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Posted: 9:28 AM Sep 6, 2008
Last Updated: 3:31 PM Sep 9, 2008
Reporter: Kristina Hamilton
Email Address: Kristina.Hamilton@wjhg.com


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Members of the volunteer search and recovery organization Equusearch spent their third day Friday looking for missing 3-year-old caylee Anthony of Orlando. Those volunteers are getting some help from some Northwest Florida volunteers.

Members of several area search and rescue teams left Friday night to join in the case that's grabbed national attention.

While everyone else is loosing hope of finding Caylee Anthony, these local men are plan to spend the weekend looking for the 3-year-old.

"We always have hope we always look for someone that's alive and hope for the best."

A group of about 15 trained search and rescue members from various teams across the area will joins the national group Equusearch in central Florida.

Caylee's been missing since June. Earlier this week authorities in Orlando said they believe the child is dead.

But Don Minchew of Wewahitchka Search and Rescue hasn't lost hope of finding Caylee alive. While success will captivate the nation, Minchew says his reward will be of a personal nature.

"If you’re in search and rescue, any search and rescue organization, the only reward you look for is self gratification of helping someone in adverse conditions."

Equusearch asked Bay County's search and rescue team for some extra manpower. When the request came, there was no hesitation. In fact, the group recruited more help from the Bay and Gulf County sheriff's offices and Wewahitchka's search and rescue team.

As for the investigation, Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, who is the prime suspect in the girl's disappearance, was re-released from jail Friday. Her initial bond on child abuse and providing false statements to investigators charges was revoked when sheriff's investigators filed new theft charges against her.

But these men aren't getting involved in the investigation. Their only concern is finding the little girl, whatever that entails.

"When we got to a search we stay till they tell us it's over or we find what we are after. You know like on a drowning, we stay till we recover a person and hopeful we'll do that this weekend."

The local search members plan to stay in Orlando through the weekend, returning home late Sunday night.

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Posted by: silva Location: chipley on Oct 29, 2008 at 09:45 AM
i think the mother deff. did it. they found so much stuff tracking back at her! the trunk stuff...lil girls pants,gas cans,poisin and all. come on theres pretty much evertying u need to no.

Posted by: pamela Location: Texas on Sep 7, 2008 at 04:44 PM
Give Tim Miller and all the searchers a Yahoo! With no help from the family it has got to be pure dedication to the Victim that keeps them going! Godspeed.

Posted by: Sylvia Location: Freeport, FL on Sep 6, 2008 at 01:20 PM
This woman should not be walking free. Between her & her family is hiding something and I do think they all should answer to where this child is. Her family has to know something. I pray & hope they find her even if she's no longer with us but gives the court all the right to ask for death on this case. As a mother and grandmother I do not understand these people at all and I would do all I could even if t means going to jail to get my daughter to tell me WHAT HAPPENED TO MY GRANDCHILD? She would rather be in jail than be in my house as me being her parent. She's an adult and must answer to this. As for the neighbors having to deal with all this-just shut up and stay indoors and maybe just maybe this will make this mother break and talk to the place her child is at.

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