European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augusts. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9over Here ,.s. Ras Gas  Winston the bloodhound checks out the sidewalks scents  he and Karta Finley take a walk through he Patrick Henry Village housing area in Heidelberg West Germany. In by Rosemary Sawyer staff w Riter Heidelberg West Germany a Karla Finley  convinced that 6-Ycar-Oid Matthew Roberts would be alive right now if bloodhounds had been used in the search Lor the new Mexico boy. A it would have taken a bloodhound two minutes to go from the front door to the station Wagon a she said. A it frustrates  Finley read about the boys May 8 disappearance in the stars and stripes. Alter a massive search in Clovis n.m., the boys body was found two weeks later locked in a storage compartment of a station. Wagon parked in the family driveway.  lot of police and Rescue departments use their own dogs a a Finley said. Quot they had used dogs on this Case but when i say dogs 1 done to mean bloodhounds. That a the  hardly a Day passes when Finley and her husband Craig an army sergeant with the nato combined military police in Heidelberg done to hear of a search that could have been aided by a Good bloodhound. The Finley take a special interest in the wrinkly bowed Breed that placed Jed cd Limpet in a  Dekko Duke in the television series Quot the Beverly a  currently their interest  named Winston. He a one of about 1 5 bloodhounds Karla Finley has trained in 13 years. A the Finley who arrived in West Germany this. Spring Hope to use Winston to assist authorities in search and Rescue operations around Europe. Before Winston  in business however Finley has to make a few introductions. Most germans and Many americans have never seen a bloodhound let alone a watched one do its stuff. A when i first got Here a she said a i went to the German red Cross Polisei criminal investigation come military police investigators everyone i could think of to say a hey in a Uherc. They looked at me like i was Cray. A what  a bloodhound they Only use those in the South to track  a Bui Finley has become accustomed to such looks. Thirteen years ago when she was working  a police officer in Winston Salem n.c., her supervisors mocked her for suggesting that they bring in bloodhounds to catch an armed robbery suspect. The robbery took place at a night depository where a Man was attempting to make a Deposit. Finley remembers sitting in her squad car and thinking that there had to be something that could determine at least which Way the suspect headed when he entered nearby Woods. Quot i knew the stale department of corrections had bloodhounds. Id never even seen one Quot said Finley who had trained All Breeds of dogs for Protection and crimes i  r i in wins Tiki and his Nuoc fur news obedience while she was a police officer. Quot i failed my supervisor and 1 said. A lets see if we can gel i he bloodhounds Down fur re. They All laughed. They d never used a bloodhound in the  _ the laughter subsided however when Sweet thing found the Hank bag and held jacket which investigators later used to find the suspect and convict him Finley said. The Success made her a belies or. She bought a Puppy named trooper Stuj quit full time police work. By the Lime the dog was 4 months old Finley was taking j in out on two to three criminal Calls a week. And trooper lived up to his . A Fie rewarded me Lime and time again,�?T1 Finley said. A we did homicides a serial rapist suicides and cadaver work a which involved endling out Clandestine Graves. On troopers first formal Outing he so feb out a Man who had killed his w Ile. The Man was if dog in a garbage dump. When fan Ley told the police that they a buld find their Man under a sen am Sheet of tin. If police scolded saying they d already searched me area. A i Don t care Quot Finley said. A my it r said he there sure enough. Trooper knew Best. Then there were unusual cases such  a robbery at a Winston Salem filling station. Finley and trooper responded to the Call in which the station attendant claimed a Man robbed he till and ran from the scene snagging his stocking Cap in a tree along the Way. Baiting the dog with the scent from the Cap Finley commanded him to Quot find the  Fach time the dog i Rudd around to sit at the feet  attendant. In the Elul investigators Learned that the attendant had been in financial hot water stolen the Money himself and fabricated the Story. Another of Finley a dogs reliant tur Ned out in be one of the Best trackers in Colorado. One time the dog followed a 1 7-Day-old Trail Lor about i 5 Miles. She also was dubbed a water dog by the associated in Ress in an article about her work sniffing out two drowning victims in a Reservoir. During water searches the dogs Are taken out on a boat to try to locate the body. Unsurpassed in their scenting ability a bloodhounds Anatomy  tailor made Lor its task. The dogs Long ears fan scents toward its nose  it swings its head Back and Forth the folds and wrinkles around its head and  Cut of i visual distractions and its nostrils Dwarf those of other  bloodhound can follow a Trail that a up to 2 months old. Finley said. And rain Snow and sleet can even improve the dog uncanny sense of smell because scent  attracted to moisture. Despite such assets bloodhounds do have then limitations. A these dogs Are not Good for narcotics. I Eye in not Good for explosives Al Mley said. A you can to teach them to attack. They wont protect  in fact bloodhounds Are so Friendly they will run r gild up to people being trailed and lick them. Bloodhounds require Little training Lor police Ami Rescue work Finley said. The dogs Are bom knowing How to Trail people. She has watched Day old puppies leave their mothers Side to follow a Trail of human scent left when Finley snaked her Finger across the paper in the whelping Box. Since quilting full time police work i Inley has done All her bloodhound work on a Volunteer basis although she will accept reimbursement when possible fur Iii travel expenses. Her husband said her generosity has t strained their finances Loo much a i told Karla  Long  the Bills get paid. Ill support  which Karia replied that if she got a report of a lost child from Belgium she Ami Winston would he off immediately.  in la travel anywhere for a  1k to i j a a a j a. T a. A t f 1 a j r i of a 1 a a a a r 1 a a a t it it f i i. I j j. . Or ,. ,1 Rit. 1 a Quot i a