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The sheriff’s office said since August 2, search operations had included 357 hours of air operations from the sheriff’s office and other agencies, 105 hours for drone operations in the search area, 82 hours for the marine unit to support search teams in Spada Lake, 329 hours for sheriff’s office search-and-rescue personnel and thousands of volunteer hours from search and rescue teams from around the state.įamily members however continued the search, with private helicopters, dog teams and a professional tracker using the $39,000 raised on a GoFundMe page. Members of a Facebook group set up by the family helped with tasks such as searching through hours of drone video for any signs.ĭespite the extensive search, no evidence relating to Sam's whereabouts has been found. He also said that after they parted ways he later saw her from a distance making her way down the west side of the mountain towards Spada Lake. This unidentified person checked in with searchers and reported that after seeing the news of the disappearance that he had lunch with Sam near the summit of Vesper Peak on that day at roughly 3 pm. Her boyfriend, Kevin Dares, said she had lunch with an unidentified male before she disappeared. The sheriff’s office spoke with witnesses who saw Sam the day she went missing, but none saw her come back down the trail. Everyone is thinking of you" with a poncho, socks, energy bars, compass, flashlight, fire sticks and a lighter. In addition, volunteer searchers from around the state spent thousands of hours of time, leaving bags with a note saying "Stay Strong! We're looking for you. Seventy searchers on foot, fourteen dog teams, and helicopters searched the Vesper area to no avail. At one point, drone operators and the sheriff’s Marine Unit were involved. Sam's car was found parked at the trailhead, 27 miles south of Darrington on the Mountain Loop Highway in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office started a search which was one of the longest and largest rescue efforts authorities have done in years. She was an experienced hiker and had hiked the Vesper area before. Sam was last seen wearing light grey hiking pants and a black sports bra. The potential consequences of stumbling here are decidedly lesser than they are on other summits along the Mountain Loop. Some hikers have said that the Vesper Peak trail is “hard to follow,” implying that Sayers might have accidentally strayed from the trail. The Washington Trails Association describes the Vesper Peak Trail as "Vesper Peak is definitely not for the novice hiker, but for those thirsting for one step beyond hiking into backcountry adventure, it's a good leaping off point. Around 1 am the following day her family reported her missing. He went to the trail at around 8 pm with darkness coming to search for her when she hadn't returned.
He couldn't accompany Sam because he was working. Sam left on the trail at around 8 am and was expected to head home and check in with her boyfriend, Kevin Dares, that evening by 6 pm. Samantha "Sam" Sayers, 28, went missing whilst on a solo hike on the Vesper Peak trail in the North Cascades mountains in Washington on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018. Samantha Sayers, Disappeared August 1st, 2018, Vesper Peak, North Cascades Mountains, Washington State
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