Search and Rescue Teams Scour Piercy Area for Missing Woman
Yesterday, searchers including a helicopter quickly went through the most likely traveled routes. According to Woody Baker Cohn with Marin Search and Rescue, because she has wandered before as far as Benbow which is nearly 10 miles away, it greatly increases the search area as most people are found within 3 miles and they searched that yesterday and also covered 14 miles in the most likely routes.
Cohn said that searchers are very concerned as she may have gone two nights now without food or shelter and possibly she is injured. She may be very confused.
Two dogs and their handlers are on the hunt with the searchers for the missing woman. The dogs started at her house and are moving out from there. One will search specifically for her and one for any human in the area.
A helicopter is expected to assist when the clouds clear away.
Teams from Marin, Napa, Lake County, San Mateo, Sonoma, Bay Area mountain rescue, Cal Fire, and Humboldt are either already on the ground or expected by this afternoon. As many as fifty people could be searching today. Mendocino’s Search and Rescue crews who have done 30 searches since January requested help from teams in northern California and received many offers of assistance. Cal OES helped coordinate the response from the various groups.
Margit was last seen about 4:30 p.m. on Friday wearing a purple shirt and capri pants. According to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department, she is very fit and has been known to walk the 10 miles from Piercy to Benbow.
If you have any information on Margit, please contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Communication Office at (707) 463-4086 right away. Piercy residents are especially being asked to search their memories. If anyone knows any areas or routes she walks, the searchers need to know. Residents are also being asked to search any outbuildings on their land as she has now spent two nights out and may be very confused.
Earlier Chapter: Margit Prichard Missing in the Piercy Area; Mendocino Sheriff Asks for Public’s Help
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I pray for her safe return
Me to Mogtx. Let her be safe.
Humboldt needs a dedicated tracking dog. It would get plenty of use. While the police K9 are good a bloodhound used just for tracking is better in a situation like this.
Praying for her safe return
I’m hoping both she & the woman from Blue Lake who disappeared in Eureka, are both found safe & sound!!!
Me too! Here is a link to her info, https://kymkemp.com/2018/05/18/sheriffs-office-seeks-publics-help-locating-missing-woman/
One thing that perhaps not everyone knows is that those Search & Rescue people are volunteers. They gear-up and go out to do what they do for free.
Thank you, volunteers.
I keep checking back hoping she’s been found.
Sadly not.
I know her. She used to volunteer at Garberville Library. Last time I saw her she was having lunch with a friend in town. I didn’t realize she was that disoriented. I know she was scared of getting Alzheimer’s because it ran in her family and she had some forgetfulness but she was still able to drive. I pray she is found safe. She should have had some device on her to track her..or a phone. I’m praying for her safety!
She left her house with no phone or purse.. As much as I don’t want to admit it, it is likely now that she is sadly dead
Thats me with the black northface backpack!
My son is with Marin Search and Rescue assisting in the effort. Hoping for her safe return!!!
Please let your son know how much we appreciate his help.
Seems like it would be best to put more dogs on the search.