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    2A • February 12, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
Hope fades in search for missing man
Resources ‘exhausted,’
Police Chief says
Hickman ma\ have memor\ issXes
6chermerhorn said he met with the
Hickman famil\ before making a deci-
sion
³7he\ Xnderstand the possibilities
of what coXld have happened bXt the
dif¿cXlt part is that the\ want some sort
of closXre´ 6chermerhorn said ³7he
famil\ was ver\ thankfXl for the re-
sponses the\ got 7he\ never expected
it to tXrn into something like this´
³,¶d like to comment on the alert
s\stem and the nXmber of calls , got
both on m\ cell and m\ landline´ Cit\
CoXncilor 0elissa Cadwallader said
³,t¶s reassXring to know how mXch
that¶s working´
³,t¶s a great warning s\stem´ 6cher-
merhorn said ³:e are ver\ thankfXl for
the search and rescXe ,t was an ama]-
ing collaboration working with the
Coast *Xard and the )ire 'epartment´
7he Coast *Xard Àew over the Can-
non Beach area looking to detect heat
on 6atXrda\ and 6Xnda\ 7he\ Àew two
miles in each direction and were Xnable
to ¿nd an\thing 7he ¿rst night the\
¿nished earl\ dXe to weather
7he ¿re station and the famil\ are
³overloaded´ with food donations
6chermerhorn said
³Cannon Beach is a great commXni-
t\´ he added ³, have foXnd time and
time again that people step Xp and help
oXt dXring these toXgh times for fami-
lies´
7he 3olice 'epartment will contin-
Xe to search as the\ patrol 6chermer-
horn said and encoXrage people to con-
tact them if the\ have an\ information
³,t¶s been great the commXnit\ sXp-
port and neighbors and friends who
have come to help´ 6chermerhorn said
³,¶d like to comment on the alert
s\stem and the nXmber of calls , got
both on m\ cell and m\ landline´
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
After ¿ve da\s of a search that
broXght in crews throXghoXt the state
responders annoXnced the\ will cXrtail
major search efforts in Cannon Beach
for 5a\mond Hickman 7he -\ear-
old Ha\stack Heights man was report-
ed missing 6atXrda\ morning -an
³As the foXrth da\ ends we¶ve ex-
haXsted all different oXtlets that we
coXld go to and that we coXld access as
well as jXst exhaXsted oXr resoXrces´
Chief -ason 6chermerhorn said at the
7Xesda\ )eb Cannon Beach Cit\
CoXncil meeting
7hroXghoXt the week rescXe teams
from Clatsop CoXnt\ :ashington
CoXnt\ 7illamook CoXnt\ 0Xltnomah
CoXnt\ Clackamas CoXnt\ and 0oXn-
tain :ave 6earch and 5escXe scoXred
the coastline highwa\s and trails
AboXt people helped with the
search Xsing foXr-wheel drive vehi-
cles horses and a drone from a Ham-
let resident that Àew over areas the\
coXldn¶t access and took photos that
were extensivel\ reviewed 6chermer-
horn said
7he search teams responded to tips
from people who had seen Hickman
recentl\
³,t¶s jXst reall\ XnfortXnate becaXse
it¶s so heavil\ forested and green
which we love down here´ 6chermer-
horn said ³BXt it¶s hard to ¿nd differ-
ent areas where he coXld have slid off
the track or path´
'escribed as -feet--inches tall
bald blXe e\es and wearing glasses
famil\ members said the -\ear-old
JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP
Jessica Smith is led into the Clatsop County Courthouse for
a hearing in January.
County mental health
to evaluate Smith
By Kyle Spurr
EO Media Group
A local mental health provid-
er iV JettinJ the ¿rVt opportXnit\
to determine iI &latVop &oXnt\
has the expertise available to
evalXate the mental state oI ac-
cXsed mXrderer -essica 6mith
6mith is the mother
charJed Zith drXJJinJ and
drowning her toddler and at-
tempting to kill her teenager in
a &annon %each resort in -Xl\

+er deIense law\ers claim
6mith sXIIers Irom a mental
disease and is Xnable to aid and
assist in her own deIense 7he\
asked the coXrt Ior a competen-
c\ examination oI 6mith and
then a determination oI her ¿t-
ness to proceed
&latsop &oXnt\ &ircXit
&oXrt -Xdge &indee 0at\as
ordered Clatsop Behavioral
+ealthcare the coXnt\¶s men-
tal health provider to consXlt
with 6mith in late -anXar\ to
determine whether services and
sXpervision are available in the
commXnit\ to saIel\ restore
6mith¶s ¿tness to proceed
Clatsop Behavioral Health-
care mXst provide a written re-
port to the coXrt with its deter-
mination An oI¿cial with the
mental health provider coXld
not be reached for comment
:ednesda\
7he coXrt order stems from
a state law that gives criminal
defendants the opportXnit\ to
be evalXated locall\ b\ a com-
mXnit\ mental health program
before a decision is made on
sending them to the Oregon
6tate Hospital
7he defense and prosecXtion
each sXbmitted foXr recommen-
dations for other mental health
experts to examine 6mith A sta-
tXs hearing to address the resXlts
of 6mith¶s evalXation ² wheth-
er from a local private or state
expert ² is set for late 0arch
Raymond Hickman
,t is dif¿cXlt to search for a person in
a large heavil\ forested area he added
³,¶d like to comment on the alert
s\stem and the nXmber of calls , got
both on m\ cell and m\ landline´ 0e-
lissa Cadwallader said ³,t¶s reassXring
to know how mXch that¶s working´
³,t¶s a great warning s\stem´ 6cher-
merhorn said
5escXe teams received food dona-
tions from citi]ens and local restaX-
rants inclXding 0orris¶s )ireside 3i]-
]a HXt in 6easide 6Xbwa\ in 6easide
0o¶s Cannon Beach 5estaXrant Can-
non Beach Hardware 7om¶s )ish and
Chips and Cannon Beach 3ig ¶1 3an-
cake among others
An\one with information aboXt the
missing man shoXld contact Clatsop
CoXnt\ 6earch and 5escXe at --
or Cannon Beach 3olice at -
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