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Missing dog of former Redmond police chief found dead near crash site

By Rob Mackay
Published  August 27, 2014 5:12pm PDT
FOX 13 Seattle

REDMOND -- 'Jake', retired Redmond Police Chief Steven Harris' pet dog that was in the family SUV when Harris was killed in a car crash Sunday night, was found dead Wednesday in heavy brush in the area of the crash, police said.

"It appears that the dog had succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash," a Redmond police statement said.

Jake had been in the Harris' Ford Explorer on State Route 202 near 244th Avenue when it was involved in a head-on collision with a Dodge Dakota driven by Taylor Griffith, 16, of Sammamish. Taylor was killed also.

Harris' wife was critically injured in the crash and was hospitalized.

When it was learned that Jake, a wire hair griffin, had been in the Harris' family car at the time of the accident and was missing, law enforcement, family and friends began a search for the dog.

"Retired Redmond Assistant Police Chief Larry Gainer and Retired Redmond Police Commander Terry Morgan, along with Morgan’s wife Kim, located the dog’s body in heavy brush in the area of the crash," the police statement said.