An IT specialist from Komi spent a week wandering around the entrances and shops of Cherepovets

IT specialist and part-time father of many children Vladimir Kozlov from Syktyvkar found himself in an unfamiliar city without any support. The details of the incredible story were told by volunteer search engines from the LizaAlert detachment in the Vologda region. An application to search for Vladimir was received on the squad’s hotline on the evening of February 21, but only a few days later, on February 24, it was possible to begin working with this application. Search engines literally followed in the footsteps of the city dweller.

With the help of cameras, it was possible to track the first movements of the missing person and take a current photograph of him. Volunteers found out that an ambulance was called for Vladimir, and that there was an unknown patient in the city hospital who was a good age match. The female volunteer went to the medical facility, but by this time the patient had already left. However, the survey showed that the mysterious patient was not Vladimir, since not all signs coincided.

Volunteers did not give up and distributed the orientation on social networks, and this helped to obtain important evidence. During the first day of working with the application, it was possible to find out that Vladimir was seen in the entrances and shops. There were no other leads, but important information was provided by a woman who saw the missing man near the same house two days in a row. Vladimir was without things, perhaps he had been robbed; there was a laptop in his bag.

The search continued, and they focused on one yard, where Vladimir was almost all days. Volunteers examined every meter of this territory, interviewed taxi drivers, people at the bus station, in shops, and passers-by. As a result, they found objects in the entrances indicating that Vladimir had spent the night there.

Around 10 am, a message came that Vladimir had been at the Magnit store across the street from the station just 20 minutes ago. Photos from the camera confirmed that it was him. Then it became known that a man who was recorded on video in the store entered one of the entrances in the same yard. A few minutes later the long-awaited message arrived: “found!”

On February 27, Vladimir was with his family in Komi, and how he got there is a separate story, more like a quest, the Lisa Alert search team reported.