TROY, Ohio ( WDTN ) — Troy officials have been on alert all week after a 14-year-old girl first went missing on Jan. 31. Over the weekend, the search for her continued.
Crews have been combing through parts of the Great Miami River where it is believed she was last seen.
So far, there have been no new updates on the disappearance of Ellie Carder. Saturday marked Day 5 of the search.
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Several groups have worked together this past week, searching along the Great Miami River using K-9s, boats and drones, searching for any clues that could lead them to finding Carder.
Texas Equusearch has now joined the search team, with crews heading out around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. The team used drones along the river to search for any clues to Carder’s whereabouts.
“It means a lot for the families to find this missing girl, you know, for the whole community to bring bring her back,” said Danny Siekbert, who works for the Midwest branch of Equusearch. “We’ll be doing at least two miles down, maybe a little further. We’re going to try and focus on the river and the areas around it.”