A large search was underway Wednesday along the Great Miami River for a missing 14-year-old girl.
Ellie Carder was last seen last Wednesday evening in the area of E. Staunton Rd. and Michigan Ave. heading toward the Great Miami River, according to Troy Police Chief Shawn McKinney.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5 p.m., crews were searching since at least 8:30 a.m., some in the air with a helicopter and some in the water where Carder’s backpack was found.
McKinney said Carder was leaving her friend’s home last Wednesday night and was walking by the river before she went missing.
Six days later they found her bookbag in the water.
McKinney described what was inside.
“School papers in there and some other information that verified it belonged to her,” McKinney said.
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That bag is one of the main reasons why crews were there in the first place, but also because the night she was last seen a nearby factory heard something.