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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

Jean Marie Etherton, age 63, of Eureka, was located safe in Eureka around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Etherton has been reunited with her family and is currently receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. 

A thorough Search and Rescue (SAR) operation was launched on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 8 after Etherton’s family reported her as a missing person to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). Deputies, HSCO SAR volunteers and K-9s, California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA) volunteers, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay Helicopter, as well as HCSO thermal drone and ATVs were deployed as resources during this search effort on the first day. More resources were called in the days following the initial search launch, and a mutual aid effort ultimately led to the successful location and rescue of Etherton. 

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the following agencies for their participation in the successful and effective search and rescue operation:

  • Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
  • Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
  • Marin County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
  • Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
  • Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue
  • California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA)
  • California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
  • Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services
  • Redwood Acres, for providing housing of volunteer personnel
  • Ridgewood Heights Baptist Church, for allowing the Command Post to operate onsite
  • United States Coast Guard
  • Public citizens, for calling in tips and checking video surveillance

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