Hundreds Search For 'Endangered Child'

A daylong search for a missing7-year-old North Florida girl who vanished on her way home fromschool has produced more than 150 leads, but the child remainedmissing.

By: Katie Hammond | WKRG-TV
Published: October 20, 2009

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A daylong search for a missing
7-year-old North Florida girl who vanished on her way home from
school has produced more than 150 leads, but the child remained
missing.
More than 100 Clay County deputies, law enforcement officers
from neighboring counties, the FBI and the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement scoured the residential Orange Park neighborhood
Tuesday looking for Somer Thompson.
Sgt. Dan Mahla, a Clay County detective, said horses, dogs,
divers and helicopters have been used in the search, which began
Monday afternoon when the child failed to return home from school.
Officials have no idea what happened to the child, but Mahla
says they believe it is foul.
The Amber Alert was issued at 9 a.m. Tuesday by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement.