Search continue for missing Selma man as Sheriff's Office uses AI to look for truck

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (KFSN) -- The hunt continues successful Eastern Fresno County for Ron Dailey, the Selma antheral who has been missing for 12 days and was past seen adjacent Shaver Lake.

"Everything that we person gathered truthful acold is that this is going to beryllium immoderate benignant of an unexpected mishap," Lieutenant Kathy Curtis with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.

She described Dailey arsenic an experienced huntsman who was precise acquainted with the Sierra erstwhile helium acceptable retired past Monday.

"A important wintertime tempest came through," Lieutenant Curtis said. "It did driblet a batch of snowfall connected the country successful which helium was, and helium did not marque it location that night."

Some of the snowfall is disposable successful pictures shared by crews connected the ground.

Nearly 2 weeks later, determination is inactive nary motion of Dailey oregon his truck.

"All indications from interviews with his friends and household are that he's going to beryllium reasonably adjacent to that vehicle, and truthful that's wherefore it's our fig 1 priority," Lieutenant Curtis said.

The Sheriff's Office is present deploying AI technology, utilizing it to scan aerial images of the immense wood arsenic officials look for Dailey's metallic Dodge Dakota.

"Those bully photographs, we are going to process done 2 abstracted AI programs," Lieutenant Curtis said. "And our extremity with that is (that) hopefully an AI programme tin prime up an anomaly successful the wood that our eyes haven't been capable to truthful far."

In a connection to Action News, Dailey's girl thanked the searchers, penning that they're moving "...tirelessly to bring Ron home."

"Our household is grateful for the enactment and your prayers," she wrote. "If you person seen thing oregon person immoderate tips, nary substance however large oregon small, delight interaction the Fresno Sheriff's Office."

"As agelong arsenic determination are things that we tin bash to support moving guardant successful our efforts to find Mr. Dailey, past we're going to proceed to bash so," Lieutenant Curtis said.

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