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Cold Exposure
Police & Fire
Man With Dementia Found Lying In Snow In Russell; K9 Leads Police To His Location
An 87-year-old Hampden County man is likely alive today thanks to the efforts of a Massachusetts State Police dog named Orry. The man, who suffers from dementia, had wandered off from his home in Russell in the area of Blanford Road on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21. He was missing for more than eight hours on a frighteningly cold day. Records show the temperature didn't get above 40 degrees that day. Russell police and state troopers quickly began canvassing the area in the hopes of finding him. it wasn't until a K9 unit found footprints in the snow that searchers got their first…