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  • From: "Pam Ogg" <hoofbeat@avolve.net>
  • To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] SAR ends with body found in Georgia
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:50:13 -0500

Irv,

They found a missing body.  Be glad. 

Pam Ogg

 


From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:36 AM
To: 'Mounted search and rescue'
Subject: Re: [MSAR] SAR ends with body found in Georgia

 

The obvious is always interesting. An exposed body, near where the vehicle was recovered? The only question is how it magically appeared after the initial search. It is more likely the area was not searched initially (or ever).  The use of aircraft in dense foliage is not recommended, even with FLIR and the current drought in Georgia. The numerous small plots would discourage officers from being thorough.

 

Over 20 years ago the level of effort a manager would put into an area before moving on during the initial operation was that sufficient to raise the probability of detection to 80% or higher.  This meant 3 passes with 3 different resources from 3 different directions. And nobody got credit for more than 50%. This meant clue detection was around 50% the first pass, raised to a cumulative 75% after the second effort, and finished off at 87.5 % by the third.  In a really sticky area you might need more manpower or more technology to get there. And there is still that 20% you missed. The older the job the less likely a find will be made and recoveries are hard on the people involved.

 

One of the jobs in state park near here involved a college age man with self destructive problems. His girl had left him, etc. his family didn’t report him missing for 3 days so when his car was found it was an emergency dispatch (less than 24 hours on the missing sheet).  Four tracking dog teams independently tracked him out of the area,

hasty teams cleared trails all night long, a horse patrol found nothing. After over 18 hours of intense overnight effort (and discovering that the car had been there 3 days or more based on overnight parking reports) a relocation of effort was decided on.  The body was found hanging from a deer stand, about 20 feet overhead in dense woods, that fall, less than 100 yards from a trail.

 

Irv Lichtenstein  


From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Susan Wright
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:41 AM
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [MSAR] SAR ends with body found in Georgia

 

Don't know how many of you were aware of this missing person.  Although horses were not used in this search, I find Tim Miller's comments (Texas EquuSearch) very interesting.
Susan W
http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-localnews-1114-cnorwood-7k13v4124.htm




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