Bodycam Captures When Will County Sheriff K-9 Lizzy Finds Missing Man
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Bolingbrook, IL - Will County Sheriff's Office K-9 Lizzy was able to find a missing man with dementia in Bolingbrook on June 18.
The sheriff's office shared that the K-9 unit was called at 11:30 p.m. on June 18 to assist Bolingbrook Police with a missing person case.
Bloodhound Lizzy and her handler responded to a home on Falcon Ridge Way, where a 71-year-old man with dementia was last seen around 6:30 p.m., according to police.
The missing man's Apple Air Tag that he travels with had last pinged around a nearby hotel. K-9 Lizzy and her handler were given a zip-up jacket of the missing man’s to use as a “scent article” and Lizzy went to work, the sheriff's office said.
They went to the hotel and started a "person-trail," the sheriff's office said. After 17 minutes, Lizzy found the man lying in a gravel clearing at the end of a service road.
He was responsive and is expected to be okay, police said.