Missing Person Update
News release from the Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office. On 08/18/2014 at about 1300 Search and Rescue (SAR) members with the help of two SAR K9 teams, located Mr. Palmer in the area of Elk Point Road, off of Winchester Road, off of Hwy 101. Mr. Palmer was alive but weak and unable to move on his own. Members from Millington Fire, Green Acres SAR, Coos Forest Patrol and a rescue swimmer from the US Coast Guard worked three long hours to pack Mr. Palmer nearly two miles to the road system to an awaiting ambulance. Mr. Palmer was transported to Bay Area Hospital by Bay Cities Ambulance. A US Coast Guard helicopter from the North Bend Air Station assisted in the search along with members from Millington Fire, Green Acres Fire, Coos County SAR, Douglas County SAR, Coos Forest Patrol, and Coos County Sheriff’s Office all assisted in the search today and last night. Both the victim, Robert Palmer and his brother David Palmer are expected to be cited for Unlawful Harvesting of Minor Forest Products (mushrooms), an unclassified misdemeanor.
Missing Person
News release from the Coos Co. Sheriff’s Office. On the evening of 08/17/2014 at about 1900 hours Coos County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Winchester Trails, about mile post 250, off Hwy 101, south of Coos Bay, to the report of a lost mushroom picker. Deputies met with 55 year old David A. Palmer of North Bend who was reporting that his brother, 56 year old Robert Peter Palmer was lost in the area of Winchester Trails. It was reported that the two were mushroom picking in the area and Robert, who suffers from diabetes and is insulin dependent, had become too weak to walk out. David Palmer was requesting help to go back and find his brother and get him medical care. Sheriff’s Deputies, along with members from Green Acres and Millington Fire Departments responded back to the area to attempt to locate Robert Palmer but, his brother was unable to direct them back to the right area. A helicopter from the US Coast Guard Air Station in North Bend responded and was able to spend some time over the area with its thermal camera but, was also unable to locate anything. At about 0100 hours search operations were suspended for the night and a full SAR callout was made for the morning. At about 0600 hours this morning search operations resumed and SAR members from Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Lake, and Siskiyou Counties are expected to be arriving within the next couple of hours to assist. Robert Palmer was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark hoodie sweatshirt and dark jacket. He is described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He is insulin dependent diabetic and also suffers from knee problems.