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The San Antonio Police Department’s search for a body related to the case of missing child Lina Khil recommenced Friday after a wait for special detection equipment from the FBI, KSAT reports.

On Thursday, police and the FBI, accompanied by K-9 units, began scouring a greenway behind the Helix Apartments in Northwest San Antonio. SAPD spokesman Ricardo Guzman confirmed to local media outlets that the investigation is related to Khil’s disappearance. It got underway after a tip came in Wednesday, he added.

Child advocate Pamela Allen, a liaison with Khil’s family, told KSAT that police are “looking for a body.”

SAPD officials haven’t released details about the tip. However, a resident who lives nearby the search site told KSAT he saw a young man in what appeared to be an inmate’s orange jumpsuit accompanying officers on Wednesday night.

Word of SAPD’s renewed interest in the Khil case comes a little more than two years after the child, then 3 years old, disappeared from a playground near the Villas del Cabo apartment complex. She was last seen wearing a red dress, black jacket and black shoes.

Anyone with information on the case can contact SAPD at (210) 224-7867 or the FBI at (800) CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.

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This article appears in Feb 7-20, 2024.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...