Sheriff's Department Locates Elderly Woman Missing from Campground
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Joe Boals-jboals@timesuniononline.com
SILVER LAKE – Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department K-9s located an Elwood woman after she went missing from a Silver Lake area campground. Delores C. Corbett, 78, was at the Hill Lake Campground when she was reported missing at 8:46 a.m. KCSD, with the assistance of Multi-Township EMS, Claypool, Burket and Silver Lake Fire Departments, initiated a search team. As Indiana State Police aircraft and County Dive Team were being activated, Corbett was located by KCSD K-9s one half to three-quarters of a mile north of the campground in a bean field. MTEMS retrieved Corbett with an ATV and treated her for dehydration. Corbett may have suffered from dementia or Alzheimer’s, according to First Sergeant Chad Hill, KCSD public information officer. Corbett was missing for less than two hours.
