Hayward, Dublin police searching Garrido property for clues this morning
By Eric Kurhi
The Oakland Tribune
Posted: 09/15/2009 09:12:55 AM PDT
Updated: 09/15/2009 09:51:05 AM PDT
ANTIOCH Following up on "probably the strongest lead that's ever come in," Hayward police this morning converged on the Garrido property where kidnapped girl Jaycee Dugard was held, seeking clues in the Michaela Garecht case.
Garecht was snatched from outside a Hayward grocery store in 1988.
Dublin police also are involved, searching for links to Ilene Misheloff, who was 13 when she was abducted in 1989 in Dublin.
"Each agency has its own focus we're looking for specific things," Hayward police Lt. Christine Orrey said. Officers are looking for specific items that El Dorado County authorities were not interested in.
Those items include a pair of pearl-colored earrings that resemble feathers, a white T-shirt with "Metro" written across the front, denim pants, flesh-colored nylons and black shoes the outfit that Michaela wore when she disappeared.
Orrey said they also are looking for disturbed soil that could indicate a grave site. They are bringing in a magnetometer and ground-penetrating radar, which she does not think were used in previous searches.
Orrey said they expect the search to last at least through the weekend.
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