{"id":65695,"date":"2019-07-17T22:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T22:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/search-suspended-for-elderly-man-missing-from-dolores\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:31:32","slug":"search-suspended-for-elderly-man-missing-from-dolores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/search-suspended-for-elderly-man-missing-from-dolores\/","title":{"rendered":"Search suspended for elderly man missing from Dolores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The search for Ramon Brown, an elderly Dolores man suffering from dementia who walked away from the family home Sunday evening, has been suspended after an extensive four-day search that failed to come up with solid clues about his whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin said his office will continue to review the case and checkout any clue that might indicate where Brown, 86, is located.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been searching since Sunday evening. We\u2019ve had help from the K-9 Search and Rescue Team out of Dolores and several K-9 teams from out of town that were here on training,\u201d Nowlin said.<\/p>\n

Numerous friends and family members assisted on the search. Tuesday, Nowlin sought assistance from fire agencies, and 39 firefighters from the Dolores, Cortez, Lewis-Arriola, Pleasant View, Mancos and Rico fire departments helped look for Brown.<\/p>\n

Still, no clues were found.<\/p>\n

Nowlin said a 1\u00be-mile radius has been examined around Brown\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

Brown is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall and 120 pounds. He was last seen wearing a light blue shirt, gray slacks, black shoes and possibly a black baseball cap.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty much at wits\u2019 end,\u201d Nowlin said. \u201cHe is an at-risk elder with a medical condition. He is either down somewhere or left the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vicki Shaffer, incident commander with Montezuma County Search and Rescue, said, \u201cSome search dogs showed some interest, but they weren\u2019t strong responses, and when we followed them up, we were unable to find anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montezuma County Search and Rescue members began searching for Brown around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and continued with their hunt through Wednesday morning, Shaffer said.<\/p>\n

She said the family searched for a while in Dolores on Sunday evening before alerting authorities.<\/p>\n

Firefighters on Tuesday were able to assist the search with all-terrain vehicles and trucks, but they too failed to turn up a clue, Shaffer said.<\/p>\n

Chuck Melvin with the K-9 Search & Rescue Team out of Dolores said two dogs from the team and more than 10 other K-9 units from around the country assisted.<\/p>\n

K-9s from across the country were in Dolores for the Four Corners Search & Rescue Workshop and the teams volunteered to help with the search. Also, two instructors from Idaho and their two dogs and a instructor from Alaska, who was without a dog, assisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s dry. We had dogs show some interest throughout, but nothing concrete,\u201d Melvin said.<\/p>\n

The dogs and handlers \u201care totally beat\u201d and won\u2019t be productive until they get some rest, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we get new information, new leads or new clues, we\u2019ll go out search, but as of now the search is suspended, said Shaffer. But these things aren\u2019t really closed until people are located.\u201d<\/p>\n

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