Found Deceased SD - Amy Dougherty, adult, driving in blizzard from Andover to Bristol, 23 Dec 2020

[Somebody's Waiting]

She normally took the back roads 141. The last ping on her phone was 1.3 miles from the tower. This has been devastating for her family.

37 South to 18 East (141st St) to Bristol?

I was looking for cell towers in the area. I could find one in Webster and near Groton. Very heartbreaking.

 

[mlhenn]

One week later the search is still on for Amy Dougherty | KELOLAND.com

It’s been one week since Amy Dougherty went missing in Day County.

“As far as what’s physically been searched, we have had extensive ground search between us as the Sheriff’s Office, local fire departments and just civilians assisting. We know there has been extensive because we kept on going down minimum maintenance roads in belief maybe she took a wrong turn in the blizzard,” Day County Chief Deputy Sheriff Jerred Schreur said.

South Dakota Civil Air Patrol joined the search.
Dec 26th- area near Bristol was searched
Dec 28th- searched the area between Andover and Bristol

The Codington County Search and Rescue team has also been helping by taking a look underwater.
Day County has a bunch of sloughs and they are very deep.

 

[Wild Rose]

Heartbreaking.

 

[modesty blaise]

Poor amy probably had an accident driving during the blizzard.

 

[Luckyzmom]

Prayers for Amy and family,and for all the searchers out there looking for her ;(

 

[mlhenn]

One week later the search is still on for Amy Dougherty | KELOLAND.com


Schreur says they’ve had zero traces of her since the morning of last week’s blizzard. The Codington County Search and Rescue team has also been helping by taking a look underwater.

“Day County has a bunch of sloughs and they are very deep. That can be great for fishing and that can also be really, really tough for rescues and recoveries and make the roadways really dangerous. If her vehicle did leave the road and go into the water, we obviously think that that is a possibility and we are going to continue to try to do what we can and as fast as we can and as best as we can to find that vehicle or Amy,” Schreur said.

 

[mlhenn]

Blog | South Dakota Wing

A couple news releases on Civil Air Patrol assisting in search

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

Days of searching... Very frustrating...
No New Information in Disappearance of Missing Day County Woman | Local News | mykxlg.com

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

Blog | South Dakota Wing

A couple news releases on Civil Air Patrol assisting in search

This link shows CAP flight path coverage for aerial search on a map of the area.
N397CA - Cessna 182T Skylane - Civil Air Patrol - Flightradar24

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

I am not aware of any developments for Amy's situation.

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

The effort to find Amy goes on

Two weeks out, search continues for Day County woman (msn.com)

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Prayers for Amy's family and friends for strength and peace in the days to come.

 

[PommyMommy]

The effort to find Amy goes on

Two weeks out, search continues for Day County woman (msn.com)

From the article:

[...]

Schreur said some of the search techniques have involved drilling holes in the ice on sloughs and using sonar to check for signs of a vehicle. Officials are working to fine tune sonar equipment to expand the search area in the water, he said.

"It's possible she made it further out and then went through the ice," he said.

Schreur said that if Dougherty went off the road, evidence of where that happened was likely quickly covered because of the blizzard.

Searches have covered alternate routes between Andover and Bristol, and officials have checked into the possibility that Dougherty was heading elsewhere, but have found no evidence of that.

[...]

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

There may be use of a Magnetometer - Wikipedia to search water that Amy's vehicle could have plunged into. Possibilities are being eliminated in continuance of solving the mystery.

 

[Somebody's Waiting]

Update regarding the search for Amy, The link lists audio files giving updates on the situation.

Search for missing Day County woman focused on slough just west of Bristol (Audio) | Go Watertown

 

[Limecat]

I live about 35 miles from the area she was reported missing, have a dear friend that lives in Bristol whom I visit frequently. This is prairie - and yes with snow cover it alters things, but you can literally see for miles .... and I’m going to check but the distance between Bristol and Andover is short ( I think) so not a huge area. Having grown up here I want to add people here drive in blizzards all the time, and my town only was caught in the edge of the weather but it wasn’t some “storm of the century”. I’ve driven hundreds of miles on this highway in some sketchy weather and this was when I owned a $200 car and cell phones hadn’t been invented. I would have never thought twice about driving a short distance that day.
MOO IMO

 

[Limecat]

Just checked. The distance is 10.7 miles per google maps.

 

[PommyMommy]

JAN 12, 2021
Day County woman still missing after three weeks | KELO-AM
[...]

Day County Sheriff Ryan Rucktaeschel says since her disappearance, extensive ground and air searches have been conducted, including one this past weekend at a slough a half-mile west of Bristol that’s become the focal point of the search.

[...]

There are a lot of sloughs in Day County, and Rucktaeschel says they’ve been searching all of them along Amy’s path to work that are deep enough to conceal a vehicle.

Rucktaeschel says their best guess at this point is that Dougherty’s vehicle left the road in whiteout conditions. He says that can happen easily in a blizzard.

[...]

 

[Dre]

So sad and scary!!
Since this was flat land and her car should be visible by now, I’m wondering how have they not found her?? She’s either:
In water
Left the area completely
Hidden by someone else

Thinking of her family <3

 

[Warwick7]

I live about 35 miles from the area she was reported missing, have a dear friend that lives in Bristol whom I visit frequently. This is prairie - and yes with snow cover it alters things, but you can literally see for miles .... and I’m going to check but the distance between Bristol and Andover is short ( I think) so not a huge area. Having grown up here I want to add people here drive in blizzards all the time, and my town only was caught in the edge of the weather but it wasn’t some “storm of the century”. I’ve driven hundreds of miles on this highway in some sketchy weather and this was when I owned a $200 car and cell phones hadn’t been invented. I would have never thought twice about driving a short distance that day.
MOO IMO

I too live close by. However, my take on this is different. In white outs and ground blizzards we do not leave. Point blank we do not leave. My son in law calls our SD counties the tundra and for good reason...