Dog leads deputy to 86-year-old woman after fall in Shalimar

An 86-year-old woman who fell while walking a family dog in the Florida Panhandle was found late on Sept. 25 after the dog led a passing deputy to her location, authorities said. The woman, who was walking her son's dog Eeyore in the Shalimar area around 10:30 p.m., had not returned home and her husband reported her missing, according to body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

The husband told responding Deputy Devon Miller that his wife "never takes more than 10 or 15 minutes" and that it had been almost an hour, footage shows. After collecting a brief description of the dog, Deputy Miller returned to her patrol vehicle and soon spotted Eeyore. She exited the car and called to the dog, who then ran across a yard and onto a nearby golf course, leading the deputy to the woman, who was lying on a sidewalk, alert and conscious.

"I've got you ma'am," Deputy Miller can be heard saying in the footage as she ran to the woman. The woman's injuries were not disclosed by authorities, though paramedics were summoned and later transported her to a medical facility for evaluation. As the deputy waited for emergency crews, the woman — who identified herself as...