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Missing Florida woman found because she saved her scent with kit
By Sarah Elsesser, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
July 26, 2017A Florida woman with dementia, who was missing for hours, was found within five minutes of a K-9 being dispatched all because she saved her scent.
Deputy Justin Williams and a K-9 named Ally tracked down the missing, endangered elderly woman Tuesday using a scent preservation kit she made two years ago.
The kits require people to swab under their arms with a sterile pad and seal it inside a container. If the person ever goes missing, the unique smell captured can easily be tracked by a K-9.
"The woman was returned home safely and K9 Ally was rewarded with a special treat, a tasty vanilla ice cream cone," the Citrus County Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook.
