May 29 2006 12:00AM
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Associated Press
Minot, N.D. - Three bloodhounds brought in from southern North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota have failed to turn up any trace of missing 3-year-old Reachelle Smith.
Police Capt. Al Hanson said dogs and their handlers on Monday searched the entire length of the Mouse River in Minot, a distance of about 5 miles. Part of the river was pumped dry over the weekend, and divers had searched it last week.
"We have no reason to believe that the river hasn't been more than
adequately searched," Hanson said.
The bloodhounds and their handlers searched several sites in Minot over the weekend, including a park and a gravel pit near town.
Hanson said the bloodhounds may be used in future searches.
"If we develop more leads, the handlers said they would be more than happy to come back," he said.
Reachelle has not been seen at her Minot home since the night of May 16. Hundreds of people have been involved in the search.
Hanson said more ground and air searches may happen this week. He said the
search would be halted "when we run out of ideas or leads completely - and that
hasn't happened.
"Searchers on Saturday also returned to the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, where the body of Leigh Cowen, 22, was found in a van on May 23. Authorities say he knew Reachelle's family and they suspected he had taken the girl.
They said he killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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