FSAR Participates in Search in Augusta

Sorry this is the only photo I could get before the battery in my camera died! -Mit

August 10, 2012,  Two FSAR ‘Certified Ground Searchers’ participated in a search for the remains of a 2011 Lewiston homicide victim on Friday in Augusta. Under the leadership of MDISAR member Steve H., Coby and Mit along with about 10 other MASAR searchers, conducted a day-long grid search of a 22 acre piece of urban wildland around the motel 8 in Augusta. The team faced some very dense and difficult terrain during the search. 3 or 4 different varieties of thorn covered plants and shrubs, poison ivy and dense vegetation covering steep, uneven and swampy terrain were searched. BDN article on the case:

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/15/news/lewiston-auburn/police-charge-lewiston-man-with-murder-in-missing-woman-case/