Wife of Selma hiker found alive after he went missing for two weeks gives update
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- Search teams used 50 personnel and aircraft to cover 280 square miles.
- Dailey survived two weeks, hiked about 12 miles before rescuers found him.
- Family says he had food for two weeks; hospital reports improving condition.
It was a tough two weeks as searchers looked for missing Selma man Ron Dailey.
Finally, relief came on Saturday as other hunters found Dailey alive, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
Dailey was found on the Swamp Lake trail. Deputies and EMS were able to talk to him.
Dailey had been missing since Oct. 13, when he did not return from a hunting trip, deputies said.
His wife, Glenda Dailey, posted on social media Sunday that her husband is resting and will share more soon.
“The hospital staff are pumping him with fluids and his color is coming back,” she wrote.
She gave thanks to the men who located her husband after prayers.
“To the men who went down that road and found him, I am eternally grateful for you,” she wrote. “I cannot wait to meet you.
A full search-and-rescue operation had been ongoing since Oct. 13, Sheriff’s spokesperson Tony Botti said.
Dailey had told his family he was headed to the Shaver Lake/Courtright Reservoir area in Fresno County.
Up to 50 personnel were on the ground and multiple aircraft were flying using infrared and other technology in the search for him. The search area was 280 square miles.
Deputies said Dailey left the morning of Oct. 13 and was supposed to be back home in the evening, but had not been heard from since.
A winter storm hit the area that night and the next day, with snow in the higher elevations of the area.
Deputies said that when Dailey is hunting, he travels down small roads and dirt paths off Dinkey Creek Road and McKinley Grove Road.
Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig shared an update that Dailey had food for two weeks, “but had to hike about 12 miles down before they found him.”
“He knew he had to do something to get out before hunting season closed.”
Magsig said Dailey didn’t suffer serious injuries, but was “beat up for his hike down.”
He added that Dailey’s silver 2002 Dodge Dakota got stuck because of the terrain.
This story was originally published November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM.
