Search dog tracks missing Munich woman in forest for four days - she lives

Created: 02/17/2022 05:09

By: Günter Hiel

A search dog was able to pick up the scent (symbol image) © Federal Police

Four days after her disappearance, a 74-year-old woman from Munich was discovered by a sniffer dog after a large-scale search operation.

Alive, in a forest near Sauerlach.

Sauerlach

– A 74-year-old woman from Munich with dementia has been missing since Saturday, February 12.

The police had launched a public investigation.

The lady was driving a car.

Munich woman missing: farmer finds the woman's car at the edge of the forest

On Tuesday, February 15, around 11 a.m., the police received a message from a 34-year-old farmer from the Munich district that he had found the car in which the 74-year-old had been driving;

stuck at the edge of a forest in the Sauerlach district of Gumpertsham, with an empty tank.

However, there was no trace of the woman.

Search dog picks up the scent and leads cavalry squadron to the missing person

The police launched a large-scale search operation.

Among other things, officers from a Munich squad, a police helicopter, the cavalry squadron, a search dog and the dog squadron of the rescue services were deployed.

In addition, several patrols from the local police inspection took part.

Search operation in the forest: the rescue service takes a slightly hypothermic woman to the hospital

At the edge of the forest, a person search dog was able to track down, officials from the cavalry squadron found the 74-year-old in a forest area;

live.

The woman was slightly hypothermic and ran through the forest.

Paramedics took her to a hospital for a medical check-up.

The farmer agreed to rescue the missing person's stuck vehicle.

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