Local Briefly
Published 10:26 pm Monday, April 28, 2008
Elderly woman missing in Snohomish
SNOHOMISH — Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies were looking for a missing 93-year-old Snohomish woman Monday.
Mildred Bird lives in a mobile home behind her grandson’s home in the 7400 block of 89th Avenue SE, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
Her family last saw Bird at a family gathering in the yard about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Hover said.
Relatives discovered she wasn’t in her home Monday morning and called police. Bird doesn’t drive or take the bus and it’s unusual for her to walk away from her home, relatives said.
Deputies said there is no indication of foul play. Bird may be suffering from dementia, Hover said.
She is described as white; 4 feet, 11 inches tall; and about 100 pounds. She has short gray hair.
Family believe she might be wearing a white fleece pajama top with snowflakes and dots and a black fleece jacket.
As many as 20 deputies joined the search Monday. They had planned to work until midnight searching for Bird.
People who live in the area are asked to check their property for any signs of the woman. Anyone with information is asked to call the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 425-388-3845 or 911.
Everett: Woman injured in accident
A serious injury crash on Airport Road near Highway 99 between a passenger car and two semi trucks Monday morning sent a 77-year-old woman to the hospital.
The driver woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with what appeared to be serious injuries, said Leslie Hynes, a Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman. Her condition was not immediately available.
The crash occurred about 9:15, Hynes said.
A semi pulling a mobile home and a second truck hauling auto parts collided with the car, Hynes said.
Sheriff’s detectives believe the woman apparently cut in front of one of the trucks causing the crash, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
No one else was hurt in the crash.
Hawaii: Puppy throwing investigation
The Marine Corps has yet to charge anyone after two months of investigating a video that reportedly depicts a Marine from Monroe throwing a puppy into a ravine in Iraq.
A press release today from Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Oahu states that the investigation is ongoing and that the Corps deplores the apparent act of animal cruelty.
The investigation may be concluded soon, according to Maj. Chris Perrine, base spokesman.
The puppy video gained international attention and local interest when people on the Internet identified the Marine in the video as a Monroe man. The man’s family became a focus for Internet vigilantes, who harassed the parents and their places of business with e-mails and phone calls, forcing them to discontinue phone service.
The man in the video has not yet been officially named by the Marine Corps.
From Herald staff reports
