Latest: The police operations manager, Ole Bjørn Kleivane, informs Fædrelandsvennen that a man was found dead 500 – 600 meters from the residence of the missing persons. The discovery was made by a dog patrol.
– There is no suspicion of anything criminal, says the operations manager.
– Just before 12:00 a dead person was found about 600 meters from the missing person’s residence. There is currently no certain identity of the deceased, but it is assumed that the missing persons have been found. The person was found by a dog patrol from the police. So far, no criminal offense is suspected. Relatives have been informed, the police wrote in a message at 12.31.
The police at Strai in connection with the search operation.
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The police went wide in their first report.
– This is a person who is physically capable of going far. That is why we want to go out widely with a wanted list – because he may have gone far, said Lars Skår Dahl, incident leader at the Agder police district, to Fædrelandsvennen.
On Thursday morning, a search operation was launched for the man from Straiskleiva in Kristiansand.
It was this road that was the starting point for the search operation.
– We are looking for a 77-year-old man. He was last seen on Wednesday 1 May, Dahl said.
Volunteers called out
Among other crews from Norwegian People’s Aid are participating in the search operation.
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It was staff from the home service who discovered that the man was missing.
On Thursday morning, volunteers were called to participate in the search operation.
Lars Skår Dahl, incident leader at the Agder police district.
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– The Red Cross, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norwegian Rescue Dogs have so far indicated that they can stand. We also search with a police drone and our own dog resources. The police are searching with their own crews in the residential area, Dahl said.
– In good physical shape
Larger crews from the police are involved in the search operation.
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The missing person was fond of going for walks. According to the police, he must have been in good physical shape.
– It has been a good number of hours since he was last seen, but we are starting to look for where he lives. And we drive along motorways where he can walk, said Arve Myklebust, operations manager at the Agder police district.
Police officers on their way into a premises in Straiskleiva which serves as headquarters for the search operation.
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