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Missing woman found in Sisters

A 75-year-old woman hailing from Tillamook County was found safe Saturday evening, after being reported missing with her dog by her husband from Creekside Park in Sisters. Roberta Siegmann was reported to have memory issues. Her husband, Gerry Siegmann, who was a vendor at the Antiques in the Park fair, called the sheriff's office at about 6 p.m. to report his wife missing when he realized she was gone from the city camp.

Sheriff's deputies were able to canvas the area and find a general direction of travel which was eastbound toward the FivePine campus. The sheriff's office called in the Sisters fire department volunteer fire corps and other deputies to start searching the area.

"We wanted to get as many resources as possible so we could blanket the area with search and rescue so we could find her as quickly as possible," said Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Garibay.

The search and rescue team first on scene happened to both be advanced life support medics. They were canvassing the FivePine area and later were going to assess the trail system. Around 8 p.m., the search and rescue team found the 75-year-old woman sitting in a shady spot in the bushes by Sisters Movie House with her dog, Bo.

She was found in good shape and was evaluated by the search and rescue medics, and deemed OK to return to camp. She was released into the care of her husband.

 

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