“I heard that dog! He barked one time. He’s on that hill. … There it was again,” said a caller who reported Doug Lebda missing on Oct. 12
NEED TO KNOW
- Doug Lebda, the former CEO of LendingTree, died on Oct. 12 on his North Carolina farm in an incident involving an ATV
- According to a 911 call and county records, a dog’s barking helped searchers find Lebda’s body
- A memorial service was held for Lebda in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 19
The searchers for Doug Lebda, the former LendingTree CEO and founder, were able to locate his deceased body due to a labradoodle’s barking, according to a 911 call and local records.
In their initial announcement, his company said that the business executive and father of three, 55, was killed “unexpectedly” on Oct. 12 in what they described as an “all-terrain vehicle accident” on a family farm in North Carolina.
According to a 911 call obtained by The Charlotte Observer, a caller who said he worked for Lebda reached out to a Polk County emergency dispatcher on Oct. 12 around 7:30 p.m. local time and reported Lebda as missing…