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JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County - The search for the missing 3-year-old girl from Onslow County has passed the 24-hour mark.
3-year-old Mariah Woods was reported missing around 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning, Sheriff Hans Miller confirmed.
Mariah was last seen the night before, on November 26, when her mother put her to bed. An Amber Alert was issued later in the evening, hours after the little girl was reported missing.
The 24-hour mark brings a big significance to the investigation, as the first 48 hours following a child's disappearance are most critical for finding and returning that child home safely.
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Law enforcement officials are confirming that federal agents are going house to house and searching all abandoned cars. Officials said their area of focus is the land behind the line of houses where she went missing, which is marine property.
The Sheriff's dept not asking for assistance from civilians right now and K-9 units were going down both directions of Dawson Cabin Road as of 10:27 a.m.
K-9 units arrived on the scene at 10:00 a.m.
As of 9:30 a.m. this morning, FBI, NCIS, Onslow Sheriff's Department, and military police are on the scene continuing the search for Mariah Woods.
Mariah's mother, Kristy Hunter, posted this message on her Facebook page:
"I am sitting here can't sleep just thinking of m my babygirl, mommy loves you praying your safe and i will see you and your beatuiful smile. Plz everyone pray thank you for everyone who has helped today it shared her pics."
The military police had a mobile command unit set up yesterday, officials confirmed. As our reporters arrived on scene today, officials were setting it up again.
Crime tape still surrounds the house.
