UPDATE -- SUBJECT LOCATED: Sheriff's Office asks for public's help as it searches for 76-year-old Carol Ann Hoy

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Located: Carol Ann Hoy

UPDATE (Friday, Oct. 22, 9 p.m.) -- SUBJECT LOCATED, TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL

Earlier this evening (Friday, Oct. 22), two Estacada residents located Carol Ann Hoy's purse off a logging road. They notified Clackamas County Search & Rescue (CSAR) personnel, who were part of an extensive larger search effort for the missing woman; CSAR responded to the area and located Hoy nearby. 

Hoy was transported to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia.

The two Estacada residents had been hiking in the area looking for Hoy after hearing the news that she was missing. Their find helped bring closure to a large-scale search effort that included personnel from:

Thank you to all the search crews who participated in the effort, and to all those who helped spread the word.

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EARLIER (Oct. 22, 11:10 a.m.): Sheriff's Office asks for public's help as it searches for 76-year-old Carol Ann Hoy

MISSING ENDANGERED ADULT #alert :

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help as it searches for 76-year-old Carol Ann Hoy.

Hoy walked away from her home on Jannsen Road in Estacada sometime between 9 and 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21. She suffers from cognitive issues and is in need of daily medication. She may be heading toward Sandy or a hospital, concerned about the tightness of a ring on her finger. She may be in the areas of Eagle Fern Road, Wildcat Mountain, or Southeast Howlett Road.

No known clothing description; however, she is known to carry a pink purse.

If you see Carol Ann Hoy, call or text 911.

Know her whereabouts? Call our Non-Emergency Line at 503-655-8211 or send tips to https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/tip OR 503-723-4949. Reference CCSO Case # 21-022708.

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Deputy John Wildhaber
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Public Information Unit