Lost And Found - RCSO Ellerton Tracks Lost Child

Lost And Found

Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Ellerton and K9 Hati successfully tracked a lost seven-year-old, boy, Gabriel, who had been reported missing by his mother Sunday, Oct. 9.

According to the RCSO, K9 Hati followed a track for about 1.5 miles until she located the exhausted child laying down in some brush. Once found, the boy was in good health and promptly returned to his mother.

“Hati has been with the RCSO for nearly two years and is trained in narcotic detection and human tracking,” said Sheriff Jason Frederick “She and Deputy Ellerton are great assets to our community. If you happen to see her, be sure to give her a scratch behind the ear and let her know what a good girl she is.”

RCSO can be reached at 406-653-6216.