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Sgt. Jake Walker, left, and Cpl. Brian Wiedel confer moments after finding
George Searle in a heavily shrubbed area in the Pelican Isle Yacht Club
community in North Naples on Monday morning. Photo by Paige Long/CCSO
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UPDATE:
George Searle has been located and is safe.
Collier
County Sheriff’s Office deputies located Searle in some bushes in a heavily
shrubbed area near the pool/clubhouse in the Pelican Isle community in North
Naples around 10:15 a.m. Monday.
Deputies on
the ground, along with CCSO K-9, aviation and Mounted Patrol units, the
Emergency Response Team, Collier County Emergency Medical Services, and a
Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office bloodhound team, conducted an extensive
search for nearly 27 hours before locating Searle.
Deputies
located Searle during an organized shoulder-to-shoulder grid search, a
search-and-rescue technique that involves flooding the area with manpower and
“looking under every leaf,’’ said Sgt. Terence Smith, who led the grid search.
Sgt. Jake
Walker and Cpl. Brian Wiedel spotted Searle under some hedges.
“It was a
good result for us,” Sgt. Smith said.
Original
news release:Deputies
Search For Missing Man
Collier
County Sheriff's Office
Posted Date:
12/1/2013 10:15 AM
The Collier
County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating an 80-year-old
man who has been missing since Sunday.
Detectives
said George Searle was last seen by family members at their residence on
Dockside Drive in North Naples around 11 p.m. when everyone went to bed. His
family discovered him missing when they awoke around 7:30 a.m.
Detectives
said Searle has medical issues and needs medication.
Searle is
described as white, 6 feet 1 inches tall, 160 pounds, wears glasses and has
white hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing dark gray sweatpants, a
white shirt with a pocket and brown shoes.
Anyone with
information on Searle’s whereabouts is asked to call the Collier County
Sheriff’s Office at 239.252.9300.
