Crime & Safety

Bethel Police and Police K-9 Helps Find Missing 58-Year-Old Missing for Hours

A 58-year-old man was found in his pajamas by Bethel police four hours after he went missing, trapped under brush at Tarrywile.

DANBURY, CT — A 58-year-old man who got lost in the woods at Tarrywile Park was found safe four hours later by rescue teams on Wednesday night, according to The News Times. Two emergency rescue teams pined the man's cell phone which showed that he was lost near the Back Pond in the southwest corner of the park.

Bethel Police Officer Adam Cleary and his policeK-9 also helped in the search and the man was later found near Tarrywile Lake and Sunset Lane wearing pajamas and trapped in heavy underbrush, according to the report.

The man was brought to the Danbury Hospital Emergency Room for evaluation.

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