How I solved a kidnapping/murder case.

02-25-98 98-1150-015. Darke Co. Ohio. Lynn Topp Missing Person. 0400Hrs. Prepped for flight. 0615 Flew to Columbus, Ohio. Darke Co. Greenville, Ohio. Met with Sheriff Toby Spencer and Detectives working this case. Rossburg, Oh.

Obtained a scent article, worked their pov's, residence, shed and tools. Then did track to where Lynn was abducted.

Drove to nearby city PD ref: a wma who claimed he had Lynn for a satanic ritual. Did vehicle check for scent id on Oh. 2 dr. Brown Phoenix 1230 Hrs. No alerts. Went back to other areas of interests and cleared more areas.

Went to a pig farm and val gave death alerts in a dig debris pile and on the bucket of a scoop tractor. Alerts in one area searched. Cleared vehicle and surrounding structures for scent evidence.

My SAR Dog Valorie alerted to the scoop of the tractor so I just followed the tire tracks to a large debris pile 10 feet high.

Farmer claimed there were three fresh dead pigs under the pile

Yet my SAR Dog alerted to the missing girls scent there as well.

I told the sheriff to get a search warrant. He did, she was there.

Sheriff wrote me later and told me that my search dog Valorie was 100% correct. They dug up Linn’s remains right where SAR dog Valorie said they were. Suspect cut her face and fingers off.

Wrapped her in plastic, buried her five feet deep, pour gasoline on top of her, put a 20 foot pile of debris on top. They dug because of Val’s alerts and found her remains. Suspect committed suicide in barn during the digs.

Respectfully

Mr. Harry Oakes

www.k9sardog.com

Dogs working / training Mt Rainier, Wa. Avalanche training and just being silly and relaxing. 04-22-2023.

 

 

 my attorney's letter re the doj audit.

 

let's address fake news.

this pod case dated Nov 7 1997 makes numerous false statements.

Yes when I left the non profit world it was the DOJ that helped me set up a for profit contracting business where I can choose to charge clients for my services.

Each client gets a contract that spells out what I can and cannot do for them and how much I will charge them. There is no scamming of victims. If they agree with a signed contract then that's it.

If they refuse to sign the contract then I simply don't respond to do the search.

The statement that I've approached families during their vulnerability is 100% false. Folks I'm swamped with over 450 calls a year I don't have the energy or time to try to dig up more business.

This bad information was put out by another dog handler from another k9 team who was pissed because I went into the search area and found the victim dead after they had told the sheriff the victim wasn't there.

True I was investigated and after a three year audit I was found NOT Guilty of any wrong doing and NO Fines were ever asked to be paid.

Just remember the very same people who are bitching about me being paid are the very same sheriff's who are getting paid for SAR and not doing their job right. IF they did their job I wouldn't have one.

Someone made the statement that I was "Mixing funds" when I was in the non profit world. Folks this is true...I was paying the MWSD Non profit's phone bill, fuel bills, meals, for searches out of my own pocket as MWSD rarely had any money in their account and since I ran the organization, I paid out of my own pocket. This was found to be 100% correct during the IRS and DOJ Audit.

Someone had to pay their bills for them. We were averaging 150 sar calls a year and it got expensive. At no time were we ever reimbursed by the sheriff's offices for any of our searches.

Someone else made the statement that I tried to write off a vacation on my taxes. This is also a TRUE statement.

I had an appointment with DISNEY Staff regarding my Help Us Find You child safety program and asked Disney corporation to start a Child Safety town. This was all preapproved (the meeting with me and their folks). This included fire safety, electrical safety, my Help Us Find you wilderness safety program, and water safety.

Stranger danger. My son at the age of 6 and I drove to Disneyland only to find they canceled the meeting and didn't tell me. (we didn't have cell phones at this time). I tried to write the trip off and was told by IRS nope couldn't do it. It didn't involve a lot of $$ so it wasn't that big of a deal just a big disappointment that Disney could have help me educate and save thousands of children's lives with our safety town.

Harry Oakes

www.k9sardog.com

 

 

https://www.q13fox.com/news/missing-plane-pilot-recovered-near-queets
Email received today 04-11-2023
TO: Sardogk91@gmail.com

"Mr. Harry Oakes, I'm a friend of Rod and have followed the ongoing search for him since he disappeared on March, 6, 2023.
Your suggestion to the sheriff's office and other K9 teams actually worked and I wanted to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your guidance which worked and helped bring closure to Rod's family.

Your experience in both Wilderness SAR and working with SAR dogs proved to be the tools we needed to bring him home.

Thank you again.
Respectfully
J. T. Morgan
(Fellow pilot). "

I had suggested they use Air scenting SAR dogs to triangulate his location and recover his remains. My methods work.

Chalk up another successful consult by Harry Oakes.
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One of my first homicide cases where we located the victim's remains buried and also located vital evidence which helped ID the suspect involved was the Jay Burroughs case in Polk Co. Ore. back in 1989.

04-06-89 89-005 Polk Co. Ore. "Jay Burroughs"-Homicide-Pee Dee,Ore. Victim missing 45 days. Team: H.Oakes SAR Dog Ranger. Results: MWSD Teams Located victims buried in dirt and debris pile. Also located vital evidence in crime scene to show where victim was killed(SHOT) how he was transported to burial site, where evidence was in an abandoned house to show who shot victim and when.

Glad we were able to help.

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