GREAT FALLS — The Cascade County Attorney's Office on Thursday released the dispatch log from the 911 call made by John VanGuilder the night that Amy Harding-Permann was reported missing.

The 911 call came in at around 8 p.m. on the night of January 26th. The caller - Harding's boyfriend, John VanGilder - said that she was intoxicated and throwing punches at him before she left the house. About an hour later, Search and Rescue was put on standby for a possible river rescue.

They also put a call out requesting that a thermal imager be put on standby as well. About two and a half hours after Harding left the house, officials tried to ping her phone and also contacted family and friends, to no avail. Search and Rescue deployed crews to cross the river to sure sure it was safe for other crews. Nearly four hours into her disappearance, Homeland Security was called to see if they could do a fly-over with their thermal imager; unfortunately, they learned the helicopter was down for maintenance.



Harding was officially listed as a missing person just before 4 a.m.

Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter told MTN News on Wednesday that they're continuing to explore numerous leads in their investigation into her disappearance.

He says officers will likely be doing a helicopter search this weekend, following up on several possible leads. If you have any information about Amy’s whereabouts, you are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 406-454-6979.

Here is an excerpt from the Dispatch log of the timeline:

01/26/20 20:20:41 | SAYS SHE KEEPS JUMPING ON HIM

01/26/20 20:20:48 | AMY HERMAN IS FEMALE

01/26/20 20:20:59 | NO WEAPONS

01/26/20 20:21:03 | CP SAID SHE MAY BE LEAVING

01/26/20 20:21:05 | D spatch

01/26/20 20:21:08 | IS HIGHLY INTOX

01/26/20 20:21:16 | DRIVES A RED COLORADO

01/26/20 20:21:28 | 2-31, 2-44 | D spatch

01/26/20 20:22:11 | PHONE KEPT CUTTING OUT- CALL DROPPED

01/26/20 20:22:23 | BACK INSIDE NOW

01/26/20 20:22:27 | FIGHTING CP

01/26/20 20:22:32 | HITTING CP AND THROWING PUNCHES

01/26/20 20:23:01 | Arr ved

01/26/20 20:23:07 | UNABLE TO STAY SEPARATED FROM HER

01/26/20 20:23:51 | REF MED

01/26/20 20:28:53 | 2-31, 2-44 | Arr ved

01/26/20 20:32:52 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 20)

01/26/20 20:54:34 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 15)

01/26/20 21:09:58 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 30)

01/26/20 21:14:45 | 2-09 | Arr ved

01/26/20 21:20:37 | 2-09 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 15)

01/26/20 21:29:50 | 2-37 | D spatch

01/26/20 21:35:11 | STANDY SEARCH AND RESCUE FOR POSSIBLE ICE RESCUE

01/26/20 21:40:36 | 2-37 | Arr ved

01/26/20 21:40:52 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-09, 2-37, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 30)

01/26/20 21:41:10 | 2-21, 2-42 | D spatch

01/26/20 21:41:13 | 2-21, 2-42 | Arr ved

01/26/20 21:42:01 | SAR1 | D spatch

01/26/20 21:42:43 | SAR1 STANDBY PAGE SENT OUT

01/26/20 21:44:36 | BAT1 ON STANDBY WITH THERMAL IMAGGER IF NEEDED

01/26/20 21:46:25 | UPDATED SAR1 TO MEET AT 343 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 21:47:00 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 30)

01/26/20 21:48:15 | SAR 30 ACK PAGE

01/26/20 21:48:26 | SAR 10 ACK PAGE

01/26/20 21:48:54 | SAR 17 ENR TO SCENE

01/26/20 21:49:25 |SAR1 | Enroute

01/26/20 21:54:57 |SAR 25 ENR TO TRAINING BUILDING

01/26/20 21:57:28 |GFES ADV OF THE SITUATION

01/26/20 22:00:04 |306, 309, 299, 348 | D spatch

01/26/20 22:05:14 |2-31, 2-44 | Ava ab e

01/26/20 22:05:34 |SAR 36 ENR TO BUILDING TO MEET WITH SAR 25

01/26/20 22:07:33 |306, 309, 299, 348 | Arr ved

01/26/20 22:13:51 |SAR 25/36 ENR TO SCENE WITH SAR VEH

01/26/20 22:14:29 |306, 309, 299, 348 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 20)

01/26/20 22:17:28 |2-21, 2-42, 2-09, 2-37, 2-32 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 60)

01/26/20 22:19:22 |406 799 5877 PER BOYD TRY AND PING PHONE

01/26/20 22:19:28 |2-01 | D spatch

01/26/20 22:20:57 |AMY PHONE WITH AT&T

01/26/20 22:21:12 |SAR1 | Arr ved

01/26/20 22:22:43 |2-01 | Arr ved

01/26/20 22:32:24 |CONTACT 325 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 22:33:15 |Check Status

01/26/20 22:38:40 |C ear A arms

01/26/20 22:45:07 |306, 309, 299, 348 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 30)

01/26/20 22:46:10 |SAR DEPLOY ICE GUY TO CROSS THE RIVER TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE THENWILL ESCORT 32

01/26/20 22:46:53 |21 IS AT 317 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 22:54:24 |2-21 IS PARKED AT 307 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 22:55:26 | AT APPROX 2252 HRS 2-09 LEFT VM ON PHONE FOR AMY

01/26/20 23:05:32 | 2-21 BACK AT 343 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 23:17:54 | 299, 348 | C ear A arms

01/26/20 23:17:59 | 309 | C ear A arms

01/26/20 23:18:01 | 306 | C ear A arms

01/26/20 23:18:10 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-01, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42

01/26/20 23:30:54 | 299, 348 | Ava ab e

01/26/20 23:32:38 | 2-31, 2-44 | D spatch

01/26/20 23:37:16 | 306 | Ava ab e

01/26/20 23:40:31 | HAVE PD CHECK 213 39TH AVE NE TO SEE IF AMY IS AT THIS ADDY

01/26/20 23:41:31 | 2-31, 2-44 | Arr ved

01/26/20 23:44:43 | 3-31 IS AT 325 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 23:45:46 | DISREGARD HAVING PD CHECK 3

01/26/20 23:47:13 | DISREGARD HAVING PD CHECK 213 39TH AVE NE ***

01/26/20 23:47:24 | HAVE BAT1 MEET ON 325 FLOOD RD

01/26/20 23:48:04 | REQ PD CHECK 1313 15TH ST S TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A JACQUELIN TO SEE IF SHE HAS HAD CONTACT WITH AMY

01/26/20 23:51:49 333 | D spatch

01/26/20 23:51:51 | 344 | D spatch

01/26/20 23:53:48 | LAST TIME WE TRIED TO CONTACT JACKIE SHE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE

01/26/20 23:54:12 | 344 | Arr ved

01/26/20 23:54:24 | 2-01 CALLED JACKIE AND SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS NOT TOO CONCERNED, HE ASK THAT WE TRY TO PRESS HER

01/26/20 23:55:33 | CALL HOMELAND SECURITY SEE IF THEY CAN FLY BY WITH THERMAL IMAGER

01/26/20 23:56:44 | 333 | Arr ved

01/27/20 00:00:18 | 333, 344 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 10)

01/27/20 00:00:18 | 333, 344 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 10)

01/27/20 00:03:05 | HOMELAND SECURITY ADV WORKING ON A CALL OUT

01/27/20 00:03:05 | HOMELAND SECURITY ADV WORKING ON A CALL OUT

01/27/20 00:08:11 | 344 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 00:08:11 | 344 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 00:10:59 | 333 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 10)

01/27/20 00:11:53 | 2-31, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 60)

01/27/20 00:11:53 | 2-31, 2-44 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 60)

01/27/20 00:18:27 | 333 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 00:18:31 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-01, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42 | Check Status

01/27/20 00:18:31 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-01, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42 | Check Status

01/27/20 00:20:55 | CALLING COMMAND POST AT MAFB

01/27/20 00:21:17 | HOMELAND SECURITY UNABLE TO FLY (HELO IN MAINTENANCE)

01/27/20 00:45:07 | 309 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 01:14:35 | 9 REQ SALLY 1 BE PAGED OUT FOR SOME WARM FOOD FOR THE RESPONDERS OUT THERE

01/27/20 01:18:32 | SALLY ONE HAS BEEN REQ

01/27/20 01:18:57 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-01, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42 | Check Status

01/27/20 01:34:02 | SALLY1 | D spatch

01/27/20 02:03:29 | 31 32 37 42 44 OFF THE ISLAND BACK AT THE HOUSE, 21 DRIVING EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER AND ALL SAR UNITS BACK AT THE HOUSE AS WELL.

01/27/20 02:03:41 | SALLY1 | Enroute

01/27/20 02:19:37 | 2-31, 2-32, 2-01, 2-37, 2-44, 2-09, 2-21, 2-42 | Check Status

01/27/20 03:09:26 | 2-37 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 03:19:53 | 2-21, 2-42 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:19:56 | 2-31, 2-44 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:19:58 | 2-09 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:20:05 | 2-01 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:20:08 | 2-32 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:23:29 | 2-31, 2-44 | Ungroup

01/27/20 03:37:47 | 2-31 | Arr ved

01/27/20 03:43:24 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 03:58:10 | UNK COLOR LS SHIRT , BLK YOGA PANTS, UNK TYPE SHOES

01/27/20 03:58:16 | ENTER AMY AS MISSING PERSON

01/27/20 04:11:23 | MKE/EME ORI/MT0070000 DEST/MT0070000 REQ/DEH9XXXXXX NAM/PERMANN, AMY ELAINE NIC/M465618276 OCA/M20-0261 MRI 7017892 IN: NC2S 1115 AT 27JAN2020 04:10:42 OUT: J02S00 8 AT 27JAN2020 04:10:42

01/27/20 04:25:10 MKE/EIM ORI/MT0070000 DEST/MT0070000 REQ/DEH9XXXXXX IMAGE IS ACCEPTED NIC/M465618276 IMN/I036245102 IMT/M MRI 7018213 IN: NC2S 1167 AT 27JAN2020 04:24:38 OUT:J02S00 13 AT 27JAN2020 04:24:38

01/27/20 04:28:10 | MKE/EMN ORI/MT0070000 DEST/MT0070000 REQ/DEH9XXXXXX SUPP NAM/PERMANN, AMY ELAINE NIC/M465618276 MRI 7018280 IN: NC2S 1180 AT 27JAN2020 04:28:01 OUT: J02S00 18 AT 27JAN2020 04:28:01

01/27/20 04:32:26 |BULLETIN ADDED

01/27/20 04:32:47 |2-44, 2-37 | Arr ved

01/27/20 04:32:53 |2-44, 2-37 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 04:34:03 |2-01 HEADING TO 436 25TH AVE NE

01/27/20 04:39:19 |321 | D spatch

01/27/20 04:47:53 |321 | Arr ved

01/27/20 04:53:47 |321 | Check Status (T me (m nutes): 15)

01/27/20 04:54:51 |ADDY IS NO GOOD NOW TRYING 213 RIVERVIEW 3E

01/27/20 04:57:59 | 321 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 04:58:11 | 2-01 CLEAR OF ADDYS

01/27/20 05:00:44 | SALLY1 | Arr ved

01/27/20 05:59:58 | 113 RIVERVIEW 8W IS POSS ADDRESS MATTHEW (PER 236 VIA POWERSCHOOL)

01/27/20 06:27:41 | 31 DID ANOTHER CHECK AROUND 341 FLOOD ROAD

01/27/20 06:27:46 | 2-44, 2-37 | Ungroup

01/27/20 06:27:54 | 2-31, 2-44 | Group

01/27/20 06:28:00 | 2-31, 2-44 | Arr ved

01/27/20 06:28:06 | 2-37 | Arr ved

01/27/20 06:29:04 | 2-34 | D spatch

01/27/20 06:29:20 | 2-43, 2-26 | D spatch

01/27/20 06:33:05 | Re-searched the grounds at 317 w th no resu ts. #42

01/27/20 06:34:38 | searched at 349 and spoke w th res dents. #31

01/27/20 06:36:43 | Re-searched the grounds at 307 F ood rd w th negat ve f nd ngs. #42

01/27/20 06:39:21 | 2-31, 2-44 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 06:39:24 | 2-37 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 06:39:42 | 2-43, 2-34, 2-26 | Arr ved

01/27/20 06:39:46 | 2-43, 2-26 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 06:39:55 | 2-34 | C ear A arms

01/27/20 06:42:07 | searched at 345 and spoke w th res dents. #31

01/27/20 06:49:28 | 2-21, 2-42 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 06:50:21 | 2-43 AT 341 FLOOD RD

01/27/20 06:53:13 | 2-34 | Un t Locat on (Locat on: 333 f ood rd) - 333 f ood rd

01/27/20 06:58:02 | 2-09 | Message - s&r, ccso n ght sh ft sa 1 and mafb a be ng re eased per 9

01/27/20 07:06:24 | SAR1 | Depart Scene (Locat on: Quarters)

01/27/20 07:06:39 | 26 c eear ng 341 f ood rd

01/27/20 07:07:39 | 2-31, 2-44 | Depart Scene (Locat on: 10-19)

01/27/20 07:08:56 | SALLY1 | Depart Scene (Locat on: Quarters)

01/27/20 07:10:14 | 2-37 | Depart Scene (Locat on: 10-19)

01/27/20 07:12:40 | resd c ear

01/27/20 07:14:21 | 2-31, 2-44 | At Stat on

01/27/20 07:16:21 | 2-43, 2-26 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 07:16:49 | 34 re eved 32 at scene

01/27/20 07:17:01 | 2-32, 2-09 | Depart Scene (Locat on: 10-19)

01/27/20 07:17:26 | 2-37 | At Stat on

01/27/20 07:20:04 | SAR1 | Arr ved Secondary (Locat on: Quarters) - sar17

01/27/20 07:24:48 | 2-09 | At Stat on

01/27/20 07:24:48 | 2-09 | At Stat on

01/27/20 07:25:38 | 2-37 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 07:25:38 | 2-37 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 07:27:22 | 2-32 | Un t Locat on (Locat on: 3800)

01/27/20 07:27:22 | 2-32 | Un t Locat on (Locat on: 3800)

01/27/20 07:32:20 | SALLY1 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 07:32:20 | SALLY1 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 07:32:32 | 2-31, 2-44 | Ungroup

01/27/20 07:43:48 | sar 25 n qtrs

01/27/20 08:23:20 | 2-09 | Ava ab e

01/27/20 08:34:11 | 2-04 | D spatch

01/27/20 08:35:04 | LEBRUN CONTACTED BENEFIS AND SHE HAS NOT SHOWN UP FOR WORK

We talked with Sheriff Slaughter on Wednesday about the case; here is what he told us:



We are currently at this point in time we are going through multiple leads through our investigation. I’m not going to discuss those leads, but yes, we have been sifting through multiple leads and we will be ramping up the search again this weekend based upon those leads we’ve been working on.

It would be irresponsible at this point in time to have any of those leads go “cold” and the reason being is we haven't found Amy yet. One of the biggest mistakes we could make as investigators is to start ruling things out when we actually haven't found her.

I have given direction to all the investigators we have involved in this, that everything is still a possibility. All the leads are still open and to investigate those leads thoroughly.

We are talking to people that aren't local because there are people that are connected to her and other people involved in the investigation that aren’t local.

We will be doing a helicopter search I believe Saturday or Sunday and we have some more follow-up searches this weekend. It will be a pretty intense weekend with searches. Part of it is the weather and part of it is also when we learn about the information then we can react on it. The weather does play a factor in what we do, that is for sure.

There’s a massive amount of information that we’re taking in. We are then having to analyze all of that. And then it is creating leads. And leads are coming up in this investigation daily or hourly as far as that goes.

Unfortunately, and I’ll reiterate this, we cant really close any of those leads until we find Amy.

Missing people have been found 20 years later alive and well, so I don’t speculate on that, I think it’s natural for the public to always speculate the worst if they can't locate someone quickly.

What can happen is you don't have any leads. Which in this three week period of time you guys have seen us ramp up, and slow down, and ramp up and slow down. Well, we ramp up based on the information that we have so that we can search correctly.

We are going to search diligently, we’re going to follow leads diligently, we’re going to investigate. And then there might come a period of time where we don't have the leads that we had, or we’re waiting on more information to come from, say, a crime lab or a cell phone, or what have you. There’s lots of different avenues that we could get information. Sometimes we are in a waiting period and sometimes we don't have any more leads. Then you get leads and you ramp up again. So the reality of that is you never really are going to give up on it, and just say, 'Oh, we’re done.' We’re not going to do that. The truth of the matter is only really Amy knows where Amy is at this point.

If you have any information about Amy’s whereabouts, you are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 406-454-6979.

JANUARY 27: Great Falls woman reported missing

JANUARY 28: Volunteers needed to help search for Amy

JANUARY 29: Volunteers help search for Amy Harding

JANUARY 30: "Multiple agencies" working to find Amy Harding

JANUARY 31: Sheriff: the search for Amy Harding continues

FEBRUARY 10: Search for Amy Harding enters third week

FEBRUARY 10: Search for Amy Harding enters third week

