Crime & Safety

K-9 Helps Find Missing 82-Year-Old Greenfield Woman Stuck On Hillside

The sheriff's office said Belback used the woman's pillowcase to help Ranger establish the scent.

September 15, 2023

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- An Allegheny County Sheriff's Office K-9 is being praised for helping find a missing 82-year-old woman with dementia who had been stuck on a hillside.

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The sheriff's office said Deputy Jeff Belback and K-9 Ranger were called in to help Pittsburgh police find the woman who had gone missing in Greenfield on Wednesday night.

With the help of the missing woman's daughter at her home on Alexis Street, the sheriff's office said Belback used the woman's pillowcase to help Ranger establish the scent.

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