MT-Robin Gary Smith, 34, Stillwater County

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.ktvq.com/Global/story.asp?S=11086354

7 Sept 09

Search and rescue crews are looking for a missing Billings man in the West Rosebud area.

Stillwater County Deputy Cole Waltner says a resident noticed an SUV parked in the Pine Grove Campground off West Rosebud Rd on September 2nd.

Deputies tell Montana's News Station that the owner of SUV is Robin Gary Smith, 34, of Billings. Authorities were told he was fired from his job and went up the mountain.

Smith is described as being 5'8" tall, weighing 180 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Stillwater and Sweetgrass County Search and Rescue teams, as well as the Absaroka Search Dogs are concentrating their efforts up the West Rosebud drainage.

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[Tonia]

Search for missing man suspended

A two-week search in Stillwater County for a missing Billings man has been suspended.

Stillwater County Sheriff's Deputy Cole Waltner said the field search for Robin Gary Smith was suspended at noon Monday. Waltner is continuing to investigate Smith's disappearance.
Waltner said the field search has been expansive with six dog teams from Absaroka Search Dogs and Western Montana Search Dogs that joined seven teams of searchers from the Stillwater and Sweetgrass counties search and rescue groups. They covered the areas around the Mystic Lake Trail and Frozen to Death Plateau, Waltner said.

"We covered thousands of acres," Waltner said. "We covered 400 acres alone yesterday (Sunday). We were putting all our resources into this and dealing with really steep terrain; rock slides; heavy, heavy downfall; cliffs and river crossings."

http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_42181832-a184-11de-a43d-001cc4c03286.html