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2mo ago

Search Intensifies for Missing 79-Year-Old Hiker in San Mateo County

Nearly 100 volunteers, including specialized teams, are re-searching Windy Hill Preserve this weekend as efforts to locate Elaine McKinley continue after more than two weeks without confirmed sightings.

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Overview

  • Margaret 'Elaine' McKinley, a 79-year-old with dementia, went missing on May 1 after becoming separated from her group during a hike at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley.
  • This weekend, nearly 100 search and rescue volunteers, including K-9 units, drone operators, and teams on horseback, are focusing on intensively re-searching the area where McKinley was last seen.
  • The search remains in a limited continuous phase, with resources scaled back from the initial intensive operation, but authorities emphasize their commitment to finding McKinley.
  • Over 600 volunteers have participated in the search since her disappearance, but no confirmed sightings or traces of McKinley have been reported so far.
  • The Portola Road parking lot is closed during the weekend search, and officials urge anyone with information about McKinley’s whereabouts to contact 911 immediately.