CASART - 16th Activation

PLESSIS SEARCH & RESCUE
Jefferson County, NY 07/01/06 – 07/07/06

CASART was notified on Friday 06/30/06 at 7:00p.m. by the NYSFEDSAR to activate the team and report to the Assembly Point at the Church parking lot in Plessis, NY.  Type III searchers and crew bosses were requested to locate Greda Probst or subject, a 70 year old female with Alzheimer’s who was last seen on Thursday 06/29/06 before she wandered away from her home and was reported missing on Thursday 06/29/06.

The following members participated in the search: Patrick Inserra, Eileen Tobin. The Activation team of Joanne Kelly, Joan Liddle, Carolyn O’Hara, Tina Olson and Carol Wheeler put in many hours calling everyone.  The weather varied from hot and humid to severe thunder storms with hail.  Black flies, mosquitoes and deer flies were intense and the terrain was fairly rugged and sometimes extremely dense.  Helicopter searches were conducted most days, K-9 units, The search ended without finding any clues or the subject.

To find out more about the team or to get a membership application write to CASART at P.O. Box 143, Inlet, NY 13360, call us at 315-357-4381, visit our web site at www.casart.org, or send email to webmaster@casart.org.

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