Ohio police use helicopter to locate woman with dementia who went missing in the snow
The winter storm created dangerous conditions outside as snow and ice moved through Cincinnati and Ohio this week.On Tuesday, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office requested help from the Ohio State Patrol Aviation Units to help find a missing 65-year-old woman with dementia.The sheriff’s office said she is non-verbal and wandered away from a property owned by her husband. The husband quickly called police who rounded up a team of deputies to search for her.As temperatures dipped into the teens, the deputies knew the missing woman faces a risk of severe frostbite and hypothermia. Realizing this, they called in the Ohio State Highway Patrol who was able to send their helicopter to use aerial and thermal imaging to locate the woman.She was found just before 9 p.m. and aviation units were able to shine a spotlight on her so troopers on the ground could find her in a wooded ravine.The woman was found in good health and was treated by units on the scene.Aviation units kept the light on them until they were able to get back to their cruisers.She was taken to a local hospital and is still in good condition.
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio —
The winter storm created dangerous conditions outside as snow and ice moved through Cincinnati and Ohio this week.
On Tuesday, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office requested help from the Ohio State Patrol Aviation Units to help find a missing 65-year-old woman with dementia.
The sheriff’s office said she is non-verbal and wandered away from a property owned by her husband. The husband quickly called police who rounded up a team of deputies to search for her.
As temperatures dipped into the teens, the deputies knew the missing woman faces a risk of severe frostbite and hypothermia.
Realizing this, they called in the Ohio State Highway Patrol who was able to send their helicopter to use aerial and thermal imaging to locate the woman.
She was found just before 9 p.m. and aviation units were able to shine a spotlight on her so troopers on the ground could find her in a wooded ravine.
The woman was found in good health and was treated by units on the scene.
Aviation units kept the light on them until they were able to get back to their cruisers.
She was taken to a local hospital and is still in good condition.
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