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SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - It has been 11 days since Ron Dailey, a huntsman from Selma, disappeared successful the Sierra National Forest successful Fresno County. Ron went missing connected Oct. 13.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says they are searching nonstop, specifically for his metallic 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup truck.
They accidental if that motortruck is discovered, it’s cardinal to bringing successful further resources to assistance bring Dailey home.
“That has been our focus. A batch of radical person asked whether oregon not we’ve got a batch of crushed unit out, grid searching, you know, horses, benignant of ground-focused resources. But really, we’re not going to beryllium deploying those resources until we find that pickup,” said Lt. Kathy Curtice of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
To bash so, Lt. Curtice says they are narrowing their hunt to the country of Dinkey Creek and the Courtright Reservoir — utilizing jeeps, trucks, planes, helicopters and drones.
However, it’s the metallic colour of Dailey’s motortruck that’s proving to beryllium an obstacle.
"It’s the colour of granite. You know, a conveyance that’s grayish silver, astir apt with immoderate black,” she said. “It tin easy beryllium hidden successful the shadows. It tin easy beryllium hidden nether the canopy and successful the rocks."
In this hunt operation, they’re getting assistance from exertion too.
Curtice says they proceed to instrumentality overhead pictures of the wood to plug into AI, successful bid to place irregularities successful the colour of the area.
"We cognize the colour of the truck, and we tin really set the programme connected that bundle to look for that circumstantial color,” Curtice said. “We’re taking those nonstop aforesaid photographs and we’re sending them to El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, who has a antithetic AI program, conscionable to effort to summation our chances of success."
There are nary large results yet — but Ron’s wife, Glenda Dailey, provided america with an appreciative statement:
“We privation to convey each the volunteers, family, and hunt and rescue who proceed tirelessly to bring Ron home. Our household is grateful for the enactment and your prayers. If you person seen thing oregon person immoderate tips, nary substance however large oregon small, delight interaction the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office."
Glenda says she remains hopeful Ron volition beryllium recovered safely successful the coming days.
