Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
Search and rescue teams have located Pamela Van Hoek, deceased, at approximately 1215 hours.
SAR personnel utilized a U.A.V. which located Pamela in the Eel River near Dean Creek. The
Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team was deployed to recover her body. This was a large-
scale SAR that involved multiple local agencies and agencies from outside the area.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank all the agencies and jurisdictions
involved in locating Pamela Van Hoek.
Agencies involved:
Redway Fire
Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue
Garberville Fire
Briceland Fire
Humboldt County Sheriff’s SAR
The California Rescue Dog Association
The California Office of Emergency Service
US Coast Guard
The Sheriff’s Office would also like to thank the public for their overwhelming support during
this entire effort. We encourage all who would like to get involved in future searches to consider
applying for our Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Posse This is a volunteer posse that is deployed to
all of our local (and many out of the area) search and rescue operations.
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