TROY — The search for 14-year-old Ellie Carder entered its fourth day Friday.
As reported during News Center 7 at 6, Carder’s grandparents said this is “completely out of character” for her.
Carder was last seen over a week ago. Each day that has passed without seeing her, the family said they are hurting.
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“It’s been very rough,” Darla Whittaker, Carder’s grandmother said.
Investigators told News Center 7 they were looking into leads about a possible ex-boyfriend and other people in Dayton and Troy.
Darla said she had talked to the police about this.
“They’ve never seen her before. So that was a bust. There was a boyfriend, supposedly in Troy, that was negative that come back with nothing,” she said.
Troy police said they have been focusing on the area of the river in Troy where Carder’s backpack was found.
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At this time they had no updates on the search.
“There are no answers. There are no answers right now. And that’s why we’re pleading with everybody. Any clue whether you would have seen her anywhere? Just let us know,” Allen Whittaker, Carder’s grandfather said.
The search will continue over the weekend with the help of Equusearch.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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