Police say a police dog named Boomer helps locate a missing 96-year-old man who went missing in dense wooded terrain near his home in Lutz, Florida. According to the report, the search takes place among thick trees and foliage, making it difficult to find the man using standard efforts. Boomer is brought in as part of the search operation and uses scent-detection to track the missing person through the forest area. The dog quickly identifies the man’s location, and the 96-year-old is found after being lost in the wooded surroundings. The accounts describe the rescue moment as rapid once the dog begins tracking, with Boomer leading responders to the man in a forest setting near where he was last seen. The sources provide limited additional details about the timeline, the man’s condition, or the exact circumstances leading to him becoming lost, but they agree on the core outcome: the missing elderly man is located by the police dog during the search.