Deputies find missing man off F.M. 1361

Located thanks to sheriff’s drone technology
  • BURLESON COUNTY deputies deployed a drone and located a missing elderly man in a wooded area. The drone pilots directed two deputies to the individual and assisted him out of the woods to an ambulance.
    BURLESON COUNTY deputies deployed a drone and located a missing elderly man in a wooded area. The drone pilots directed two deputies to the individual and assisted him out of the woods to an ambulance.

    What could have been a tragic scenario for one Burleson County family last week had a happy ending when an elderly missing man was found by Burleson County sheriff’s deputies using drone technology.

    Sheriff’s deputies were called at about 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, after a 72-year-old man living off F.M. 1361 had gone for a walk six hours earlier but had not returned, said Burleson County Chief Dep…