Elderly man missing in woods near residence in Rensselaer, Rensselaer IN


An elderly man is missing and believed to be in the woods near his residence near North 500 East in Rensselaer. Emergency management and fire units are assisting with the search. The man is 74 years old, has no known dementia but may have fallen in the woods. A grid search and tracking canine are being utilized despite the trail being six hours old.
Audio|Source: Jasper County Sheriff, Indiana State Police Districts 13 & 14
04:45
Transcript:
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Is it likely that the subject is somewhere in the woods around residence?
00:06
Affirmative.
00:09
Okay, clear. Go ahead and send emergency management with their side-by-side as well as Williamsport Fire.
00:16
Clear.
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27, your driver is valid zero signal eight. 27.
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27.
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Fire assistance locating an elderly male, possibly in the woods around his residence, locating an elderly male, possibly in the woods around his resident, near North 500 East.
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Stand by for Tone.
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A distant Pine Village check william sport fire respond to near North 500 East pine village for an elderly mellow who is missing possibly in the woods
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R3
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Mail through Illinois last is Charlie, Adam, Mary, Paul, Boy, Edward, Lincoln,
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Lincoln. First,
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John Edward, Robert, Robert Young.
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Middle initial, F.
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Frank,
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date of birth, (number withheld),
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(number withheld),
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license number,
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Charlie, (number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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955.15.
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Roger.
01:51
Dispatch up three of six, I'm going to hook a trailer and grab wind support side by side.
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Be in round momentarily.
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For ethics.
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Strictor Keynes-O-1 is information,
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TMC-wise of a stall, semi-bobothail, ID Westbound 9.8, Westbound, 9.8 in the right lane. They do have Hoosier Home for Zimrow.
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I'll be around.
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2.1.2.3.
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Squat 3.6. I'm 200.
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Fire around 1.
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Dispatchack 2808-0-out with 2.
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Claire.
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6R. 12, it will be 1041.
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That be successful.
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I'll be signal 30 fairgrounds.
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That'd be successful.
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Good.
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...31, gray-colored Volkswagen, Indiana Cover Bridge, (number withheld) F-ranked A. Adam Ceeing.
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Repeating (number withheld), Frank Adam King.
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(number withheld). I was clear 231. Can you provide the other locations?
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1,000 north.
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Clear,000 north.
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Go ahead, 1421.
03:44
I'm going to assume Incident Command until you get here.
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The MS units also going to help me out with Incident Command.
03:50
We're going to have to set up a grid system. There's a lot of woods out here,
03:54
and we're six hours behind the guy, wherever he could be.
03:57
There's multiple structures that me and the county unit are going to clear.
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He has no medical problems that we know of. He's 74 years old, no dementia,
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no history of really anything other in the back right knee. They think that he's probably fallen.
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And this is unlike him to go out into the woods like this.
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What's your ETA here?
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I hope you brought up in the tracking capability.
04:24
I have a canine for tracking, but the odor is going to be gone.
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It's six hours stale.
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The R.P is going to be sitting by the Taco Bell parking lot off the 201.
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I'm clear, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near N 500 W, Rensselaer, IN 47978
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