Search Dogs Never Quit Until They Found Hiker's Body

North Country Search Dog "Radar" locates the remains of a hiker lost in early January in the Northeast Kingdom on the last day of April, on the third search attempt

From the social media posting by North Country Search Dogs:

[On April 30], one of our search dogs located the remains of Sue Mi Ko, who has been missing since early January. She has been on everyone’s minds in the North East Kingdom since search efforts were hampered and delayed by difficult terrain and high snowpack.

North Country Search Dogs has been very invested in this search – this was the third time our dogs were deployed to look for Sue Mi and we’ve been impatiently waiting for the snow to melt so we could get back out there. We were searching yesterday in parallel with the Vermont State Police SAR team who were conducting a team training in the area.

We’re so proud and honored to provide some closure for Sue Mi’s family, who have been through the agony of unknowing and can now begin the next stage of the grieving process. Our thoughts are with them.

The find was made by Radar, our striking black German Shepherd. He worked hard yesterday and delivered the result we have all been hoping for, making the find and then coming back to tell his handler, Katie. A find like this is the result of countless hours of training and we commend Radar and Katie for their dedication.