Died \u2013 10\/9\/22
\nHandler – Deputy Kevin Dean<\/p>\n
\u2018Beloved\u2019 North Carolina K-9 officer dies just weeks after finding missing woman with cognitive disorder<\/p>\n
A central North Carolina deputy K-9 who recently helped find a missing elderly female has died, the Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.K-9 Roki, who was \u201cbeloved\u201d by the department, died Sunday after a brief, but serious illness, Moore County officials said. \u201cRoki was a very valuable member of the Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office team,\u201d officials said in a Facebook post about Roki. \u201cPlease keep Roki\u2019s Handler, Deputy Kevin Dean, and other members of the Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office in your thoughts and prayers.\u201dLess than a month ago, Roki helped find a woman with a cognitive disorder who had wandered away from her home in the Carthage area. The woman was reported missing around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 11.K-9 Roki and hander Deputy Kevin Dean soon showed up to help search \u2014 and were deployed from the woman\u2019s home in the middle of the night. \u201cWithin 40 minutes from the time deputies arrived on scene, K-9 Roki ran a successful track that led to the victim being found,\u201d officials said in a news release.On Tuesday, a local business sent the sheriff\u2019s office a bouquet of flowers in memory of Roki.\u201cSheriff Fields and the Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office would like to thank Southern Software for the beautiful arrangement in memory of our sweet K-9, Roki. Your love and support during this time will never be forgotten,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died \u2013 10\/9\/22 Handler – Deputy Kevin Dean \u2018Beloved\u2019 North Carolina K-9 officer dies just weeks after finding missing woman with cognitive disorder A central North Carolina deputy K-9 who recently helped find a missing elderly female has died, the Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.K-9 Roki, who was \u201cbeloved\u201d by the department, died Sunday after …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-13046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-nc"],"yoast_head":"\n