Interview with Lead Investigator Pruit.
Part 1
Pruitt - There haven't been very many cases like this. I have never worked a missing child case with all these different entities and agencies involved.
My day - I check tipline and voicemail when I first get here. I do phone calls and follow ups on any credible leads I've got. I follow up on anything that I didn't get to a good conclusion the day before. Then I go into normal caseload, of any new cases I've got. Follow-ups on them.
Reporter - They've received nearly 2000 tips.
I will follow up on everything I can to try to bring closure for this.
Reporter - Self-proclaimed online investigators and social media sleuths, have turned this case into a mess of ideas and tips. And tips have come in from everywhere across the US and even overseas. That help, Pruitt says, has led to little more than time wasted.
If these people want to help so much, we always accept applications to certify the individuals

.
I believe that she would probably be somewhere close by. We've found nothing to lead us to believe that she's been abducted or trafficked out of the area.
I'm not going to let it go cold.
Part 2
Pruitt - It's sporadic, I mean one day you might get five leads, the next couple of days you might not get anything. It's been an active investigation. I've been devoted to since it first occurred.
The wandering away, sneaking off to go play or whatever she may have done. That is a viable option.
People are probably tired of hearing this, all possibilities are on the table. We're not completely eliminating the abduction idea. But there's nothing to lead us to believe that we need to focus on that alone.
She's was like 3ft. 40 lbs. It would be a lot easier for her to get through some of the foliage and she's lower to the ground, smaller body, a lot more flexible.
We have gone through reams and reams of data. We've collected statements. We've chased down every credible lead that has been given to us. And we are still not much further along than when we started. Surveillance videos, gps locations, cell phone tracking, cell phone data, electronic data. Anything that we can think of to get our hands on.
I would hope that she's still alive somewhere, but we also have to be open to the idea that, that is no longer a possibility.