More than 100 volunteers worked their way through wooded areas Saturday to find clues that would lead them to 12-year-old Naomi Jones. 
 
 State, local and federal agencies have partnered together for a massive search effort. 
 
 Significant resources have been dedicated to the investigation, including extensive ground and air searches, as well as special trained search teams. 
 
 Police say they are centering their efforts near the Aspen Village Apartments on East Johnson Avenue, which is where Jones -- who has been missing since Wednesday -- lives. 
 
 Neighbors like Ella Richardson hope the 12-year-old return home safely. 
 
 "It's scary, it's scary, it brings me back to the Hiawatha girl back in Mobile," Richardson said. 
 
 Search crews along with K-9's and their handlers searched the area where she lives all morning Saturday, but there was no word if any additional tips were given, or if any clues were even found. 
 
 Volunteers say that even without a sign of Naomi, they are still relentless with the search. 
 
 "I've seen a lot of the community come together over this. Unfortunately, a lot of Pensacola still does not know she's missing," said volunteer Amber Wright. "We've come across a lot of people, just when I'm out and about mentioning it or anything like that, they have no idea that this has even happened." 
 
 
 
 Other volunteers, like Paul Hulen, said the search is worth it because a missing child is every parent's worst nightmare. 
 
 "It could easily be my child, that was my motivation, what if it was my child out there," Hulen said. 
 
 Police say they are continuing to pursue their leads, and also announced Saturday that federal and state agencies are offering a $20,000 reward for any info that would lead to Naomi's whereabouts. 
 
 
 
 The ECSO will hold a press conference at Olive Baptist Church at 6 a.m. Monday to update the community on the search efforts for Naomi. 
 
 
 
 ||||| CLOSE Community volunteers poured through the Ferry Pass area Saturday, June 6, 2017, searching for any trace of Naomi Jones, a 12-year-old girl who went missing May 31, 2017. 
 
 Naomi Jones (Photo: Escambia County Sheriff's Office) 
 
 The search for missing 12-year-old Naomi Jones ended in heartbreak Monday when the child’s body was found by fishermen Monday afternoon. 
 
 The investigation immediately shifted into a homicide investigation, said Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, and persons of interest have been identified. 
 
 Naomi's body was found in Eight Mile Creek just before 4 p.m. by two men on their way home from work who stopped to scout out a fishing spot. The creek is four miles from Naomi's home and a mile outside the main search and rescue area. 
 
 Naomi had been missing since just after noon on Wednesday afternoon, when she was last seen publicly near her home at Aspen Village Apartments on East Johnson Avenue. 
 
 “We have reason to believe through all the activities that have occurred over the last five days that we now have sufficient information to pursue some individuals who are persons of interest, who may be involved not only in the disappearance of Naomi, but quite possibly may be involved with her homicide,” Morgan said. 
 
 Morgan would not confirm if the persons of interest are in custody or why they suspect Naomi was murdered. 
 
 When asked about motive, Morgan was visibly upset. 
 
 "I don't care why, you killed one of my citizens, that’s all I care about,” Morgan said Monday. “I will leave the why to the psychologists and the scriptwriters. 
 
 ECSO investigators are working with the FBI on a more definitive timeline of when she left her home. The last communication anyone had with Naomi was 12:21 p.m. in a cell phone call to a friend. 
 
 “We want to solve this crime and bring to justice the person who took Naomi’s life,” Morgan said. 
 
 Law enforcement officials followed up on more than 200 tips and scoured a three-mile radius in the search for Naomi that went around the clock, conducting more than 300 interviews and executing 30 search warrants, according to ECSO Chief Deputy Chip Simmons. 
 
 The FBI had 20-25 agents on the case, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement engaged its entire regional operation, numerous other local and regional agencies were assisting, including more than 200 community volunteers from all over the country, including tracking and cadaver dogs. 
 
 As of Sunday afternoon, the cadaver dogs had not hit on any triggers, Morgan said. 
 
 Naomi was set to enroll in Ferry Pass Middle School in the fall, and her mother described her as a witty, fun-loving, charismatic child. 
 
 In a press conference Monday morning, before the tragic discovery was made, Morgan called her an all-American girl who anyone would have been happy to have in their home. 
 
 “That’s the bright face you’d look at across the breakfast table every morning and give a kiss to before she goes to school,” he said. “To tell you these cases are heartbreaking is to state it in the minimum.” 
 
 Original story: 
 
 Law enforcement officials have followed up on more than 200 tips and scoured a three-mile radius in the search for a missing Pensacola 12-year-old, but are still no closer to locating her, Escambia County Sheriff's Office leadership said in a press conference Monday morning. 
 
 The search for Naomi Jones has been going around the clock since Wednesday, when the soon-to-be sixth-grader was last seen publicly near her home at Aspen Village Apartments on East Johnson Avenue. 
 
 In the days since, 200 law enforcement officers have conducted more than 300 interviews, executed 30 search warrants, searched a three-mile radius around Naomi's last known location and followed up on 200 community tips, according to ECSO Chief Deputy Chip Simmons. 
 
 More: Community can help in search for missing Naomi Jones 
 
 Despite the expanse of the search, investigators have run mostly into dead ends. 
 
 "What has happened is we have literally exhausted all of those (leads)," Sheriff David Morgan said during the press conference. 
 
 Morgan said as the search efforts stretch on, wearing down participating agencies' resources and stamina, at some point officials will have to make the difficult decision to start scaling back their efforts. 
 
 More: $20K reward offered for info on Naomi Jones' whereabouts 
 
 Simmons said the FBI has 20-25 agents on the case, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has engaged its entire regional operation, numerous other local and regional agencies were assisting, and community volunteers encompassed more than 200 personnel from all over the country, to include tracking and cadaver dogs. 
 
 "We are still acting as if this is a missing person, but at this point we really don't know what happened," Simmons said. "We are investigating this as if anything could have taken place." 
 
 Morgan said the Sheriff's Office had investigated the "obvious," checking with friends, neighbors and acquaintances. The search radius also included waterways, tree lines, culverts, ponds and other places where Naomi could have been injured, trapped or hidden. 
 
 On Monday, law enforcement maintained a heavy presence around Aspen Village Apartments. Deputies set up check points around the complex, stopping vehicles and asking motorists if they knew Naomi or were aware she was missing. 
 
 They sent each driver off with a flyer to keep on their dashboard. 
 
 More: Police search for missing Escambia County 12-year-old girl 
 
 Morgan said as local locations and leads were triple-checked, the search was expanding to surrounding communities. 
 
 "We're now at a juncture where, do we assess this case and say 'we're dealing with a no kidding abduction'?" Morgan said. 
 
 Simmons said the best thing the community could do to help was to keep spreading Naomi's photo and sharing information on her disappearance. 
 
 Buy Photo Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, left, updates members of the media on the ongoing search for Naomi Jones during a press conference at Olive Baptist Church Monday morning June 5, 2017. (Photo: Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com) 
 
 "We have not ruled out anything, so I think it's important to say to Naomi, 'If you're out there, please come home,'" Simmons said. "Naomi, if you're out there, if you're with Naomi, if you know where Naomi is, please give us a call and let us know, because her parents would sure like to see her come home, and so would we." 
 
 Naomi is a 5-foot-1-inch black female weighing approximately 100 pounds. She was last seen wearing a red tank top and American flag denim shorts. Her hair is black with pink strands. 
 
 The FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are each offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Naomi and the identification, arrest and conviction of the people responsible for her disappearance. 
 
 Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call 911, even if the information seems minor. 
 
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 "Were not giving up, we're never going to give up until you come home. We're looking for you baby and we're not going to give up I promise you! Phyllis King said as tears ran down her cheeks. 
 
 Search efforts continue to find 12-year-old Naomi Jones. According to Escambia County investigators, she was last seen on Wednesday between noon and 4 p.m. at the Aspen Village Apartments off East Johnson Avenue. As far as everyone can imagine, Naomi's family is heartbroken. 
 
 “We’re distraught, devastated. It’s something It’s something that you’d never think you’d go through – that you’d actually be on a search and rescue for your own precious family member," King said. 
 
 During a press conference this afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan described the search for the missing 12-year-old as a very fluid and on-going investigation. Sheriff Morgan saying despite the changing story of how and when Naomi went missing, no stone will go un-turned until she’s found. 
 
 “There was nothing she couldn’t tackle. She’s a beautiful person inside as well as outside," King described her cousin. "She's trusting, just a beautiful little girl that our family has a hole in our hearts that, until she returns, we’ll never fill it.” 
 
 In the midst of heartache and weakness, Naomi’s family says they’re finding strength in the number of law enforcement agencies and volunteers coming together for one cause – to bring Naomi home. 
 
 Scott Williams with Milton K9 Academy came prepared to help look for her. “I have a standard knife here to help cut through thick terrain, I have a first aid kit, we have our standard marker flags here. As far as technology and visual accessories go, it ranges from GPS to mobile trackers,” he said. 
 
 Williams also had a fury companion suited up for the mission to find Naomi. 
 
 “We’ve been doing this for a year and half now and we’re 20 cases out of 20. We’ve never missed our mark. This one won’t be no different, hopefully," Williams said. 
 
 Others from all over the community flooded into the command center at Olive Baptist Church to give a helping hand, too. 
 
 "I just think it’s great. You see it happen everywhere else, but when it happens in your hometown it hits close to home and you hope that everyone would help," Claire Merritt said. 
 
 “I have children, I have nieces and nephews and I would want someone to do the same thing if I was in the same shoes," Teresa Johnson said. 
 
 Investigators say Naomi was last seen wearing a red tank top, American flag denim shorts and a white choker style necklace. Another note about her appearance is her hair. She has black and pink braids. 
 
 Sheriff David Morgan says right now there are a number of persons of interests they're interviewing to try to narrow down the search for Naomi. He says right now there are no suspects related to the search. Sheriff Morgan stressed to the community that if you know anything about where Naomi is or who she may be with, you're urged to call 911 right away. 
 
 Search efforts will continue through the night with law enforcement teams. As far as volunteers, they'll return tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. 
 
 All content © 2017, WALA; Mobile, AL. (A Meredith Corporation Station). All Rights Reserved. ||||| The body of a 12-year-old girl who vanished last week, was found in the water in Pensacola Monday. 
 
 Escambia County Sheriff's Office announced the tragic news Monday evening after deputies, search groups and local residents spent days looking for Naomi Jones. A $20,000 reward was offered for information on the 12-year-old's whereabouts. 
 
 Naomi disappeared Wednesday afternoon and Sheriff David Morgan said investigators have identified some people they would like to talk to about the disappearance. However, no suspects were ever identified. 
 
 Police are investigating the cause of death. 
 
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– Hundreds of people have scoured Pensacola, Fla., in recent days in the hope of finding a missing 12-year-old girl. Now, they hope a $20,000 reward will lead to answers, as the local sheriff tells the Pensacola News Journal that "we have literally exhausted all" of their leads. The FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement have each offered a $10,000 reward for information on the disappearance of Naomi Jones, who was last seen between noon and 4pm Wednesday near her home at the Aspen Village Apartments in Pensacola, per WALA and the Pensacola News Journal. She's described as a 5-foot-1, black female, weighing 90 to 100 pounds, with black and pink hair. She was last seen wearing a red tank top and American flag denim shorts. WALA cites police as noting "the changing story of how and when Noami went missing." Nevertheless, local, state, and federal authorities have undertaken a massive air and ground search, while hundreds of community volunteers have searched fields, brush, and trash cans, reports WEAR. The search was suspended Sunday but is expected to resume Monday morning. Meanwhile, police say they have identified people who wanted to speak about Naomi's disappearance but that those individuals are not necessarily suspects, per NBC Miami. A sheriff adds anyone with information should call 911. "The info you have might be the piece we need," he says.