Andy Lloyd is optimistic he will hug his sister again.
Andy, the brother of Jessica Elizabeth Lloyd —who has been missing since Thursday night — said he and his family are "very hopeful" Jessica will be found.
"We're just trying to get the word out to make sure she comes home safe," he said.
The last time anyone heard from the 27-year-old was at 10:36 p.m. Thursday when she texted a friend.
It wasn't until Friday, however, that her family suspected something was wrong. Jessica didn't show up for work at at Tri-Board Student Transportation Services which, family told police, is "out of character" for her.
Andy, who describes his sister as "very social" with "a lot of friends," said she would not go away without letting her family know where she is.
The fact that her car, purse, wallet and identification were found at her Thurlow home — where she lived alone — has city police calling the young woman's disappearance "suspicious."
Belleville deputy police Chief Paul Vandegraaf said his officers, including members of the Tactical Team, the ATV Unit, and Auxiliary Police Unit, along with the Stirling-Rawdon Police Service, continued the ground search Sunday. Saturday's efforts turned up nothing.
Vandegraaf was tight-lipped about specifics, saying the police "are not going to speak about the investigative techniques being used. That could jeopardize the investigation."
"We want this to come to a successful ending as quickly as possible," he added.
The CFB Trenton search and rescue helicopter scoured the area around the missing woman's house, located just north of Harmony Road on Highway 37 Saturday. The OPP also brought in its helicopter Sunday morning.
"We focused most of our efforts today on some search and rescue type things," he said. "We have a large contingent of the police service and assisting agencies helping us so we can move forward."
Vandegraaf said officers also carried out interviews Sunday to gather additional information.
"We've received information from all sorts of different sources over the last 24 hours," he said. "We're following up any of that information that can potentially assist us."
Andy said there has been an outpouring of support from people in the community since his sister disappeared. A Facebook page dedicated to finding her had more than 15,000 members as of Sunday evening.
"The support has been great," Andy said. "It's kind of overwhelming. My family and I greatly appreciate all the community (support), from people that didn't even meet her."
A plethora of volunteers joined in searching for Jessica Saturday, helping police canvass the area around her residence.
Vandegraaf said Saturday officers were "conducting a very methodical co-ordinated search of the immediate area around that house. We will continue to broaden that search area as we get more information."
Also Saturday, a large group of family and friends gathered outside a Belleville Tim Hortons. Family, friends and hundreds of volunteers were handing out posters in cities and towns across the region.
The posters being issued by family has a picture of Lloyd and a full description of what she looks like.
Lloyd is described as five-foot-five and 125 pounds, with green eyes and dark brown shoulder length hair. She has a tattoo of an intricate "L" that spans the width of her lower back.
Police said she may be wearing brown suede boots with white stitching and possibly a sweater and vest, but no other clothing descriptors are available at this time.
Also on the posters is the name of a man who is listed as a person of interest.
Vandegraaf, however, said it is too early to make any assumptions that the man is a person of interest to the police.
"We're really early in this investigation," Vandegraaf said. "We're looking at all sorts of different angles to the story. That name is one of many names that we have been given to follow up with. We don't know what, if any involvement, this person may or may not have."
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