The search for a missing Owsley County man continued on Friday, as rescue crews spent all day looking for 47-year old Conley Baker Jr. Emergency management said Baker walked away from his home on Booneville Lucky Fork Road, near HW 2024 on Thursday, and never returned.
On Friday the calm of the country, sounded more like a city street as dozens of search and rescuers relentlessly worked from dawn to dusk looking for Baker.
Carl Smith lives nearby and did what he could to help, after hearing Baker walked away from his home in the woods at around noon on Thursday.
http://liarcatchers.com/missing_persons_investigations.html
“It ain’t nothing like he would normally do. He’s a pretty good ole boy,” said Smith.
Owsley County Emergency Management said when Baker didn’t return, family got worried and called rescue crews to the scene.
“Everybody is looking and trying, hoping to find him,” said Smith.
Around 25 rescuers, and even more volunteers, searched until dark on Thursday. On Friday crews started back up at 6 a.m. with canines and backup from the Lee County Search and Rescue Squad. Rescuers scoured around 20 miles of land near Baker’s home.
“There’s a lot of things dangerous about that in this area,” said Smith. “Bad cliffs and mountains, it’s real bad, bad thickets grown up here. You could lay down anywhere and couldn’t find you,” said Smith.
Therefore EMA asked everyone to keep a sharp eye. Baker is described as a white man who is about five feet and nine inches tall, and weighs around 130 pounds. He was last seen wearing green pants, a light green shirt around his neck, and military boots.
Now neighbors hope for the best. “I hope they find him and he’s alright,” said Baker.
If you see Baker or know where he is, you’re asked to call the Owsley County Sheriff’s Department at (606) 593-5161.
