UT UT - Spc. Joseph Michael Bushling, 26, Dugway, 8 May 2011

[SuziQ]

Scent tracking horses? Interesting!

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=196...arch-for-missing-dugway-soldier&s_cid=queue-9

Search manager Jeff Hasse said from his home in Minnesota Friday that horses trained in scent tracking are a relatively new addition to search efforts. "Horses are very aware of what's unusual in the environment," he said.

The horses can pick up scents circulating too high above the ground for dogs to pick them up. The dogs, on the other hand, will be particularly useful searching the many caves in the area where Bushling went missing.

 

[cocomod]

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53763971-78/search-bushling-missing-francis.html.csp

The search for an Army specialist who went missing last year will recommence Friday in the rugged mountains of Tooele County, but this time it will be privately led.

Francis calls what the Bushlings are dealing with an "unresolved loss."

"One of our missions is to help families who have lost a loved one in the wilderness," he said.

In addition to several Search and Rescue professionals, the search will include at least 13 search dogs, 50 horses (some trained to detect the scent of human remains) and about 80 volunteers, Francis said.

They plan to scour the desert for three days beginning Friday.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwbkj7utNAU

 

[PaulR]

Bump for Joseph.

 

[MsFacetious]

We haven't forgotten...

https://www.facebook.com/JosephBushlingMissingU.S.SoldiersinceMay.8.2011?fref=ts

 

[Simply Caustic]

Thinking of this case today...

Via Kindle, like a true Amazon junkie

 

[KeepThemOnTheRadar]

Sometimes they just pop in to say 'Hey, I haven't found my way back yet.' Well, Joseph Bushling, you aren't forgotten.

 

[PastTense]

Along a dirt road in Tooele County, John Sorensen begins a long journey that he has been making for more than three years.

“You still hope. You still want to find him,” Sorensen said.

He leaves the main gates of the Dugway Proving Ground every two months in the hope he’ll find what no one else has been able to in the past: any trace of his friend and former co-worker, Joseph Bushling.

“I believe that he’s out here someplace,” Sorensen explained. “I come out and think, ‘What have I seen this time? What did we miss the last time?’”

http://fox13now.com/2014/11/13/case...way-proving-ground-in-2011-remains-a-mystery/

 

[MagnoliaMountain]

I remember reading about his case years ago. I don't think he is still alive sadly.

 

[MagnoliaMountain]

Bumping for Joseph.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 28, 2021
Missing in Utah: The mysterious disappearance of Army Spec. Joseph Bushling | ABC4 Utah
[...]

In May, 2011, Army Specialist Joseph Bushling was headed to his new assignment at Ft. Carson Colo.

[...]

Joseph Bushling had been stationed at Tooele County army site for about a year. Kevin Bushling said prior to heading to the airport, his son went on a drive, ran out of gas, and called a soldier at Dugway.

“They spoke on the phone for about four minutes and to this date, there’s no evidence that has been turned up other than the car he was driving and the baseball cap he was wearing,” said Bushling in a 2011 interview.

A Tooele County search and rescue member found Bushling’s car in an isolated area of the Dugway range in a ravine about 64 road miles from Dugway, according to an ABC4 report in 2011.

After arriving at Dugway, Bushling was told his son went AWOL, away without leave.

[...]

It was 2012 when searchers found the vehicle and Bushling’s cap. It was about 34-miles south of Dugway. But they also came across something else.

“We did find some clothes articles and there were some bones that were found that were turned over to Tooele County,” Kurt Hadfield, one of the organizers of the search, told ABC4 in 2012.

But months later, they learned the bones weren’t those of Bushling, but from an animal.

From that point on, Bushling claimed the army wouldn’t offer anything of substance about his missing son.

[...]

An attempt to reach the U.S. Army public relations was unsuccessful. A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said the case is still active, but there are no new developments.

[...]

 

[cocomod]

It has almost been 11 years.. Where are you?

 

[TinfoilYarmulke]

I've always thought it would be useful to have the guy who found the Death Valley Germans search for him. I wonder if he's ever been contacted about Joseph's case.

 

[Laughing]

Wonder if the family could ask that this US soldier be re-classified as Missing, after what we all learned re: Fort Bliss in the last couple years?

BTW, @TinfoilYarmulke , love your username, Mazel Tov!

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Joseph Michael Bushling – The Charley Project

 

[Pennysmom1]

June 19, 2021

US Army offers $25K reward in case of missing soldier who vanished in Utah desert in 2011 | Gephardt Daily

The U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the disappearance of SPC Joseph Michael Bushling, who went missing in Tooele County more than a decade ago.

gephardtdaily.com