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Texas EquuSearch made the
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Texas EquuSearch is known world-wide for their
efforts in the field of Search and Rescue/Recovery. RPFlightsystems was
contacted by them to assist in searching for a 56 year old Caucasian female.
She was reported missing by
her family during a time when she was to be making a trip to Houston.
from her home in Wimberley. The minivan she operated was discovered by local law
enforcement, abandoned on a
road near Wimberly.
Enter RPFS.
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Body of missing person located
in Wimberley Texas October 2005 |
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The missing woman was indeed in the photo on the previous
page, yet she was not quickly located. Why? Several factors
played into this. First and foremost was a lack of skills and
experience on the part of the personnel for reviewing such data in the
field. Here are a few more:
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Because of the environment (100° temps), the CSI unit
was uncomfortable, and images were briefly scanned rather than
analyzed
- The viewers had no real experience in the
analysis of aerial images.
- Inadequate training/experience on the part
of the personnel with regards to operating the analyzing software
- Only half of the images provided on CD to
staff in an office setting were reviewed because of lack of experience in
exploring the contents of a photo CD
- The volume of data collected and the amount
of overlap was excessive, leading to complacency in viewing slight "off angle"
images.
Partial review by RPFS personnel resulted in
the return to the scene to further explore possible targets, however nothing
conclusive was discovered. We then turned to using software to analyze the
photographs. The same image from the previous page was scanned by a specialized
software. Using this software, we were able to isolate a target which
appeared to be a human body. A ground search of the area, identified by
GPS tags on the previous photo, confirmed that we had in fact discovered human
remains which were later identified as those belonging to the missing victim.
Shown below is the image produced by our software.

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Agencies involved in the
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