Warsaw's missing person found
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at approximately 7:00am, the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an elderly female who may have been missing from her home in the Warsaw area of Duplin County. Olean Hall was last seen at her residence on NC 24 and NC 50 HWY on Tuesday, September 13th at 7:00pm. Duplin Count)' Sheriffs Deputies responded to the area and began a hasty search.
On Thursday September 15m, a call for expanded search management and assistance was made to Duplin Count), Fire and Emergency Management for aid and assista11ce. NC Emergency Management was notified, responded, and began analyzing for deployments of resources for the search. Simultaneously, aircraft from Wayne County Air Watch and SABLE based in New Hanover County began aerial search operations of tl1e entire area.
Crews from Duplin County and nearby agencies in the region including NC Emergency Management, Brunswick & Pender Search and Rescue Teams, Sampson County Emergency Management, Warsaw & Kenansville Volunteer Fire Departments worked to conduct ground search operations of the entire area.
On Friday morning at approximately 9:30am, Olean Hall was located by ground search crews and was treated and transported to the hospital for medical evaluation. Duplin County Officials thank all those involved for a successful and safe operation.
