08-08-2011, 03:48 PM
Daily Dunklin Democrat
SENATH, Mo. -- Senath Police Chief Omar Karnes said the search for missing 3-year-old Breeann Rodriguez will be a daily priority until the child is found.
"It will be a daily thing until we find her or find out what happened," Karnes said. "It turns this community upside down.
Earlier this afternoon, Karnes was asked for an update on the case, to which he replied, "We've had a few new leads. There is nothing changed, still no evidence. Nothing other than a missing child."
Karnes was also asked why an Amber Alert has not been issued.
"It doesn't meet the criteria for an Amber Alert yet, " Karnes said. "There are no signs of foul play or an abduction. It is just a missing child [case] right now."
Karnes said authorities are out in full force looking for the little girl.
"We are searching again, all of the areas," Karnes said. "We have done a house-to-house all over Senath. We've looked in everybody's backyard, we've looked in sheds, under vehicles...ditchbanks, field rows, cotton fields, and we are going back over them again today.
We've had arial searches [with] helicopters, fixed wing planes...We'll have a helicopter back up this afternoon. Several agents from the FBI task force are out."
The police chief reiterated that the person of interest who was questioned on Saturday night was a dead end, and has been released.
"We had a person of interest," Karnes said. "He has been released. The investigation is continuing. We are looking at all leads. Right now, we have no suspects. We've heard a lot of rumors and got a lot of tips, but nothing has panned out just yet.
"We do have some evidence that has been sent to the crime lab under a rush order. I don't know how it is going to come out.
"A phone call that the child is alive would be a relief."
SENATH, Mo. -- Senath Police Chief Omar Karnes said the search for missing 3-year-old Breeann Rodriguez will be a daily priority until the child is found.
"It will be a daily thing until we find her or find out what happened," Karnes said. "It turns this community upside down.
Earlier this afternoon, Karnes was asked for an update on the case, to which he replied, "We've had a few new leads. There is nothing changed, still no evidence. Nothing other than a missing child."
Karnes was also asked why an Amber Alert has not been issued.
"It doesn't meet the criteria for an Amber Alert yet, " Karnes said. "There are no signs of foul play or an abduction. It is just a missing child [case] right now."
Karnes said authorities are out in full force looking for the little girl.
"We are searching again, all of the areas," Karnes said. "We have done a house-to-house all over Senath. We've looked in everybody's backyard, we've looked in sheds, under vehicles...ditchbanks, field rows, cotton fields, and we are going back over them again today.
We've had arial searches [with] helicopters, fixed wing planes...We'll have a helicopter back up this afternoon. Several agents from the FBI task force are out."
The police chief reiterated that the person of interest who was questioned on Saturday night was a dead end, and has been released.
"We had a person of interest," Karnes said. "He has been released. The investigation is continuing. We are looking at all leads. Right now, we have no suspects. We've heard a lot of rumors and got a lot of tips, but nothing has panned out just yet.
"We do have some evidence that has been sent to the crime lab under a rush order. I don't know how it is going to come out.
"A phone call that the child is alive would be a relief."