Search for missing SoCal woman briefly suspended

Jul. 22, 2009
The search for a missing 76-year-old woman in an Orange County canyon land has been temporarily suspended due to the hot weather. Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said Wednesday that some deputies suffered heat exhaustion and that tracking dogs don't do well...
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