SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (KFSN) — The search continues in Eastern Fresno County for Ron Dailey, the Selma man who has been missing for 12 days and was last seen near Shaver Lake.<\/p>\n
“Everything that we have gathered so far is that this is going to be some sort of an unexpected mishap,” Lieutenant Kathy Curtis with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n
She described Dailey as an experienced hunter who was very familiar with the Sierra when he set out last Monday.<\/p>\n
“A significant winter storm came through,” Lieutenant Curtis said. “It did drop a lot of snow on the area in which he was, and he did not make it home that night.”<\/p>\n
Some of the snow is visible in pictures shared by crews on the ground.<\/p>\n
Nearly two weeks later, there is still no sign of Dailey or his truck.<\/p>\n
“All indications from interviews with his friends and family are that he’s going to be fairly close to that vehicle, and so that’s why it’s our number one priority,” Lieutenant Curtis said.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff’s Office is now deploying AI technology, using it to scan aerial images of the vast forest as officials look for Dailey’s silver Dodge Dakota.<\/p>\n
“Those good photographs, we are going to process through two separate AI programs,” Lieutenant Curtis said. “And our goal with that is (that) hopefully an AI program can pick up an anomaly in the forest that our eyes haven’t been able to so far.”<\/p>\n
In a statement to Action News, Dailey’s daughter thanked the searchers, writing that they’re working “…tirelessly to bring Ron home.”<\/p>\n
“Our family is grateful for the support and your prayers,” she wrote. “If you have seen anything or have any tips, no matter how big or small, please contact the Fresno Sheriff’s Office.”<\/p>\n
“As long as there are things that we can do to keep moving forward in our efforts to find Mr. Dailey, then we’re going to continue to do so,” Lieutenant Curtis said.<\/p>\n
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