The search for a missing hiker and her two dogs in Oregon’s Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness was suspended late Tuesday after four days, officials said.
However, investigators said they are still gathering information and establishing a timeline leading up to the disappearance of Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, and that the missing person’s investigation is still ongoing.
“Based on weather conditions and the likelihood of survivability, the decision was made to suspend operations after all four volunteer search teams returned from the field,” the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
“From Saturday through Tuesday, dozens of search volunteers, drone teams, and air-scent and trailing K9s spent more than 800 search hours looking for Ms. Lane-Fournier,” the department said.
Investigators are now looking to contact anyone who saw Lane-Fournier or knows where she was the week before her disappearance.
According to reports, Lane-Fournier was trekking with her two large Malinois-mix dogs. The sheriff’s department believed she was in the Green Canyon Way Trail region of Welches, Oregon.
When Lane-Fournier failed to show up for work, someone reported him missing.
Deputies did not discover Lane-Fournier at her home after her employer reported her missing. A day later, a community member discovered her white 1992 Ford F-250 parked on a road near the trail.
Lane-Fournier, who also goes by Phoenix, stands 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has reddish-brown hair.
