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Eric Rose ventured out into the snow on Feb. 10 after his family’s truck got stuck in the snow. He hasn’t been heard from since.
On Tuesday, Police announced that their search for Rose, 32, had become a recovery mission as Rose has been missing for 10 days, theOwyhee County Sheriff’s Office said.
“The search area is expecting two new storms starting today and extending through the weekend,” police said in a statement. “Due to extremely unsafe terrain and inclement weather, the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office is suspending the missing person search for [Rose]. At this time, the Sheriff’s Office now considers this a recovery incident.”
Rose was traveling with his wife, Francesa Watson, and their 1-year-old daughter to Silver City, Idaho, earlier this month when their truck got stuck in the snow on Feb. 7,according to KBOI.
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Amy Jennings, who said Rose is her cousin, told KBOI that the family built fires to stay warm and Watson kept their daughter warm under her sweatshirt. After sitting trapped for three days, Rose went to look for help on foot.
“We’re just so grateful that they are, they’re back with us,” Kellie Rose, Rose’s mother, told KBOI. “In some sense, we’re grateful that my son tried to walk out and tried to find help, because in those back areas in the Owyhee Mountains, sometimes people don’t traverse those roads for weeks on end.”
Ina Facebook post, Rose’s aunt Kati Jennings asked the public for their support, writing, “It’s not a good situation.”
Search crews and volunteers have been looking for Rose. And Jennings wrote in her Facebook post that Rose’s family have visited the vacant cabin.
Police announced on Tuesday that all access to Silver City is closed.
source: people.com
