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Fox News
25-06-2025
- Fox News
Hiker disappears in wilderness after taking ‘shortcut' that leads to voice from the woods
Print Close By Julia Bonavita Published June 25, 2025 A Washington state hiker survived nearly a week in the woods after getting lost during a "shortcut" and falling from a tree. Authorities responded to a 911 caller who reported hearing a voice calling for help from the Suquamish woods around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) said in a Facebook post . When a sheriff's deputy arrived, he heard "a faint, distressful voice coming from the woods saying he had fallen from a tree," the department said. HIKER DISAPPEARS FROM 'EDGE OF THE WORLD' CAMPGROUND ON TRIP WITH FATHER KCSO did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. First responders quickly deployed to the area, with teams from KCSO, Washington Explorer Search and Rescue, Olympic Mountain Rescue, Kitsap Search Dogs and Suquamish Tribal Police Department working to locate the hiker. MANHUNT FOR FATHER ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 DAUGHTERS TAKES GRIM TURN IN WILDERNESS Following a six-hour-long search, the man – who authorities have not identified – was located and subsequently carried out of the woods on a stretcher, police said. The lone hiker told first responders he hitched a ride to the end of a road before he became disoriented and wandered into the woods, the Suquamish Police Department said . HIKER, 33, DIES AFTER HIKING ARIZONA MOUNTAINS IN EXTREME HEAT, 4 OTHERS RESCUED The man also revealed he had been lost for four to five days after trying to take a shortcut through the woods, according to KCSO. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Authorities transported the hiker to a local medical center for evaluation and treatment. An update regarding his condition as of Wednesday was not immediately available. Print Close URL
New York Post
24-06-2025
- New York Post
Hiker rescued after falling out of tree and getting lost in Washington woods for nearly a week
A hiker survived nearly a week lost in the woods of Washington state, including a fall from a tree, and was finally saved after someone heard his desperate cries for help. The man's calls in the woods of Suquamish were heard by a nearby tribe member who called 911 on Saturday around 12:30 a.m. to alert authorities, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office said. 3 A hiker was rescued after spending four or five days lost in the woods in Washington. Kitsap County Sheriff When a sheriff's deputy arrived, he too heard a 'faint, distressful voice coming from the woods from a man saying he had fallen from a tree,' the office wrote in a Facebook post. The deputy quickly helped form a search party with assistance from the Washington Explorer Search and Rescue, Kitsap Search Dogs, Olympic Mountain Rescue, and the Suquamish Tribal Police Department. 3 The man said he fell out of a tree while trying to take a shortcut in the woods. Kitsap County Sheriff After nearly six hours of searching, the crews found the missing man around 7:00 a.m. and carried him out of the woods on a stretcher. The hiker, whose name was not released by officials, said he'd been wandering aimlessly in the woods for four or five days and had fallen out of the tree 'while trying to take a shortcut,' according to the sheriff's office. 3 He was transported to a nearby medical center for treatment and evaluation. Kitsap County Sheriff He also told the authorities with the Suquamish Police Department that he was 'provided a ride to the end of a road, became disoriented and [wandered] into the woods, where he remained for a few days,' according to a statement from the department. The man was transported to a nearby medical center for treatment and evaluation. His condition as of Tuesday is unclear. In Arizona, another hiker survived three days alone in the desert after falling into the 'Edge of the World' canyon. She was 'preparing for the worst,' her family said, until the Pima County sheriff's office airlifted her to safety. On Saturday, a Brazilian hiker fell off a cliff and into an open volcano crater in Indonesia. Authorities located her nearly 1,000 feet below the cliff and had to wait for weather conditions to improve before they could help her. She was found dead on Tuesday, her family said.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Man arrested after hours-long search in Poulsbo, WA charged with murder
The Brief Laird Dinsmore, 35, is charged with first-degree murder and assault for allegedly killing James Foster in Poulsbo, WA. Dinsmore reportedly confessed to shooting Foster and firing at SWAT officers during his arrest. The motive remains unknown, but Dinsmore allegedly stole items from the property where Foster was working. POULSBO, Wash. - Kitsap County prosecutors have charged a man who was arrested after an hours-long search with first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree assault. Laird Dinsmore, 35, is accused of killing 50-year-old James Foster outside a home on Big Valley Road Northeast in Poulsbo on June 4. James' brother has started a GoFundMe to ask for help, writing, "Hello family, friends, and community. I am Aaron Foster, the brother of James Wayne Foster whose life was needlessly taken from him in a horrific crime in Poulsbo, Washington last week. Our family is asking for help raising the funds for a proper burial. We thank you with grateful hearts in advance for donations and prayers. He will be put to rest at Fraola Cemetery in Port Orchard, Washington." The backstory According to court documents, Dinsmore confessed to murdering Foster with a rifle and to shooting towards SWAT team members when they were trying to arrest him in Snider Park on Wedneday. No motive was given in the court documents, but detectives say Dinsmore is believed to have stolen items including a rifle from the home where Foster was staying on the property, and working as a caretaker while it was being renovated. Detectives say a surveillance camera shows Dinsmore walking up with a rifle and firing twice at Foster, who was bent over working on an electric wheelchair, then jogging towards him and firing again. He then walked toward a motorhome, checked the rear window, walked back and allegedly shot Foster's lifeless body one more time. He then walked down the road and accessed Foster's truck. Foster's body wasn't discovered until June 7. Dinsmore was arrested on June 12. The Source Information in this story came from the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and court documents from the Kitsap County Superior Court. Seattle traffic to be impacted from upcoming protests Authorities shift tactics in search for WA triple murder suspect Travis Decker Manhunt for Travis Decker moves to WA's Kittitas County Anti-Trump 'NO KINGS' protests planned for Seattle this weekend Seattle police disperse 'ICE OUT' protesters after fire breaks out downtown Everything you need to know about Seattle Pride Parade 2025 Things to do for Father's Day in Seattle To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Person of interest in Poulsbo, WA murder arrested
The Brief Kitsap County deputies have arrested Laird Dinsmore, a person of interest in a Poulsbo murder. A 50-year-old man was found dead outside his home on Big Valley Road Northeast on Saturday. Gunfire was heard in the search for Dinsmore on Tuesday. POULSBO, Wash. - Deputies in Kitsap County arrested a man wanted for questioning in a Poulsbo murder on Tuesday. Laird Dinsmore, 35, is a person of interest in the murder of a 50-year-old man who was found dead outside his home on Big Valley Road Northeast on Saturday. Deputies arrested Dinsmore after shots were reportedly heard in the Snider Park area, not by law enforcement. The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office says they will book Dinsmore into jail once he is medically cleared. The Source Information in this story came from a Facebook post by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. LIVE: Travis Decker manhunt: Focus shifts near WA's Blewett Pass Former Army squadmate shares insight into Travis Decker's military past Home of Seattle rapper Macklemore invaded, nanny maced: police 2 dead after 'tragic' bus accident at Seattle retirement home Community mourns Bellevue High School student found dead in Shoreline Parkland, WA neighbors fed up, scared with continuing car crashes To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Yahoo
New WA agency investigating police deadly force incidents sees budget cuts
This screenshot from Kitsap County Sheriff's Office body camera footage shows the moments before law enforcement killed Justin Moegling near Poulsbo last month. (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office) The night of May 7 was a challenge for Washington's nascent agency tasked with investigating when police kill people. The new state Office of Independent Investigations started looking into such cases in December. But only in a swath of western Washington, stretching from the northwestern edge of the Olympic Peninsula to Clark and Skamania counties on the border with Oregon. Lawmakers established the office as an alternative to cops investigating when other cops use deadly force. Around 9 p.m. May 7 near Poulsbo, officers from the local police department and Kitsap County sheriff's deputies tried to subdue a man who had a knife after a traffic stop, the Office of Independent Investigations later reported. Unable to get Justin Moegling, 41, into custody, a Poulsbo officer and Kitsap County deputy reportedly shot him in the head. The state agency sent 15 investigators to the scene. Minutes before midnight in Ridgefield, a Clark County deputy stabbed Marc Fogle, 54, who was held on suspicion of driving under the influence, after he allegedly tried to steal the deputy's gun, investigators say. Fogle died from his injuries. The agency had to reroute a few investigators from Poulsbo to Ridgefield, more than 150 miles away. Others had to come from as far as Spokane to respond. These are two of the four cases the investigative office has responded to in the past seven months. Elsewhere in Washington, teams made up of local detectives from multiple police departments are the ones investigating after officers kill someone. Creation of the state office was driven by the increased push for police accountability in cases where officers use deadly force, especially against Black people, after the deaths of George Floyd in Minnesota and Manuel Ellis in Tacoma. Now, supporters of the agency say budget cuts passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson last month could threaten the fledgling office's momentum. It took years to get off the ground before December's launch, having to hire new staff, develop policies and conduct training from scratch. Last month, investigators issued their first report, on a fatal police shooting in Vancouver that came just a few days after the office opened. The office's director, Roger Rogoff, still expects to expand the office's reach to another of its half-dozen regions this year. Where exactly that'll be remains to be seen. The more dense King and Pierce counties are each considered their own 'region.' Still, community advocates worry about the cuts. Nickeia Hunter, whose brother was killed by police, said it 'sends the wrong message' to scale back funding for an agency created in light of 'decades of injustice and erasure.' 'While I'm glad to hear Director Rogoff still intends to expand into another region, the reality is that underfunding accountability infrastructure directly undermines trust — especially in communities that have been historically harmed by law enforcement,' Hunter said in an email. Coming into 2025, the Office of Independent Investigations asked the governor and Legislature for more than $53 million in the next two-year budget. This would've been a hike of 40% from its current state funding, mostly focused on increasing staffing. A lack of investigators, especially east of the Cascades, is the biggest issue standing in the agency's way of expanding more quickly. 'It is wholly dependent on us having sufficient resources available,' Rogoff said, noting legislators had previously underestimated how many investigators the office would need. The money would've paid for hiring an additional 30 investigators over the next two years. Instead, lawmakers slashed the office's budget by more than 20%, to a biennial total under $30 million, in the face of a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall that forced a range of cuts. 'I worry about our special needs kids in our schools, I worry about food insecurity, I worry about our immigrant community,' said Sen. Manka Dhingra, a Redmond Democrat and chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee. 'These are the cuts that were felt all across state government.' Part of the cut to the Office of Independent Investigations' budget was driven by several million dollars the agency hadn't spent that lawmakers had previously approved, said Dhingra, who worked with Rogoff at the King County prosecutor's office. Rogoff is thankful the Legislature didn't chop even more funding. And he's proud of his team's work so far. 'We've hired 63 people in two and a half years, and the level of efficiency and talent and work done in these investigations is pretty phenomenal,' said Rogoff, a former King County judge and prosecutor. Hires include investigators, liaisons for the families of victims, and others. Rogoff wishes the agency was already working statewide. But he promised not to put staff in a position where they're investigating cases without the proper training and resources. 'I will continue to abide by that promise,' he said. 'I think that doing these investigations badly is the worst thing that could happen to this agency.' He's confident lawmakers will eventually give his office the money needed for the additional hiring. In the Vancouver shooting, the Clark County prosecutor is currently reviewing the evidence behind the state office's 99-page report before deciding whether to charge the officer involved. Anna Klein, the chief criminal deputy prosecutor in Clark County, said her office hopes to reach a conclusion in the 'near future.' For years, progressive Democrats have wanted to establish an independent prosecutor to make those choices, given how closely county prosecutors work with local law enforcement. But they've repeatedly failed in that goal, a top priority for police accountability advocates like Hunter. Many of the agency's investigators come from law enforcement backgrounds. If candidates have had a policing job within two years, they have to get approval from the office's advisory board. Beyond the inquiries into new cases, those investigators are also tasked with looking at old instances where police used deadly force and new evidence has been discovered. Members of the public can submit review requests online. The agency has taken up nine such cases, from places ranging from Poulsbo to Yakima to Snohomish County. None have been completed. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
