PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An 82-year-old woman who went missing in the woods in Oregon was found alive earlier this week, thanks in part to her canine companion, authorities said.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office announced just before 8 p.m. on Monday that search and rescue first-responders were trying to locate Karen Joyce Davis, of Elmira, after she was reported missing.
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The woman had last been seen walking with her blue heeler cattle dog named Cami, who was known to stay with Davis in case she had a fall.
After a search and rescue effort by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, volunteers, and the Lane Fire Authority, Davis was located later that same night: Just an hour and a half after the sheriff’s office’s initial Facebook post asking for help locating the woman, deputies announced she was located alive in the area.
“Davis was found late on December 29th in rough terrain past the dead end of a forested road in the area,” the Lane County Sheriff’s Office said. “Her dog, Cami, kept her warm and signaled to Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers as they searched the area.”…