Soon after Jaidyn was reported missing, local and state police launched an intensive, 20 day missing person's search. The search for Jaidyn is believed to have been the largest since the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967, leading national headlines to proclaim “Where is Jaidyn?”. The search was unsuccessful, largely hampered by lack of witnesses, false tips to police, and the extensive geographic area that needed to be searched.