Though HaLeigh was last seen in Putnam County, it’s not just the sheriff’s office there that’s looking for her, said Capt. Dominic Piscitello, chief of detectives at the sheriff’s office. Instead, the ongoing, multi-jurisdictional case is still being pursued by law enforcement at all levels.
“Our goal is to bring this child back to her family,” Piscitello said, adding that the case isn’t just any other case. “She becomes like part of your own family.”
Piscitello said he personally evaluates the leads that come in. “I know the case pretty well. I look at it every day.”
When something like the anniversary of the day she went missing happens, leads come in more frequently, Piscitello said.