Found Deceased CO - David Puckett, 6, Aurora, 31 Dec 2016

[SerenitySprings]

They said a specialty dog, so my thought is it was a cadaver dog

The Chief of Police said it was an air-scent dog. Not sure if that means it was a cadaver dog.


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[jellybean96]

RIP, little one.

 

[atm9533]

And all of those homes down that main road, nobody saw him walking? Nobody was headed out to dinner at that time? I'm just so sad about this. Are we so focused on our own world (phones), that we're missing things around us?

He was spotted by other citizens and they called police two times prior to this. He liked to wander.

 

[prima.facie]

No, it is not completely false. I am 1000' above Denver in Douglas County. We do get about that amount of sun per year. I often pray for dark dreary days. Seriously. And yes, we got snow this morning and it is melted now - due to the sun. It happens often.

 

[KaaBoom]

The tracking dogs and bloodhounds are useless..............they should just leave them at home and quit wasting time. I can't tell you the countless searches that have been conducted using those dogs and eventually the missing person was found dead a few hundred feet away from where they were last seen. The dogs never picked up on a scent........ever. Lindsey Piccone is the most recent one that comes to mind, but there are dozens of others, maybe even hundreds of cases like that. I've evolved to the point now where I think the entire concept of tracking dogs is nothing more than an urban myth.

Also, I think they are expanding the search perimeter out way too far. It was dark, it was cold, he was alone, and he was mad.................he didn't go very far. Like many little boys his age, I'll bet he has a favorite hiding place that few people know about with maybe the exception of his brother and some other friends. If this was a campground or a forest, I would be all for the idea of expanding the search out 3 or 4 miles, but this is an urban area with plenty of good hiding places within a couple of blocks from his home.

Another thing, if his house has a fireplace and a chimney, somebody needs to skedaddle their butt up on the roof and take a look down inside of it.

Bloodhounds are not useless, as this case and many others prove, and don't confuse Bloodhounds with other tracking dogs. Bloodhounds can track people even when traveling inside a car. The first step when searching for a missing person, should always be to seal off the area where they were last seen, and keep everyone away. Then bring in trained Bloodhounds to track the person. The worst thing you can do is flood the area with amature searchers and low quality tracking dogs. Unfortunately that's what happens 99% of the time. Bloodhounds are the solution for finding missing people. Fortunately Colorado is better than other parts of the country for using Bloodhounds to track missing people.

May 23, 1993: Bloodhound, students find body of Alie Berrelez

 

[LietKynes]

Bloodhounds are not useless, as this case and many others prove, and don't confuse Bloodhounds with other tracking dogs. Bloodhounds can track people even when traveling inside a car. The first step when searching for a missing person, should always be to seal off the area where they were last seen, and keep everyone away. Then bring in trained Bloodhounds to track the person. The worst thing you can do is flood the area with amature searchers and low quality tracking dogs. Unfortunately that's what happens 99% of the time. Bloodhounds are the solution for finding missing people. Fortunately Colorado is better than other parts of the country for using Bloodhounds to track missing people.

May 23, 1993: Bloodhound, students find body of Alie Berrelez

SABBM

Thanks, KaaBoom.
I'd read about that years ago and wondered if it was possible.
I wish for other cases this had been tried. It might have saved some like Amber Duboise. Maybe.
I know that dogs tracked her scent to the road the perp drove when taking her to her death.
But that area was vast and maybe they missed her ?
:moo:

 

[Treelights]

This is so sad! RIP Little One!

 

[Treelights]

No, it is not completely false. I am 1000' above Denver in Douglas County. We do get about that amount of sun per year. I often pray for dark dreary days. Seriously. And yes, we got snow this morning and it is melted now - due to the sun. It happens often.

I agree. We live in Colorado Springs and I love it because it snows, then it will quickly melt most of the time.

IMOO.

 

[Mica]

The Chief of Police said it was an air-scent dog. Not sure if that means it was a cadaver dog.


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How air-scenting dogs work

All humans constantly emit microscopic particles bearing human scent. By the millions, these particles become airborne and can be carried by the wind for considerable distances. Airborne scent is concentrated near its source, follows the air currents, and becomes more dilute the further it travels. An air scenting SAR dog is especially trained to locate the scent of any human in a specific area and close in on the source of the scent, and can do so from hundreds of metres away, in heavy bush or in the dark. SAR dogs are not restricted to following the missing person's track and can search long after the track is obliterated, zeroing in on where the person is now, regardless of how they got there.

Search suitability

In addition to wilderness searches for missing persons, air scenting search dogs can be a valuable asset (2) in searches:

-in rural areas including farmland.
-in and around houses for children who may be hiding.
-for elderly persons who have wandered off.
-of snowfields, especially in whiteout conditions.
-for deliberately concealed bodies (3) where only a general location tip has been received.
-in heavy bush around lakeshores for incapacitated or deceased victims who may have swum or been washed ashore.
-from a boat over still water for bodies floating well below the surface.

http://www.vsrda.org/about-vsrda/using-air-scent-dogs

 

[Portabella]

Bloodhounds are not useless, as this case and many others prove, and don't confuse Bloodhounds with other tracking dogs. Bloodhounds can track people even when traveling inside a car. The first step when searching for a missing person, should always be to seal off the area where they were last seen, and keep everyone away. Then bring in trained Bloodhounds to track the person. The worst thing you can do is flood the area with amature searchers and low quality tracking dogs. Unfortunately that's what happens 99% of the time. Bloodhounds are the solution for finding missing people. Fortunately Colorado is better than other parts of the country for using Bloodhounds to track missing people.

May 23, 1993: Bloodhound, students find body of Alie Berrelez

Off Topic a bit....But Yogi the bloodhound from the Berrelez case was amazing to watch, I watched as he would walk down the hiway leading his handler to that little girl. IMHO

 

[Classy1]

Sorry if this has already been asked. How far away is the pond from where he disappeared from? TIA

 

[micronations]

Was away all day.. I'm saddened at the outcome, but it was expected..

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[DeeMarie]

Off Topic a bit....But Yogi the bloodhound from the Berrelez case was amazing to watch, I watched as he would walk down the hiway leading his handler to that little girl. IMHO

Wow! Here is more detail on Yogi: http://unsolved.com/archives/alie-berrelez

 

[GoJacks]

Sorry if this has already been asked. How far away is the pond from where he disappeared from? TIA

Not far... less than half a mile. Probably closer to a quarter of a mile.

 

[Mistree]

I've been searching for an image that would show how this pond or a similar one with fountains are structured in hopes of better understanding the placement of the fountains vs. the pump.
Would the pump be on the bottom of the pond as a few others have mentioned it would be sucking everything downwards to fuel the water for the fountains?

 

[Dogface]

Poor little one...breaks my heart. I think the only time I have ever really spanked my little one was the time I watched her walk out the door, and quietly followed her as she made her way to the sidewalk. Scared me to death that she was brave enough to do that. I remember calling my husband and crying because it scared me she would do that, and upset because I had spanked her. After that I called a child proof service who came in and installed lots of safety measures. I only pray that his death was so swift he wasn't scared long and that other parents may take an over abundance of caution. You can buy little alarms that go on doors and windows that will make a piercing beeping sound if opened. If you have children, younger or older, they are worth every penny.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

The first thread I've looked today...expected but very sad.

RIP little man
:rose:

 

[gregjrichards]

So sorry to hear this news. May David Rest In Peace his family are in my prayers.

 

[KaaBoom]

SABBM

Thanks, KaaBoom.
I'd read about that years ago and wondered if it was possible.
I wish for other cases this had been tried. It might have saved some like Amber Duboise. Maybe.
I know that dogs tracked her scent to the road the perp drove when taking her to her death.
But that area was vast and maybe they missed her ?
:moo:

The case I would like to see them use Bloodhounds on, would be the Todd 'TJ' Allen case. He has been missing for over a week now after he supposedly crashed his dirt bike on a trail. A good Bloodhound should have no problem tracking his dirt bike. Unfortunately they have had hundreds of amature searchers searching for him based on information from psychics. :facepalm: They need to get those idiots out of there and let some good Bloodhounds track him.

 

[Snoods]

Off Topic a bit....But Yogi the bloodhound from the Berrelez case was amazing to watch, I watched as he would walk down the hiway leading his handler to that little girl. IMHO

RIP young David. My condolences to the family.

Wow, fascinating case, Portabella. Crazy respect for Yogi, and Becky, another bloodhound, who led police straight to the door of the man who 18 years later would be convicted of Alie's murder through DNA technology.

What the public never knew was that later Yogi led investigators from Deer Creek Canyon back to the Golden Nugget Apartments, and that a second bloodhound, Becky, took them right to apartment 106A — and that both dogs identified both the prime suspect and two cars he had driven.

http://www.denverpost.com/2011/10/0...ear-old-took-an-advances-in-forensic-science/