Dante, 12, found dead in Falkenberg
Dante’s last hours in the life mapped out: ”Nice to get responses,”
Thanks to blodhunden Sonja and her handler Sara Vallin and Karl-Johan Nilsson 12-year-old Dante’s last time in the life mapped out.
Now, thank you Dante’s family for the operation.
– Now we know was in the river Ätran, he has gone down. Even if it is very painful so it is nice to get an answer on this, ” says Dante’s bonusmamma Marie.
the handlers Sara Vallin and Karl-Johan Nilsson wanted to early, to assist in the search for Dante, 12-year-old with Down syndrome who disappeared from his home in Falkenberg on Tuesday, 6 november. They responded to Dante’s family and told them that their bloodhound Sonja could be of help, which, Expressen was the first to tell you about.
” We didn’t penetrate us, but when we got in touch with Dante’s dad Sven wanted the family directly to have our help. We usually discuss that so that the police first will get to do their job with their dogs, but find nothing then it may be a good idea to think in other paths and find alternatives, ” says Sara Vallin.
– Spårhundsgruppen heard of and said they could help if we wanted to. Of course we didn, say, Dante’s bonusmamma Marie to Aftonbladet.
Smelled of things in Dante’s room
Sara Vallin and Karl-Johan Nilsson is a dog handler in the non-profit organization Spårhundsgruppen who work with bloodhounds to search for missing persons. Blodhunden Sonja got to get into Dante’s room and smell several different things with 12-see her bold fashion fragrance.
– Our dogs get to smell something that the person has had. Each person’s kroppsdoft is unique, it is like a fingerprint. When they get to smell it records it and does not of any other fragrance when they are looking for, ” says Sara Vallin.
Sonja was up the track from the villa and along the road which Dante passed, a road that in ordinary cases, not particularly busy but then many were out looking for Dante were there more cars than usual.
– Her ears fall down over the eyes and she is completely inside the detection and follow doftmolnet. But it was a lot of traffic, we had to go with her in the short line, and it is not optimal for her to do her job as she should.
Marked by the water
finally they were forced to cancel the search so that not Sonja would get hit by the cars. The next day they got asked if they could search down at the river Ätran, because there was a suspicion that Dante moved there. Blodhunden got up a trail that led down to the river.
” She clearly showed that he had been all the way down into the water. Then, we understood that the chance that he is alive is very small, but as long as you do not find the body there is always hope.
the Day after found Dante’s body at the gaps to the power station in the Herting. Falkenberg was in grief and the whole of Sweden were affected by the 12-see her bold fashion death.
But one piece of the puzzle was missing, and had Dante gone where no one has seen him?
the Last piece of the puzzle – the road went Dante
A few days afterwards Sara asked, and Karl-Johan on Dante’s dad Sven wanted to they would search again, which the family said yes to.
Sonja was a track that showed the boy to a the beginning have gone the way which the family used to stroll with the dog, as the Dante had with him. But then, he has gone off at a grove of trees and continued out on the fields. It may explain why no one saw the boy along the way, the evening when he disappeared.
– Probably Dante and the dog moved away from each other. The family used to go the first bit of the fields. From the beginning, it felt incongruous that he walked the road but when we went round with the family, they realised that it was reasonable because it was unique there, ” says handler, Sara.
Important for family members to get the answers
Dante’s bonusmamma Marie tells us that spårhunden been important to identify how Dante was. She recommends others to take the help of Spårhundsgruppen.
– It is very important to us that people know the aid is available. So people can get in touch with them. They work on an entirely voluntary basis, ” says Marie.
Even if you never get back Dante, the family is grateful that you now know which way he went.
– Now we know was in the river Ätran, he has gone down. Even if it is very painful so it is nice to get an answer on this, ” says Marie.
For Sara and Karl-Johan, it feels good to have been able to help to give the family answers.
– Even if you do not find the person alive, it is very important for the relatives to get the answers. We could give the last piece of the puzzle. It feels nice at the same time as it is extremely heavy, I myself have children and the feeling comes over one, ” says Sara Vallin.