Troy police and other search crews wrapped up their third day of looking for a missing 14-year-old girl.
Ellie Carder was last seen during the evening hours of Jan. 31 in the area of E. Staunton Rd. and Michigan Ave. heading toward the Great Miami River.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, search crews spent hours searching for Carder along the river from Troy to Tipp City Thursday.
Police found Carder’s backpack just down the stream from the State Route 41 bridge in the middle of an island in the river.
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Day three of investigators’ search for Carder involved drones, dogs, and crews searching on foot and by boat.
News Center 7 spokes to Troy police right after they finished covering a seven-mile stretch of the river.
“Now what we’re going to do is regroup north in Troy again and try to kind of prioritize a certain area. Not that there’s been any new developments. We just want to really go through, you know, third, fourth time to see if there’s been any changes,” said Captain Dominic Burnside.