CURRY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHERIFF JOHN WARD CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 94235 MOORE STREET, SUITE 311 29808 Colvin Street (Physical) GOLD BEACH, OR 97444 (541) 247-3243 09-23-2024 Press Release Located Missing Child Thursday, September 20, 2024, at about 10:09pm, I got a call from Sheriff’s dispatch reporting a missing three-year-old child. Dispatch had received a 911 call from Tim Adams, stating that some friends of his had arrived from Medford to rent a residence off Old Coast Road, Gold Beach, and while unloading their car, the non-verbal autistic three-year-old girl had wandered off and they did not know where she was. Dispatch was told that family members had been out searching the area for about ten minutes but had not located the girl. I responded from my residence and asked for additional resources from Gold Beach PD and OSP. I arrived at the residence shortly after I was called to find family members walking up and down Old Coast Road and I asked Dispatch to page out Search and Rescue. Brookings PD overheard the radio traffic and offered the use of a drone with night vision. With additional resources enroute, we started searching all the property and residences in the area. While searching around the area, more local residents joined in on the search on foot and in vehicles, expanding the search area. At about 11:18pm, I was advised that a local resident, Jim Morey heard something that sounded strange to him, just over a half mile south of the residence the little girl went missing from. Morey called one of his neighbors, Layne McLean, who was out searching by vehicle and told him the area where he heard the sound, but that he was not able to get to the location, that it was about a hundred yards away from him. I went with McLean to the area, and I started searching along the road area and could hear whimpering coming from over an embankment in heavy blackberry brush. I made my way down into the brush and located the little girl who was entangled in the blackberry brush. I was able to free the little girl and get her back to the roadway where we were given a ride back to the residence to reunite the little girl with her family. I want to thank the Brookings Police Department, Gold Beach Police Department, Port Orford Police Department, Oregon State Police, and everyone who came out to search for the little girl. Cal Ore Life Flight arrived upon request and determined besides the scratches, the little girl was ok and remained with her family.