Help find missing Patricia Medla – Officials and family members seek help in locating missing child with bipolar disorder. 17-year-old Patricia Medla was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, dark tank top, black spandex shorts, and beige slides. She may be with a male companion and may be in the local area. Your assistance is requested by local authorities in the search for a teen who went missing in Dutchess County.
Missing Patricia Medla with the diagnosis of bipolar disorder hails from Wappingers Falls, New York, and has blonde hair and hazel eyes. The seventeen-year-old Patricia Medla was not seen or heard from since Tuesday. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office requests that anyone who may have information get in touch with them.
- Name: Patricia Medla
- DOB: 10/21/2005
- Sex: Female
- HGT: 5’04”
- WGT: 150 lbs.
- Hair: Blonde
- Eyes: Hazel
- Race: White
- Investigating Agency: Dutchess County Sheriffs Office
- Case Date: 06/15/2023
NYS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 1-800-346-3543 www.criminaljustice.ny.gov Case Number: 23-48034 BB NEW YORK STATE Division of Criminal Justice Services
Read also: Two missing hikers found safe on Stissing Mountain Train Head off Hicks Road
The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office used a drone to locate and save two lost hikers. Stissing Mountain Train Head off Hicks Road was the location where the Patrol, ATV Unit, and UAS Drone Unit of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office were called at 9:11 in the evening on Tuesday. A man and a woman in their twenties got lost on a trail and, once it got dark, dialed 911 for help. Marc Chapman, a local resident, resides close to the entrance to the 590-acre forest.
Within 90 minutes, the lost hikers were found thanks to the coordination of ground officers and firefighters with the UAS Drone operators from the Sheriff’s Department. The hikers were about 4,000 feet into the woods when the Sheriff’s Office flew over them with thermal imaging technology.
It was helpful that deputies could communicate with the hikers, but the battery was running low on the phone, so it was a race to find them before they lost contact. The hikers were able to signal rescuers to their location using the drones’ flashing lights, which the company flies in a fleet of eight. The hikers were subsequently escorted to safety by Pine Plains Fire Department personnel.
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