On a chilly January morning, the Webster and Dudley Police Departments collaborated in a pressing search for an endangered missing woman who found herself lost and immobilized on a desolate trail. The Webster Police Department reported on Saturday, January 24, that their officers, initially tied up with another case, joined the Dudley Police in the dark, in the effort to locate a person who sadly could not walk and had been subjected to protracted exposure to the elements.
After completing the arrest booking, Officer Alex Johnson was available, indicating that they could lend assistance. Johnson linked up with Officer Byron Lara of the Dudley Police and deployed the WPD Drone to canvas the expansive wooded terrain spanning between Schofield Ave in Dudley and School Street in Webster. Despite these efforts, the whereabouts of the woman remained a mystery in the dead of night.
Renewed determination swept through as Sergeant Sean Ebbeling and Officer Bryan Blomgren later joined the search operation. Each toured various parts of the terrain, intent on finding the person in distress. The break in the case came at approximately 2:45 am when, according to the Facebook post from the Webster Police, Sergeant Ebbeling located the woman "behind Rampco, lying on the ground."
The rescue, coming not a moment too soon as the victim contended with perilous temperatures, prompted an ambulance call by Dudley Officers. The woman was finally transported to UMASS Webster Hospital, where she was found to be conscious and alert. The timely intervention underscores that the night's expanse could sometimes serve as the backdrop for an assertion of humanity's unwillingness to succumb to despair.
