K9 Emma and Massachusetts State Police rescue missing elderly woman in marsh

“On Wednesday, Trooper Norman Stanikmas and his K9 partner Emma, Trooper Alexander Berry and his K9 partner Indy, and Troopers Patrick Robinson and Joseph Vella responded to a location in Shrewsbury to assist Shrewsbury Police with a missing elderly woman who suffers from dementia. The woman was determined to be missing at about 3:30 p.m. and troopers began their track at about 7:30 p.m., with no known “place last scene”.

Trooper Berry and K9 Indy began scouting the neighborhood, while Trooper Stanikmas and K9 Emma began scouting a wooded area. After about an hour of scouting, K9 Emma led troopers about 25 meters into a marsh where troopers located the woman who was chest-deep in the water. Trooper Vella was able to pull her up and out of the water so that she was now only waist-deep, while Trooper Robinson guided Shrewsbury Fire Personnel to their location. The woman was then transported out of the marsh and ultimately to UMass Lakeside in Worcester for treatment.

A life-threatening situation averted by great cooperative effort!”