The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has announced that Ragina Garrison, 49, of Perryville Road, is the missing woman for whom law enforcement is currently searching in the town of Fenner. Garrison was reported missing late Tuesday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office.
Law enforcement personnel have been searching for Garrison since Tuesday evening, and called off the search at about 11 p.m. that night, said Madison County Undersheriff John Ball. Police resumed the search first thing Wednesday morning, he said.
“We’re still trying to put it together; it’s very much a live investigation. We are tracking leads now,” Ball said.
Law enforcement and emergency response personnel from three counties and three state agencies are currently on the scene on Perryville Road in Fenner, just before the Canastota town line. More than one dozen vehicles from the Madison and Chenango County sheriff’s offices, were on the scene of the makeshift headquarters this afternoon, as were New York State Forest Rangers, New York State Park Police, New York State Police, K-9 units, special operation units, SWAT teams and, at 12:09 p.m., Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office Air-1 helicopter arrived to assist in the search.
Sheriff’s Office officials are not releasing how or why Garrison went missing on Tuesday. Ball said Garrison was last seen wearing blue jeans and a long-sleeved pink or salmon color shirt.
If you see Garrison, have any information on her whereabouts, or were in the area of Perryville Road yesterday afternoon and witnessed anything unusual, you are asked to contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at 366-2311.