The sheriff's department won't know until Monday whether anything found in the search will yield clues in a case that has produced few leads.
Detectives still hope for phone tips to help solve the case.
Saturday morning's sweep was not connected to two tips the sheriff's department received Wednesday, said Detective Tom Thorson. They were not looking for anything specific, Thorson said. We're scouring for anything in general. Thorson said he could discuss what was found Monday, after he sorts through it and decides what should be discarded, what should be sent to a lab for tests, and what should be examined more closely. Investigators have had little to go on since the Springfield girl's partially clothed body was found Nov. 18 in a farm pond off Missouri 266 at Farm Road 99, near where Saturday's search took place.