A massive search was underway Tuesday to find a 61-year-old woman who went missing while hiking with her two dogs in Oregon, authorities said.
Susan Lane Fournier, of Brightwood, was reported missing Friday after she failed to show up for work. Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators believe she went missing while hiking with her two large Malinois-mix dogs in the Green Canyon Way trail area near the resort town of Welches, just outside Mount Hood.
Thirty-seven searchers, two drone teams and two U.S. Forest Service snowmobiles searched more than 100 miles of trails in the Salmon-Huckleberry Preserve, but so far no trace of Lane Fournier has been found. Not found.
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According to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Susan Lane-Fournier and the Malinois mix she believed to be missing with her. (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)
“On November 22, deputies unsuccessfully attempted to search Lane Fournier at her home after her employer reported that she was absent from work. The next day, a local resident searched Susan's white 1992 reported seeing a Ford F-250 parked along E. Salmon River Road near the Green Canyon Way Trail south of Welches,'' the sheriff's office said.
“This discovery prompted Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue personnel to mobilize Clackamas Search and Rescue volunteers to assist in the search for Lane Fournier,” it added.
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The search for Lane Fournier covered more than 100 miles of trails in the Oregon wilderness, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)
Lane Fournier is about 5-foot-2, weighs about 150 pounds and has reddish-brown hair, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
The area in Oregon near Mount Hood where Lane Fournier is believed to have disappeared. (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)
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“Although she is familiar with the area, it is unclear whether Ms. Lane Fournier was prepared to be out all night,” they also said. “Temperatures in the area fell into the 30s and there was some light rain.”
