Overview

• Margaret 'Elaine' McKinley, a 79-year-old woman with dementia, went missing on May 1 while hiking the Lost Trail at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve.
• Multi-agency search teams, including air support, K-9 units, horseback volunteers, and mountain rescue, have been deployed to locate her.
• Scent trails were briefly detected but lost on a nearby roadway, prompting authorities to expand the search to nearby residences.
• An SMC Alert has been issued urging the public to check surveillance footage, inspect properties, and call 911 with any information or sightings.
• Authorities have requested that residents avoid the preserve’s parking lot to facilitate search operations and remain hopeful for McKinley’s safe recovery.