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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Texas EquuSearch is marking its 25th anniversary in |
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2025, providing a fitting opportunity to commend the organization |
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for its exceptional work; and |
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WHEREAS, In August 2000, Tim Miller founded Texas EquuSearch |
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as a horse-mounted search and recovery team for the Galveston |
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County area; the nonprofit is dedicated to the memory of Mr. |
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Miller's daughter, Laura Miller, who was abducted and murdered in |
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Galveston County in 1984; and |
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WHEREAS, Headquartered near Houston in Dickinson, Texas |
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EquuSearch is a search and recovery organization that provides |
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services at the request of families and law enforcement personnel; |
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Mr. Miller serves as executive director of the award-winning |
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organization, and under his guidance, thousands of volunteers have |
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assisted with some 2,800 lost and missing person and murder victim |
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cases in nearly all 50 states and in multiple countries; to date, |
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more than 800 missing persons have been returned to their loved |
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ones; and |
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WHEREAS, The organization's resources have evolved over |
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time, and its highly skilled searchers are now utilizing the most |
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up-to-date technologies and methodologies, including side-scan |
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sonar, ground-penetrating radar, and sophisticated mapping |
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techniques; case research begins with the review of social media |
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accounts, the collection of security footage, and the analysis of |
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cell phone data, and boats, aircraft, drones, all-terrain vehicles, |
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and K-9 teams are also employed on search and recovery missions; and |
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WHEREAS, For a quarter century, Texas EquuSearch has rendered |
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invaluable service to distraught families experiencing the trauma |
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of a missing loved one and provided closure to many criminal cases, |
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and all those associated with the nonprofit are indeed deserving of |
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special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Texas EquuSearch on its 25th |
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anniversary and extend to the organization's staff and volunteers |
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sincere appreciation for their dedication to their important |
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mission; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Texas EquuSearch as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |