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00-01, 01-11-00 Marin SAR was activated for
a missing 2 year old boy in Forest Knolls. Shortly after
activation the child was found by a deputy, barefoot, walking
in the rain with the family dog a short distance from the house.
00-02 Day 1, 01-22-00 Marin SAR was activated to search
an area adjacent to a homicide crime scene in the
Indian Valley Road area of Novato. Teams searched the immediate
area and along roadsides. 20 members responded on day 1.
00-02 Day 2, 01-23-00 Twelve members responded to
search additional areas near the crime scene in the
continuing search for evidence related to the homicide.
00-02 Day 3, 01-24-00 Eleven members responded to search
additional areas near the crime scene in the continuing
search for evidence related to the homicide. Grid
search conducted adjacent to where suspect's vehicle was recovered.
00-03, 01-26-00 Marin SAR was placed on standby
for possible missing youth at risk. The 15 year
old male, with a group from San Jose was reported as
possibly missing and experiencing vertigo, while on a hike from
the GGB Vista point to Tennessee Valley trailhead.
Air Patrol and Posse put on alert. Subject was located with
another part of his group and reported as being O.K.
by rangers at 1520 hrs.
00-04, 03-03-00 Mutual aid Solano County. Marin
responded twenty-one members to assist in the search for Wilma
Joiner, A 70 year old Alzheimer's patient who was
last seen in a care takers home that morning. The search
area was a mix of farms, new housing and commercial
areas on the east side of Vacaville. Marin with
Contra Costa and Alameda relieved Solano teams
and search during heavy rains throughout the night.
00-04 Day 2, 03-04-00 Marin sent an additional eight members
to continue the search and support the management team.
The second day several visual sightings were reported
over a three hour window. These people report seeing the
subject the previous day just prior to her being reported missing.
This is the same area several dogs alerted in.
Intensive searches are conducted in this area
day 2.
00-04-Day 3, 03-05-00 Twelve members respond to continue
the search. By the end of the third day the search is suspended
at 10pm after a significant effort that included
hundreds of searchers. Participating agencies include SAR
teams from Yolo, Sacramento, Contra Costa, Napa, Alameda, Solano,
Sonoma, Marin, The California Youth Authority and search dogs
from both CARDA and WOOF. In addition, Helicopters
from East Bay Regional Parks and Sonoma County
S.O. assisted. At one time Vacaville Police
had 15 units committed as well. The search has been
turned over to Vacaville PD detectives. No further clues
were located.
00-05, 03-19-00 Marin responded twelve members to support
Solano SAR and Vallejo PD in searching additional areas for clues
on the Fairchild incident.
00-06, 04-08-00 Marin SAR responded at 0230 hrs. to Marin
City to assist deputies in the search for a missing 10 y.o. boy
who was last seen in a playground near his house at
1700 hrs. the prior afternoon. Three members of the
management team were assigned to investigations and quickly turned
many leads. Ground search teams and several CARDA teams
were deployed at 0530 hrs. to search likely areas.
During the investigation it was found that a second
10 y.o. boy was also missing and the pair was likely
together. At 0730 hours a K-9 team conducted a field interview
and soon found both kids safe, still sleeping at a
friends house. Twenty Marin SAR members
responded.
00-06, 04-21-00 Marin SAR was requested by San Rafael
PD to search for a 95 y.o. male with dementia that walked away
from Kaiser Hospital in San Rafael. As the team was
responding the subject was located safe by San Rafael PD.
00-07, 04-24-00 Marin SAR was requested by Novato PD to
assist in the search for a missing 12 y.o. girl and 8 y.o. boy
with a mental age of 4, who left out the back bedroom
window of a foster home at 2200 hrs. SAR deployed
seven ground teams and three CARDA dogs teams on numerous
assignments to cover parks, schools and open space areas between
0230 and 0700 hrs. Two members were assigned to investigations.
Novato PD dedicated four officers on a continuous patrol of all
streets in the area. After the hasty search was completed
mutual aid was requested from Sonoma, Contra Costa
and Alameda County SAR teams. At 0930 hours,
Novato PD located the subjects hiding under a bed in a house
known to the two children. It is believed they snuck in,
unknown to the residents, through an unlocked door.
The children were hoping the family would adopt them.
00-08, 04-30-00 Marin SAR responded for a missing 44 y.o.
man on Mt. Tamalpais after State Park Rangers found a his vehicle
in a pull-out after hours and contacted his
girlfriend who stated he was missing. During the investigation
of the car and further interviews by the management team it
was determined he may have committed suicide. Twenty five
ground searchers and four CADRA dog teams searched
a wide area around the car between 1900 and 0100.
hours. At 0700 hours the next morning the search
was expanded with mutual aid from Sonoma, Solano and Contra
Costa SAR teams and a CHP helicopter. The subject was located
deceased by a Marin team at 0930, about 1/2 mile from the subjects
vehicle. State Park and Marin Water District Rangers and
a Helicopter from Sonoma County Sheriff's department
also assisted in the search.
00-09, 05-01-00 Moments after completing the carry-out
of the subject on the Mt. Tamaplais search, Marin County
Fire requested Marin SAR to respond for a down hiker on the Coastal
trail. The subject was over three miles from the trail
head. Marin responded with 6 six person carry-out team
that included a wheeled litter and medical gear. Marin SAR stabilized
the patient and then assisted Southern Marin Paramedics
and Marin County Firefighters with the carry-out of
the patient. This carry-out was made very
difficult due the trail being very narrow and on a steep slope.
Total time to respond and complete the rescue was over four hours.
Patient was transported with a leg injury to Marin General Hospital.
00-10, 05-19-00 Yosemite search. Marin sent twelve members
to the Glacier Point area to assist the National Park Service
in the search for a missing 79 y.o. hiker that
was 24 hours overdue. As we arrived early Saturday morning
the subject was located alive and well by an search team sent
out to do a trail block. The missing woman said
she had been lost and continued to walk nearly the
whole time out. We remained in the park for the day and
conducted some training prior to heading home.
00-11, 05-21-00 Humboldt County Mutual aid.
Marin was requested to respond for a missing mushroom picker near
Eureka. The woman was located shortly after
the request was made.
00-12, 05-31-00 Evidence Search in Bolinas. Ten
members responded and spent five hours supporting the Investigations
Division for a evidence in the coastal town of Bolinas.
00-13, 07-09-00 Mutual aid Siskiyou County. Six members
were flown by the Marin Air Patrol to a search for a missing hiker
in the Siskiyou wilderness near Mt. Preston.
Once at the airport, members were picked up by a National
Guard Helicopter and taken to the command post. After spending
the night members were deployed on a 10 hour assignment
to search a large drainage below Preston peak.
The terrain was difficult with tallis fields
and thick vegetation. On day two members were deployed to
search another canyon East of Preston Peak with two
CARDA dog teams. At the end of the day the search
was suspended and most teams released.
The missing subject became separated from his hiking party
the Friday before during a lightning storm. He was known to be
in good shape and had day hiking equipment.
The search was called off because the management
team had reason to believe he may be evading
search efforts. The subject remains missing at this time.
The search was made difficult due to the search
area being a 6 hour hike the nearest
trailhead, requiring a heavy dependence on helicopters.
00-14, 07-22-00 Yosemite rescue assist. While on Marin
SAR's annual summer camp in the Yosemite Valley, Ten members assisted
YOSAR on a carry-out on the four mile trail.
YOSAR received a report of an elderly woman with an
injured ankle about 1.5 miles up the trail. Marin members arrived
on scene to stabilize the patient and assisted with
carry-out.
00-15, 07-30-00 Alameda Mutual aid. Eleven members responded
to Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland Hills to assist in the
search for a 48 y.o. despondent man who's car was
located at a pull out the day before. Members were
deployed on several field assignments and supported the management
team. The subject was located a week later after a second effort
by an Alameda SAR Mounted Unit. Other units responding
to the incident included Contra Costa, CARDA
and East Bay Regional Parks.
00-16, 08-03-00 Marin Evidence Search. Ten members responded
to assist Sheriff's investigations for a double homicide in Woodacre.
00-17, 08-06-00 Missing Hiker in Kent Lake watershed.
Twenty four members responded for a man who called on his cell
phone to say that he was lost near Kent Lake and then
disconnected. Marin Water District Rangers located the
man shortly after requesting SAR near Pine Mountain.
00-18, 08-10-00 Six members responded to search additional
areas in Woodacre for the double homicide case. Members
were committed for six hours.
00-19, 08-11-00 Marin SAR member Kenyon MacConnell responded
with the First Special Response group on a search for two hikers
who were five days overdue while hiking on the Extinct
Volcano of Colima in Southern Mexico.
Members endured operating at 14,000 ft , 60 mile an hour
winds, poor visibility, heavy rain and incredibly difficult terrain.
After being out for 9 days the missing 15 y.o.
Mexican national was located alive by Helicopter after
be tracked for 12 miles into a drainage. Two
additional day were spent searching for the 40 y.o. American before
1SRG had to suspend the mission. He remains missing.
00-20, 08-11-00 Mitsi Sanchez Search. 22 Marin SAR
members responded to Vallejo to assist in the search for
Mitsi. She was last seen leaving school at 3:00pm
the previous day. Marin members were on scene at 0100 and
assisted in door to door searching and management.
By 9pm over 150 searchers from Solano, Napa, Sonoma,
Marin, Contra Costa, BAMRU, CAL-ESAR, California Youth
Authority, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Sacramento and
Vallejo Police and Fire Departments covered a wide radius around
the PLS, locating no clues. In addition, the FBI assigned
numerous agents to the incident. Two days later,
in Santa Clara County, Mitsi escaped her abductor. He was
captured several hours later and remains in
custody.
00-21, 08-13-00 Sacramento Delta Evidence Search.
Fifteen Marin SAR members were joined by Contra Costa, Solano
and CAL-ESAR SAR teams to search eighteen miles of river
shoreline for evidence related for the double homicide in Woodacre
and three other related homicides in Contra Costa County.
Members were committed all day.
00-22, 08-14-00 Muir beach homicide evidence search. Ten
Marin SAR members responded to assist detectives in searching
along Route 1 for evidence related to a body located near the
roadside. Members were committed for four hours.
00-23, 08-19-00 Evidence search Contra Costa County. Fifteen
SAR members responded 08-19-00 to Concord to assist Marin S.O.
detectives on an evidence search related to the Delta and
Woodacre case. Members were committed for 6 hours.
00-24-Day 1, 08-20-00 Siskiyou County mutual aid.
Six members were flown by our Sheriff's air Squadron to Scott
Valley at 0600 hours for a missing 70 y.o. woman who
was last seen near Spirit Lake in the Marble Mountain Wilderness
on Friday August 18th. The PLS was located
12 miles from the nearest trailhead, necessitating
a helicopter dependent search. Terrain around
the lake was steep with many areas of heavy brush, boulders and
timber. The missing woman, Rosemary Kunst, was a resident
of Marin County. Six additional members assisted
Siskiyou County, interviewing family in Marin and
collecting track information and scent articles.
00-24-Day 2, 08-21-00 Six Marin members were re-deployed
by air to Spirit Lake, searching the ridge to the South of the
Lake. Hair confirmed to be Rosemary Kunst was
located in heavy brush 1/2 mile South of the Lake by a dog team.
Marin responded an additional four members for the next operational
period. Resources included SAR teams from Siskiyou, Shasta, Marin,
Dogs from WOOF and CARDA and aircraft from Air National Guard
and the California Hiway Patrol.
00-24-Day 3, 08-22-00 Four members were flown up
to replace four returning members and an additional three members
drove to the command post for a total on 9 on scene.
Members were flown out by National Guard and deployed both
around Spirit Lake and the drainage below where the strands of
hair were located. Members spent the night in
the field
00-24-Day 4, 08-23-00 Members started early and area
searched the drainage below where the the hair clue was located
with a air scent WOOF dog. Members said
searching was difficult with steep terrain, heavy brush and down
timber throughout the assignment area. Members were
flown back to the command post by CHP helicopter
and drove home. Six fresh members left Marin
for the next days operations. Other resources in the field
included Siskiyou, Del Norte, CARDA WOOF and members of the Kunst
family.
00-24-Day 5, 08-24-00 Six members and a WOOF dog were
re-deployed into the drainage with Siskiyou SAR and area searched
additional sections of the drainage. Siskiyou
County suspended the search and the end of six of the search.
No further clues were located other then the hair strands found
in dense brush, about a half mile from the point last
seen . Over a 150 searchers and members of the
family were involved in the search. The area is said
to be some of the most remote and difficult terrain in California.
00-25, 09-29-00 Twelve Marin SAR members responded to
assist San Rafael P.D. just before midnight for an evidence search
for an attempted homicide. Key evidence was located.
00-26, 10-05-00 Missing hiker, Pt Reyes National Seashore.
Marin SAR was activated at 11 PM to search for a missing
78 y.o. hiker last seen on Pt. Reyes beach several
hours earlier. While enroute, National Park Rangers located
the subject during the hasty search, lost but healthy.
00-27, 10-07-00 Evidence search San Anselmo.
Twelve Marin SAR members responded to assist San Anselmo PD in
searching for evidence in an attempted homicide.
Key evidence was located.
00-28, 10-07-00 Marin SAR responded eight members
to assist Mill Valley Fire in the search for severed fingers after
an industrial accident on a large wooded lot.
One finger was located during the search effort and transported
for re-attachment.
00-29, 10-16-00 Yuba County mutual aid. Marin SAR
was called to search for a 88 y.o.dementia patient missing for
several days. Yuba County then called and canceled the request,
saying they had found sufficient resources for the next operational
period.
00-30, 11-11-00 Evidence search in Novato. Twenty
two SAR members assisted Sheriff's detectives in looking for evidence
on an ongoing homicide investigation.
00-31, 11-14-00 Alzheimer's patient search in San Rafael.
Twenty seven SAR members responded to Northgate Mall to assist
San Rafael PD in the search for a 76 y.o. male Alzheimer's
patient that walked away from his care giver. As
the search was expanding around the Mall area, Sonoma CHP called
and said they had the subject. He was located by an officer
walking in the center divider of HWY. 101 in Rohnert
Park. It is unknown how he managed to get over
30 miles in five hours with no money. The subject
told officers he walked.
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