Last week, we welcomed Paul Martin of HRD Specialized K-9 Training Est. 2002 to the Pacific Northwest for a Clandestine Graves & Cold Cases K9 SAR workshop. 12 handlers and their K9 partners from throughout Washington State, along with a few observers, went through a rigorous process to learn how to do detailed search for faint odors often required in old cold cases where teams may be asked to search for small bones. A couple of days were spent in the Machias Community Cemetery and the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Snohomish County working graves over 100 years old. Teams were also working parallel with ground penetrating radar on a real scenario at the Machias Community Cemetery and were able to determine that a grave in a family plot suspected to be empty indeed had a body buried, though the grave right next to it was empty. With this information in hand, family members are now able to make plans going forward.