Update: Search called off
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By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
The case remains open, but the search for missing 75-year-old Ruby Larson was called off last night.
After two days of combing Molalla and the surrounding area for a sign of the elderly woman, who left the Pheasant Pointe assisted living facility at 3 p.m. on Monday, searchers concluded that their resources were exhausted, according to Molalla Police Department officer Scott Douglas.
"We just have nothing to go on and the resources we have are expended-- the dogs are exhausted, the people are exhausted," Douglas said.
The search was a combined effort of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue, Pacific NW Search & Rescue, Search 1 K9, Molalla Fire Department, Mountain Wave, Molalla City Employees, a helicopter, and a number of private citizens with flyers.
After performing a door-to-door and back yard search inside the city, the rescue teams fanned out to search the surrounding area, using bicycle teams, canines and a helicopter. Boating teams searched the Molalla River between Feyrer Park and Wagon Wheel Park.
But the searchers came up empty handed.
"We had only a couple of leads and tips from citizens who possibly might have seen her," Douglas said. "But we have found no evidence of her."
As more time passes, the chances of finding Larson alive are diminishing.
"I would have to say at this point the possibility of finding her alive is slim," Douglas said. "In a missing person case, the first 24 hours is key, and she's a small, frail woman without any water or sustenance."
Although the search has officially ended, MPD is continuing to treat Larson's disappearance as an open missing persons case.
Anyone with informations about Ruby Larson's whereabouts is asked to call the Clackamas County Communications Center at 503-655-8211.
Molalla Pioneer
The case remains open, but the search for missing 75-year-old Ruby Larson was called off last night.
After two days of combing Molalla and the surrounding area for a sign of the elderly woman, who left the Pheasant Pointe assisted living facility at 3 p.m. on Monday, searchers concluded that their resources were exhausted, according to Molalla Police Department officer Scott Douglas.
"We just have nothing to go on and the resources we have are expended-- the dogs are exhausted, the people are exhausted," Douglas said.
The search was a combined effort of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue, Pacific NW Search & Rescue, Search 1 K9, Molalla Fire Department, Mountain Wave, Molalla City Employees, a helicopter, and a number of private citizens with flyers.
After performing a door-to-door and back yard search inside the city, the rescue teams fanned out to search the surrounding area, using bicycle teams, canines and a helicopter. Boating teams searched the Molalla River between Feyrer Park and Wagon Wheel Park.
But the searchers came up empty handed.
"We had only a couple of leads and tips from citizens who possibly might have seen her," Douglas said. "But we have found no evidence of her."
As more time passes, the chances of finding Larson alive are diminishing.
"I would have to say at this point the possibility of finding her alive is slim," Douglas said. "In a missing person case, the first 24 hours is key, and she's a small, frail woman without any water or sustenance."
Although the search has officially ended, MPD is continuing to treat Larson's disappearance as an open missing persons case.
Anyone with informations about Ruby Larson's whereabouts is asked to call the Clackamas County Communications Center at 503-655-8211.
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