Search continues for missing hiker with dementia

Search continues for 79-year-old Bay Area hiker missing for 6 days

The search for a woman who went missing on a hike in San Mateo County is now entering day six.

Search for missing hiker in San Mateo County enters 6th day

Today marks the sixth day of searching for 79-year-old Margaret "Elaine" McKinley, who disappeared while hiking in San Mateo County.

Search continues for missing hiker with dementia

(KRON) -- Search and rescue operations continue for a 79-year-old hiker with dementia, Elaine McKinley, who went missing five days ago in San Mateo County's Windy Hill Preserve.McKinley disappeared Thursday night while hiking with friends near Skyline Boulevard. Since then, 500 volunteers from various agencies have been involved in the search, utilizing foot patrols, drones, and canine units. "We're looking at the places where someone would leav…

Now you can record a person's scent in case they wander

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and ElderSource have unveiled another way to help protect adults with dementia or Alzheimer’s who wander away from home. The Pepper Project expands on a program that literally preserves the scent of someone in danger of wandering away. The scent is then used by a police bloodhound to help track them down. Scent preservation kits are already used to help K9 units locate missing people, but the ElderSource expansi…

Search for 79-year-old Bay Area hiker with dementia moves into ‘limited continuous’ phase - Local News Matters

As the search for a missing hiker with dementia moved into its sixth day on Tuesday, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said the multi-agency operation will transition into a “limited continuous search” phase at sundown.  Margaret “Elaine” McKinley became separated from her family last Thursday during a hike at the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve along the Lost Trail.  On Tuesday evening at sunset, the search will move into a limited continuou…

Woman with dementia goes missing in Echo Park

Echo Park -- A Silver Alert was activated today following reports of a missing 78-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia and diabetes.