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Search Continues For Missing 75-Year-Old Hiker

Posted: Aug. 8, 2016 12:44 PM PDT

The search continues for a fourth day for a missing hiker in Nevada County. Sheriff Keith Royal says 75-year-old Timothy Hansston, from Tulare County, had gone for a hike along the South Yuba River, near the town of Washington…

click to listen to Sheriff Royal

Royal says Hansston’s wife called the department after Hansston never returned home. He says they’ve scoured the area, and Monday they’ve started using specially-trained water dogs that are able to detect a body underwater….

click to listen to Sheriff Royal

A helicopter has also been used for the search.

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