Shantina Smiley Azriel Carver Silverdale Wa age 8 All 3 sar dogs alerted in water. Found one foot print. Size 7” x 2-1/2” left tennis shoe. Lt from SO advised. Child recovered doa fox island. Dogs were 100% accurate in their alerts.

6350-116(A). 03-25-2010 King Co. Missing peson. Steve Thomas Did consult.

6394-160(A). 05-03-2010 LA Ca missing person Sui Fung Lew, went missing today, 5/2/10. I worked as consultant for the family. Subject found alive.

6415-181(A). 05-12-2010 Missing Person Bend, Ore. Justin Burkhart Bend Oregon Subject recovered dead in river.

6454-220(A) 06-01-2010 Castle Rock, Wa. Missing person GT M age (16) Located child alive at Mall.

6459 06-02-2010 missing climbers. 32-year-old Mark Lapinskas and 34-year-old Kevin Dean, both of Vancouver, Wa Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to area. Did search SE Side. They walked out in front of the guy driving ahead of me. Both wet but ok. Totals: 6 hrs. 150 Miles.

6460-226(A) 06-04-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN Skyline ES 11536 NW Skyline Blvd. NW Portland, DLS: 06-04-2010. 3’ 08 “ 50 lbs. blue eyes and brown hair. He was wearing black cargo pants, white socks, worn black Skecher tennis shoes with orange trim and dark-colored t-shirt with the "CSI" show logo Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Teams on S/B. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles.

6460-226(B) 06-28-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN Skyline ES 11536 NW Skyline Blvd. NW Portland, DLS: 06-04-2010. 3’ 08 “ 50 lbs. blue eyes and brown hair. He was wearing black cargo pants, white socks, worn black Skecher tennis shoes with orange trim and dark-colored t-shirt with the "CSI" show logo. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Started searching for Kyron today. Picked up maps of search areas, More flashlights, Worked on logistics, did press release. Totals: 2 hrs. 15 Miles.

6493-259(B). 06-29-2010 Missing child Morton, Wa. RP: Jennifer Mau Guardians of the Children requested our teams in. re AUSTIN DAVID KING last seen Wednesday June 23rd at 130am in Morton Washington. Lewis County. age 16 Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR dog Elly K-9-5.Results: Drove to scene. 1000hrs. Did search. 0800 I/R 0930 Arrived. 1130 Completed search debriefed Lewis Co. Detectives. All sar dogs indicated DEATH ALERTS. Also identified murder suspect and possible evidence. (Victim Recovered 07-20-2010).

6460-226(C) 06-29-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN Skyline ES 11536 NW Skyline Blvd. NW Portland, DLS: 06-04-2010. 3’ 08 “ 50 lbs. blue eyes and brown hair. He was wearing black cargo pants, white socks, worn black Skecher tennis shoes with orange trim and dark-colored t-shirt with the "CSI" show logo Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Teams on S/B. Worked logistics. Totals: 4 hrs. 15 Miles.

6460-226(D) 06-30-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Did interview with Ch# 12. Worked Sauvies Island Morage # 39, 23 and 26. Dogs gave alerts. No scent article found shoe and sock neither appears to belong to small child. Totals: 18 hrs. Miles.

6460-226(E) 07-01-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Did interview with Ch# 12. Worked Sauvies Island Morage by boat. Met boat on 06-30-2010. Met the boat operator at 1000hrs. Worked the waters off the shoreline from the house boats Willow, Tyler and Elly all went ballistic “Death alerts” same area. Search the rest of the shoreline visually found nothing. 1630hrs. Interview TV Nancy Grace and Ch# 2. And ABC this am. Totals: 16 Hrs. 110 Miles.

6460-226(G) 07-02-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Did 10 telephone interviews of witnesses, Worked on overhead management and planning. CISD/CISM debriefing. Totals: 8 Hrs. 171 Miles.

child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Did several telephone conference calls. Worked road search. Hwy 26 to Hwy 6 to Tillamook. Spent night in Tillamook. Totals: 10 Hrs. 164 Miles.

6460-226(J) 07-05-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Did several telephone conference calls. Worked road search. Hwy 101 to Hwy Astoria Hwy 30 to Longview. Totals: 10 Hrs. 90 Miles.

6460-226(K) 07-06-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Did several telephone conference calls. Worked on web site and myspace.com site. Met w/ Volunteer St Helens in PM. Discussed case. Totals: 6 Hrs. 65 Miles.

6460-226(L) 07-07-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Made several telephone conference calls re: case, emailed volunteers. We worked dogs in Kayaks today covered four miles in 95degree heat. We got fried. Dogs hit in same areas near houseboats. Searched Kraxenburg pond. Nothing there. Totals: 12 Hrs. 130 Miles.

6460-226(M) 07-08-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Totals: 4Hrs. 20 Miles.

460-226(N) 07-11-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN.: Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Totals: 4Hrs. 20 Miles

6460-226(P) 07-12-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Worked skyline, surrounding areas, Dixie mtn, sauvie island water search. Located area. Totals: 12Hrs.140 Miles.

6460-226(Q) 07-13-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Talked w/ Jackie Benson SD Cal. 858-505-9444 re KH. Sent Child seek a cease and desist email as well as filed a complaint with the ORE. DOJ. Against child seek. Totals: SARM 2 25 Miles.

6460-226(R) 07-14-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Talked w/ Several sources re: case. Tish, Diana, will work on case tomorrow. Totals: SARM 2 25 Miles. H-M#7966.

6460-226(S) 07-16-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Talked w/ Tish. We searched cemetery. (Major death alerts in pile of dirt) both dogs individually. (Turned out to be old cremated human remains. Also searched old train tunnel area. Nothing there. Totals: SARM 6 120 Miles.

6460-226(T) 07-17-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Overhead management and planning. Assigned teams, worked sar plan. Totals: SARM 3 0 Miles.

6460-226(U) 07-18-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. Child: KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly. K-9-5 Results: Met in am. Worked on overhead management and planning. Assigned teams, worked sar plan. Cher and I w/ dogs worked Dixie mtn hwy 30, cornielius pass, skyline. Also sauvie island. Dogs giving death alerts in water coming down from Cornielius pass. Need to work up stream to find source. Totals: SARM 3 0 Miles.

6460-226(Y) 07-22-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; Talked w/ Kyron Committee f/ Alaska and Woodland, Wa. re: Kyron case. Totals: 2 hrs. 0 Miles.

6460-226(Z) 07-23-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; 0900hrs. In Route. Arrived 1200hrs. Searched wetland areas behind Orchard Hills Condo’s. Ore. # 101,102,103. Found “Three little pigs” child reading book. Collected same. Called Met w/ Det. Sgt. MCSO refinding child’s reading book. Returned to office, wrote report. Totals: SARM 10 hrs. RW 1 175 Miles.

298(A). 07-27-2010 Tacoma, Wa. Missing child runaway Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; Sent contract. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles

6460-226(AA) 07-28-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; NW Old Germantown Road 1000hrs. I drove up there. Arrived 1100hrs. Found Clark Co. SAR already there. Talked with Female searcher advised her of the info and I then left and worked McNamee Rd RR Trestle area then to Happy Moorage area. Old Lower Rockey Point Boat Moorage. Talked w/ Owner. He stated they smelled body early on, called MCSO, They dove area found nothing. I found a addidas white sock and black addidas hat in area. See diagram. Totals: SARM 6 hrs. 150 Miles

6460-226(AB) 07-30-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; 12610 NW Skyline. Searched area. Found nothing. Totals: SARM 2 hrs. 60 Miles

6460-226(AC) 08-01-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results; Went to tunnel area. Winds from West Death alerts. KH Home. Nothing else found along Skyline. Totals: 3 Hrs. 60 Miles

6460-226(AF) 08-12-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results; Marked location with orange floats of body in water 25 feet off shore in 35 feet of water ¼ mile west of house boats Mill Road. Totals: 7 hrs. 150Miles

6460-226(AG) 08-14-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. M. Keating K-9-2. Results; Drove German Town and old GT roads looking for clues re: Psychic email. One area possible. Totals: 4 hrs. 125Miles

6460-226(AH) 08-16-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes Results; Worked side scanning sonar. Met w/ John Glenn -side scanning sonar. Sauvie Island. Photographed what appeared to be a dead body. Adult male on his left side wearing dark swim shorts or blue jean cut offs. 125Miles

6567-324(A). 08-20-2010 Squammish BC. Canada. Missing hiker. Wright Vanc. BC Pine Cone Burke Prov. Park Squammish DLS: 08-10-16. Grey pants. Green shirt. Tyler Wright, 35, has not been seen since Aug. 10. He was believed to be hiking just off the Boise Creek Trail near Mamquam Pass. Photograph by: Submitted, Wright Family Squamish RCMP are looking for a Vancouver man who went missing while hiking in the Boise Creek Trail area. Police say 35-year-old Tyler Wright was dropped in the area by a friend for a weeklong trip, but failed to return as planned and was reported missing on Wednesday. Family say Wright was carrying a with a backpack full of gear and was to have returned Monday. The search, which has been under way since Wednesday, continues today with a fixed.

6460-226(AI) 08-22-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. M. Keating K-9-2. Results; Drove to 13000 NW Old German Town Rd. Checkedarea. 45.578055,-122.810126 Found nothing. Did recover coyote poop to examine. Possible clothing in it. Totals: 6 hrs. 125Miles

6577-334(A) 08-25-2010 Re: Missing person’s case. RP: Las Vegas Review Journal KJ Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Pending. Did telephone interview. Victim’s name is Billy Jean James Horder found dead in home. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles.

6578-335(A) 08-25 Missing person Medford, Ore. JB missing nephew in Medford Oregon he is 34 yrs old we need help.. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Pending. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles.

6460-226(AJ) 08-29-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. M. Keating K-9-2. Results; 0930hrs. I drove to Rainier, Ore. Hid 3 death scent tubes in field. Each dog independently of each other found all 3. Then I drove to pile of rocks on the corner of Brooks and Keizer. Nothing Found. 1500hrs.
6593-350(A). KY Abduction Nancy Lyons 2002. Worked as consult

6460-226(AK) 09-22-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1 SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. M. Keating K-9-2. Results; 0900hrs. I drove to Sheltered Nook to meet volunteers. Searched area of interest, found nothing. Dogs still alerting near the Horman property. Totals: 6 hrs. 125Miles.

618-365(A). 09-29 Kingston, Jamaica Mudslide victims. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent offer to Help w/ SAR Dogs to search for victims to Wash. DC Embassy. Totals: .15 min. 0 miles

6621-368(A) 09-30-201 Bellingham, Wa. Missing person. Dwight Clark Steve Swan" Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Offered services. Totals: .15 min. 0 miles

6460-226(AM) 10-02-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Results; Researched happy rock. Found nothing. Team; H. Oakes. Totals: 3 hr. 60 Miles.

6627-373(A). 10-06-2010 Missing woman Gifu, Japan., area is Gifu, northwest of Tokyo, she was very upset, had a argument with son at his business, left abruptly, had done similar actions before, slightly dementia, why are these folk allowed to wander to begin with, anyway, very poor search, no real professionals involved, or trained dogs, we have sent your information, best to you, Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A.. Results: Sent contract. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles.

6636-383(A). 10-11-2010 Missing persons. RP: Tina and Bethany Sinclair Did consult.

6644-391(A). 10-17-2010 Hickory, NC. Florida. Lost child. RP maternal grand-mother of HaLeigh ann-Marie Cummings, she went missing back on February 9-10, 2009 Team; H. Oakes SAR dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent contract. Totals:.15 min. 0 Miles. .

6644-391(B). 10-24 Florida. Lost child. Haleigh Cummmings.Team; H. Oakes SAR dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent contract. Totals:.15 min. 0 Miles.

6666-413(A). 11-18-2010 Bend, Ore. Missing person: Lori Blaylock is described as: White, female, 48 years of age, 5-7, 150 lbs., Brown hair, last seen wearing a black sweater with white stripes down each sleeve, jeans, white shoes. 4 ½ miles downstream from (north of) Marion Forks. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Support Team Brandon Oakes. Results: Drove to area. Did search. Dogs located area where victim is in river. BPD Advised. Totals: 14 hrs. 440 Miles.

6682-429(A). 12-09-2010 Missing person Colorado. Thu, 12/9/10, brother went missing in Aspen CO on Saturday Nov, 27th. Currently, the Aspen Police, Denver Police and Putkin Police Dept are working on the case. SAR has been working with bloodhounds and helicopters. Bloodhounds were able to pick up his scent and then it disappears. The FBI are going to get involved and we are hoping this story goes national tonight. My father, two brothers, and a friend have been in Aspen since this happened. We are originally from RI. We want more dogs as we feel this is our best chance of finding him I am attaching some articles and his face book page that the police are now using to update the public. PLEASE contact me with rates for your services. Thank you! . Results: Sent contract. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles

6684-431(A). 12-09/12-10-2010 Missing child age 15 Kelso, Wa. MR. Longview boy has been missing since Nov. 30 when he didn't come home from Kelso High School. "It's Christmas," his grandmother, Carolann Washburn, said through tears. "I'm terrified. He's very loved and he needs to go home." Longview police are investigating the case of Marcus Ruby as a runaway. "If he's located, it's all the better for us," Sgt. John Reeves said Thursday. Marcus is the son of Kiann Kelly of Vader and Kenny Ruby of Longview, with whom he was living. He is about 5-foot-10 with blond hair and green eyes. Marcus called him grandma at 1800hrs. and wanted to come home. Happy ending. Totals: 6 hrs. 60 Miles

6460-226(AQ) 12-22-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Searched 14900 NW Mill Rd Portland 9723 and Hillsboro area. Totals: 6 hr. 165 Miles. Winds f/ North at 5mph

6460-226(AR) 12-24-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Searched around Dixie Mtn Grange. Recovered one Possible child human bone. Took it to Longview Hospital ER for examination. Dr. Marc Heitz said possible femur of a small child. Will turn it in to ME’s office Mult. Co. on 12-25-201. Totals: 4hrs. 110Miles. Winds f/ NW at 5mph. Light rain. NOTE (Since I wasn’t sure if this was human or animal at the time of finding it, I was well within my rights to document it, flag it’s location, bag and tag it, photograph it and remove it from the scene since no other human remains were found in this area. “A person is allowed to remove a bone in the wilderness if they feel it will be removed by predators before law enforcement can arrive and access the situation”. Since it hadn’t been confirmed human until I got to the hospital, I have 100% credibility in the chain of evidence and the reason for removing it from the wilderness.

6460-226(AS) 12-25-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to ME’s office in Clack. Ore. 12-25-201. Turned it over, signed it in to ME’s office. Totals: 4hrs. 150Miles.

6460-226(AS) 12-27-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Researched around Dixie Mtn Grange. Found nothing. Death alerts in area. Totals: 6 hrs. 150 Miles. Winds f/ W at 5mph. Light rain.
6460-226(AT) 12-29-2010 Mult. Co. Missing child. KYRON HORMAN. Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove 9929 NW Cornelius Pass Rd. Gate locked and closed. No Tress. Signs posted. Totals: 2 hrs. 110 Miles.

6695-442(A). 12-30-2010 Missing woman Little Mtn SC. RP: LITTLE MOUNTAIN, SC (WIS) - A Richland County woman with a pre-existing medical condition has been missing since Monday. 28-year-old M R went to visit a friend on Leesburg Road that day but never made it to her destination. She is also traveling without a cell phone. Team: H. Oakes SAR dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Re: To Kentucky Team. Did overhead management. Totals: 1 hr. 0 Miles.

6700-005(A). 01-04-2011 Portland, Ore. Kyron Horman Search. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to 9929 NW Cornelius Pass did area search. Found dead livestock skull. Nothing else. Air temp 28 degrees winds from the West at 5. Totals: 4 hrs. 161 Miles

6703-008(A). 01-10-2011 Missing person RP: Kingston NY. On Harry, I understand you have search and rescue dogs and my family urgently needs your help. My brother, Zach Green, went missing a week ago - Sunday, 1/2 - and we have not been able to find him. Here is the story: Is there any way you could help us look tomorrow in uptown Kingston? Appreciate a response either way. Many thanks, Nicole Green Pomeroy To: searchdog@iinet.com Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 6:17 PM. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent info. Totals: 1 hr. 0 Miles

6704-009(A). 01-12-2011 Portland, Or. Missing person. RP: Z R Deception pass. Brother missing. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent info. Worked as consultant. Totals: 1 hr. 0 Miles
6711-016(A). 01-19-2011 Seattle Wa. Missing person. RP: Kerstetter, Subject: missing person in west seattle, wa To: searchdog@iinet.com Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 11:00 PM Hi there, I had a couple questions about how your search and rescue team works, pricing, and whether or not our situation is right for your team. We have a community member / family member / friend: 24 year old Jeremy Peck from West Seattle, WA who has been missing since early morning Christmas Eve of 2010, last seen coming out of a local bar in West Seattle. As a community, we have done several searches of some of the most common areas where Jeremy may have been during his walk home that morning. But, since our search teams have only included a limited amount of people, and there are numerous large areas of park/wilderness in the West Seattle area, i am not sure we are "covering our bases" thoroughly enough. Do you have any help/suggestions that you could offer us in our search? Best, and thanks in advance, Kayleigh Kerstetter. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent info. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles
6712-017(A). 01-19-2011 Cowlitz Co. Missing person Samuel "Sam" Jack Stefonek 30 years of age. Last seen August 08, 2010 entering a wooded area in the 3400 block of Mt. Brynion Road, Kelso. The owner of a nursery on Brussart Road on Mount Brynion was the last person to have seen Sam Stefonek, who walked into the woods Aug. 8 after speaking briefly to the man. Earlier that day, Stefonek fled into the woods when his girlfriend called 911 to report a domestic dispute, leading Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies initially to believe he disappeared to avoid arrest. Deputies recovered his cell phone Aug. 22 in a thickly wooded area on the pipeline trail about a half-mile from where he was last seen. "None of it makes sense," Debbie Stefonek said. She said family and friends have not stopped searching for Sam Stefonek. "We will find him," she said. "We will find him and bring him home." Stefonek is about 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his right shoulder. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at 577-3092. Anonymous calls may be made to Crime Stoppers, 577. . Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to father’s house. He didn’t have a scent article. Worked from Mt Bryion Rd down hillside SW. Dogs alerted. W/ F/ SW 195 degrees MN. Drove up from East side. Totals: 6 hrs. 40 Miles
6712-017(B). 01-21-2011 Cowlitz Co. Missing person Samuel "Sam" Jack Stefonek 30 years of age. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Drove to where we started from last time. Worked from Mt Bryion Rd down hillside SW. Dogs alerted. Same areas. Turned in our findings to CCSO. And CCSO SAR. W/ F/ SW 195 degrees MN. Totals: 3 hrs. 40 Miles
6704-009(D ). 01-25 Missing person Island Co. Washington Possible suicide. RP: A HR Bellevue, Wa Island Co. 11-100232 BPD 11-789. DLS: 01-04-2011. M R. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR dog Elly K-9-5. Results: 0700hrs. Drove up. 1245hrs. met w/ family of missing person. Did search on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound in Island County. Park address: 41020 State Route 20 Oak Harbor, WA 98277. Elly, Willow and Tyler tracked to where subject jumped over cliff. Did water search. Debriefed park rangers and family. Totals: 14 hrs. 450 Miles

6724-029(A). 01-30-2011 Lewis Co. Cadaver Search. RD 71 2.5 miles South East. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Worked search all 3 dogs alerted. (See gps location). Winds 5 mph f/ 124 degrees MN. Totals: 6 hrs. 130 Miles
6711-016(A). 01-19-2011 Seattle Wa. Missing person. RP: Kerstetter, Kayleigh kerstk@spu.edu Subject: missing person in west seattle, wa To: searchdog@iinet.com Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 11:00 PM Hi there, I had a couple questions about how your search and rescue team works, pricing, and whether or not our situation is right for your team. We have a community member / family member / friend: 24 year old Jeremy Peck from West Seattle, WA who has been missing since early morning Christmas Eve of 2010, last seen coming out of a local bar in West Seattle. As a community, we have done several searches of some of the most common areas where Jeremy may have been during his walk home that morning. But, since our search teams have only included a limited amount of people, and there are numerous large areas of park/wilderness in the West Seattle area, i am not sure we are "covering our bases" thoroughly enough. Do you have any help/suggestions that you could offer us in our search? Best, and thanks in advance, Kayleigh Kerstetter. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent info. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles
6712-017(A). 01-19-2011 Cowlitz Co. Missing person Samuel "Sam" Jack Stefonek 30 years of age. Last seen August 08, 2010 entering a wooded area in the 3400 block of Mt. Brynion Road, Kelso. The owner of a nursery on Brussart Road on Mount Brynion was the last person to have seen Sam Stefonek, who walked into the woods Aug. 8 after speaking briefly to the man. Earlier that day, Stefonek fled into the woods when his girlfriend called 911 to report a domestic dispute, leading Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies initially to believe he disappeared to avoid arrest. Deputies recovered his cell phone Aug. 22 in a thickly wooded area on the pipeline trail about a half-mile from where he was last seen. "None of it makes sense," Debbie Stefonek said. She said family and friends have not stopped searching for Sam Stefonek. "We will find him," she said. "We will find him and bring him home." Stefonek is about 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his right shoulder. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at 577-3092. Anonymous calls may be made to Crime Stoppers, 577. . Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to father’s house. He didn’t have a scent article. Worked from Mt Bryion Rd down hillside SW. Dogs alerted. W/ F/ SW 195 degrees MN. Drove up from East side. Totals: 6 hrs. 40 Miles
6715-020(A). 01-20-2011 ARC House fire Kelso Wa. RP: Vanc. ARC Kelso Wa. 98626.
6712-017(B). 01-21-2011 Cowlitz Co. Missing person Samuel "Sam" Jack Stefonek 30 years of age. Last seen August 08, 2010 entering a wooded area in the 3400 block of Mt. Brynion Road, Kelso. The owner of a nursery on Brussart Road on Mount Brynion was the last person to have seen Sam Stefonek, who walked into the woods Aug. 8 after speaking briefly to the man. Earlier that day, Stefonek fled into the woods when his girlfriend called 911 to report a domestic dispute, leading Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies initially to believe he disappeared to avoid arrest. Deputies recovered his cell phone Aug. 22 in a thickly wooded area on the pipeline trail about a half-mile from where he was last seen. "None of it makes sense," Debbie Stefonek said. She said family and friends have not stopped searching for Sam Stefonek. "We will find him," she said. "We will find him and bring him home." Stefonek is about 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his right shoulder. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at 577-3092. Anonymous calls may be made to Crime Stoppers, 577. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Drove to where we started from last time. Worked from Mt Bryion Rd down hillside SW. Dogs alerted. Same areas. W/ F/ SW 195 degrees MN. Totals: 3 hrs. 40 Miles CCSO and CCSO SAR Advised of our sar dogs alerts and locations.

6704-009(D ). 01-25 Missing person Island Co. Washington Possible suicide. AHR Bellevue, Wa re: M R. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR dog Elly K-9-5. Results: 0700hrs. Drove up. 1245hrs. met w/ family of missing person. Did search on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound in Island County. Park address: 41020 State Route 20 Oak Harbor, WA 98277. Elly, Willow and Tyler tracked to where subject jumped over cliff. Did water search. Debriefed park rangers and family. Totals: 14 hrs. 450 Miles

6724-029(A). 01-30-2011 Lewis Co. Cadaver Search. RD 71 2.5 miles South East. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Worked search all 3 dogs alerted. (See gps location). Winds 5 mph f/ 124 degrees MN. Totals: 6 hrs. 130 Miles.

6724-029(B). 01-31-2011 Lewis Co. Cadaver Search. RD 71 GPS 46.607297,-122.461270. Nat for Dev Road 5011 Mineral, Wash 98356. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Worked as SAR Coordinator while Cher and Elly worked physical search. Totals: 6 hrs. 0 Miles

6729-034(A). 02-01-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Searched area 5945 NW Saltzman Rd. Portland, Ore. found nothing. Air temp. 44 D F. Winds swirling 0-5 F/S. Totals: 4 hrs.140 Miles

6729-034(A). 02-01-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Searched area 5945 NW Saltzman Rd. Portland, Ore. found nothing. Air temp. 44 D F. Winds swirling 0-5 F/S. Totals: 4 hrs.140 Miles

6731-036(A). 02-02-2011 Clark Co. Missing person S G 60-year-old woman missing Tuesday morning. Dispatched at 11:15 a.m. 8900 block NE Mount Adams Avenue Sharlene Gervais leaving for a walk at 8 a.m. Gervais gray hair, 5’ 2” 100 lbs Wears glasses black zippered jacket, black pants black shoes. Ellsworth Road west Andresen Road Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard south Evergreen Highway. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. ST# M. Keating K-9-2. Results: Drove to PLS. Tracked for 5 miles subject rode bus into Pdx. Returned ok in pm. See reports. Totals: 6 hrs. 104 Miles

6729-034(B). 02-08-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Searched area Skyline near Dixie Mtn. Found nothing. Totals: 4 hrs.140 Miles

6729-034(C). 02-15-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results:
Drove to St Helens, 35707 Milton Creek area. Pittsburg, Hankey Way. St Helens, Ore. Per tip from Web site. Nancy Grace’s "Milton Creek start at the white shed with the blue door under the bridge with it on your left and walk north from there" The "users" handle is "In the Know but Can't Come Forward". Found nothing.Winds f/ South to North at 5. Water from North to South. Totals: 4 hrs.140 Miles
6746-051(A). 02-18-2011 Seattle, Wa. S MTeam: H. Oakes. Results: Did consult.

6747-052(A). 02-19-2011 Missing person BC Canada. STEVEN BEGG Team: H. Oakes. Results: Did consult. Totals: .15 min. 0 Miles HCM#8369.
6729-034(D). 02-19-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. 45.640129,-122.872769. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: 15900 NW Skyline Blvd Portland, Oregon 97231 Drove to Sheltered Nook 16015. Both Willow and Tyler alerted towards the Horman property. Death alerts. Evelyn f/ Scappoose was with me. Totals: 3 hrs.120 Miles

6748-053(A). 02-21-2011 Avalanche call Meeker, Rio Blanco Co. Colorado. We have a kid under at Sand Peak, Meeker CO Rio Blanco County...my old classmates 19 yoa son. Went under about 3PM, and could be still alive. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator. Results: Offered services.

6729-034(ED). 02-21-2011 Portland, Ore. Mult. Co. Kyron Horman search. 45.640129,-122.872769. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Coordinator SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Wrote report to Desiree Young re: KH Search. Totals: 3 hrs.0 Miles

6753-058(A).03-02-2011 Wed. Hayward, Ca. Missing person re: JD VV DLS: 02/26/11.

6753-058(B). 03-03-2011 Thurs. Hayward, Ca. Missing person Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Arrived, did search, started driving home. Spent night south of Redding. Advised family sub. Dead in area.

6753-058(C). 03-04-2011 Fri. Hayward, Ca. Missing person Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove home. Worked on reports. SARM 18 650 Miles

6756-061(A). 03-05-2011 Clack. Co. Lecture lewis and Clark college.1500hrs. Joan MaCCelroy Lewis and Clark College lecture 1530hrs. mcilroy@lclark.edu SCCC Rm 107. S Campus. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. Results: Drove there. Did lecture. Totals: 5 hrs. 130 Miles. HM#8383/WM#2662.

6787-092(A). 04-01-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Guardians of the Children. Jennifer Mau. Morton, Wa. 98356 Mt St Helens Chapter. Re: Missing child Yashawnee Vaughn (Missing child). DLS: March 19 Reported missing 03-21-2011. Yashanee was last seen at the Portland bus stop on 82nd Avenue on the overpass over Interstate 84. She had left the Taco Bell on Northeast 82nd and Thompson Street in Portland. Her cousin, from Vancouver, said they were going to meet up by bus but Yashanee never showed up. Vaughn was a freshman at Helensview School where she was enrolled in a night program. Shaquita Louis Mother of Yashanee. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams K-9-3. M. Keating ST# 1 K-9-2. Results: Sent contract. Prepped for SARM. Totals: 1 hr. 0 Miles

6787-092(B). 04-02-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Yashawnee Vaughn Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams K-9-3. M. Keating ST# 1 K-9-2. Results: Sent contract. Arrived at 0830hrs. Started search at 0930hrs. Completed search at 1100hrs. Debriefed w/ Det. F/ PPB. Returned to SAR Base, debriefed Guardians of the Children. Returned to office 1430hrs. Cleaned SAR gear, dogs wrote reports. 1600hrs. Completed reports. Totals: 14 hr.150 Miles Note: Because this is an open ongoing murder investigation we can not reveal what we turned over to Portland police bureau.


6789-094(A). 04-03-2011 Missing Canadian couple ALBERT CHRETIEN and his wife. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Sent contract. Consulted with RCMP.

6787-092(C). 04-03-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Yashawnee Vaughn (Missing child). DLS: March 19 Reported missing 03-21-2011. Team: H. Oakes. Results: Sent more info. To family per their request. Totals: 1 hr.0 Miles

6787-092(D). 04-04-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Yashawnee Vaughn (Missing child). DLS: March 19 Reported missing 03-21-2011. SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to Rocky Butte 0900hrs. Conducted air scent check of wind currents and alerts at top of Rocky Butte. Both SAR Dogs alerted to the south. (Location where suspect’s residence is located). Went to suspects residence. Dogs alerted at dumpsters behind the residence in the alley between Russell St and Knot St. Rechecked open access field North of suspects residence. Drove to Top of Rocky Butte rechecked air currents. Now coming from SW. From Willamette River Towards Rocky butte. Dogs still giving death alerts. Drove to Mt Tabor. Dogs continuing to give death alerts from Willamette River area. Returned to office, wrote reports. Totals: 8 hr. 150 Miles.

6787-092(E). 04-05-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Yashawnee Vaughn (Missing child). Team; H. Oakes SAR Dog Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Results: Drove to 92nd NE Halsey area. Arrived 1700hrs. search more areas. Met w/ Renee from Child unit. Gave her back the scent article to return to the victim’s family. Sent letter to mother of Yashawnee. Totals: 5 hr. 128 Miles

2011-6792-097(A).04-07-2011 St Croix USVI Missing person Consult.

2011-6797-102(A). 04-11-2011 Spokane, Wa. Missing person Consult.

6787-092(F). 04-18-2011 Portland, Ore. Missing child. Search.

6774-079(B). 04-18-2011 Kyron Horman search. Mult. Co Search.

2011-6809-114(A). 04-24-2011 Clatsop Co. Missing child COLD CASE. J. Hall Case.
2011-6809-114(B). 04-28-2011 Clatsop Co. Missing child COLD CASE. Drove to Warrenton. Did search. Documented findings of search dogs.

2011-6817-122(A). 05-02-2011 Alabama Offer to assist re: Search for victims in Tornado’s.

2011-6821-126(A). 05-04-2011 Peru Nebraska please help us To: searchdog@iinet.com Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 8:16 AM Harry, first and foremost, I commend you. What you do is a blessing to a lot of people. My name is Shannon, I'm from Omaha, Nebraska. Since December 3, 2010, there has been a missing young lady by the name of Tyler Thomas. Her story has been featured on Nancy Grace, news outlets, newspapers, etc. Although I am in no relation to the family, I have been doing ANYTHING possible to help find her. In a nutshell, they believe a guy named Joshua Keadle dumped her body in the Missouri River...search teams searched for about a week in December, but turned up nothing. They hadn't searched since until recently I believe. Talking to her family everyday and seeing how much they are hurting, I just want closure and Tyler home. Please, PLEASE, let me know if you can help or what procedures we need to take. PLEASE. Thank you Harry and God Bless. –Shannon Worked consult.

2011-6809-114(C). 05-13-2011 Clatsop Co. Missing child COLD CASE. Joan Hall. Results. Documented findings of search dogs.

2011- 6774-079(D). 05-16-2011 Kyron Horman search. Mult. Co Conducted search. Documented findngs of search dogs.

2011- 6774-079(E). 05-18-2011 Kyron Horman search. Mult. Co. Documented findings of search dogs.

2011-6836-140(B). 05-21-2011 Tx murder case Lisa Stone. Consult.

2011-6840-144(A). 05-21-2011 Homicide search Longview, Wa. Documented findings of search dogs.

2011-6846-150(A). 05-31-2011 Joplin, MO. Tornado. Teams: H. Oakes SAR Dogs Willow K-9-1. SAR Dog Tyler K-9-1A. Cher Williams SAR Dog Elly K-9-5. Results: Checked in with EOC. Signed waivers, given assignments. Documented work.

2011-6863-167(A). 06-13-2011 Missing person EIRE Colorado Documented consult.

2011-6774-078(E). 06-14-2011 Mult. Co. KH Case. Rocky Point Road and Dixie Mtn. Checked areas with Volunteer teams. Items located documented and photographed.

2011-6876-179(A). 06-23-2011 Columbia, Ca. Homicide Consult.

2011-6809-114(E). 07-09-2011 Clatsop Co. Warrenton, J. Hall murder case. Documented findings
2011-6899-2011 07-14-2011 Missing person Helena, MT, Consult.

March. 2009 Diamond Collar Award issued to Harry Oakes for SAR Dog Valorie’s work around the world. Awarded by the Oregon Humane Society.

Mr. Oakes has documented # 8,427 missions, with 3,614 documented finds & assisted finds, of people, pets, suspect identifications, and evidence. Documentation of credibility in local court systems, search missions, and awards, on file for review at our office. This is a world record in # of search missions performed and successful finds in the history of search and rescue (SAR).

Harry has trained over 6,526 dogs and handlers all over the world for SAR. He's won hundreds of local awards for life saving and community service to include the Higgins and Langley Swift Water Rescue Award, the National Jefferson Award, The International K-9 Services Life Saving Award and three letters from the President of The United States of America.


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