Pine County Sheriff's Office
PRESS RELEASE
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
UPDATE TO MISSING DEER HUNTER-DAVID PELTIER
On November 7th at dark the Pine County Sheriff’s Office suspended official search efforts for David Lee Peltier. Peltier had been reported missing on November 4th by members of his deer hunting party. The group was hunting in the Nemadji State Forest along the Gandy Dancer Trail near “Belden.” Peltier was reported missing after he did not return to the group’s cabin on the evening of November 3rd.
Since receiving the report on November 4th, the Pine County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by multiple agencies as well as family and friends of Mr. Peltier, searched the area with no sign of him. Over 100 volunteers, along with personnel from: Minnesota DNR-conservation officers, Minnesota DNR-Forestry, North Star Search and Rescue K-9, and St. Louis County Search & Rescue worked along with family to search by foot, ATV, swamp accessible machinery and aircraft-including drone.
The Sheriff’s Office will continue to follow up on any new information received. Mr. Peltier had rode to the area with friends and no vehicle is being looked for. Hunters who will be in the area these next few weeks are asked to keep watch and report anything found to the Sheriff’s Office.
The Nemadji State Forest encompasses nearly 92,000 acres in both Pine and Carlton County.
Thank you to all involved in the search effort.