It’s been one week since Lauralyn Palmer and her dog left home for a walk, and she has not been seen since, although Lucy, the dog, returned.
Law enforcement has suspended the exhaustive search by rescue teams on foot, horseback riders, scent dogs, people on ATV’s, helicopters, and airplanes because there are no new leads to follow.
Family, friends and neighbors are continuing the effort, and last evening, a group of family and friends went door to door in our area, answering questions, distributing flyers, and updating information.
That update included the information that a scent dog followed Palmer’s trail from her home for about a quarter of a mile through the boonies then onto a road that led to Fall River/Cassel Road, another quarter of a mile. At that point, her trail abruptly stopped, leading to the belief that she got into a car
Her son, one of the door-to-door volunteers, said that she would never willingly get into a stranger’s car, even though she has mild dementia.
Her son also said that the situation will now probably change from finding a lost person to becoming a missing-person issue. Since this might be an abduction, we have been cautioned to employ the buddy system when walking in our rural area.
I’m submitting this to aNewsCafé.com because if it is an abduction, a reader might have spotted Lauralyn Palmer far from home.
Beverly Stafford, Fall River Mills
