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 Her initial bond on child abuse and providing false statements to investigators charges was revoked when sheriff's investigators filed new theft charges against her.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.