2016 Incident #1 – 13-15 January – Missing Person

Team called by Cumbria police on Wednesday night to assist in the search for a missing Kendal woman. The team and two of our search dogs conducted searches in areas highlighted by the police. Team stood down for the night at 21:00hrs.

On Thursday, along with the assistance of 7 search dogs from Lake District Mountain Rescue Searchdogs and members from Duddon & Furness MRT, we continued the search for the missing person. After a full day of searching, teams were stood down as darkness fell.

On Friday, one of our team members spent the day with a Mountain Rescue trailing dog. We were informed by the police that a woman’s body had been found and thanked for our efforts in the search. Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased.

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