[VeniVidiVici]

This is an odd one. I figured since FReepers love a good puzzle perhaps someone out there may have a good idea or two.

Nadia Bloom disappeared Friday from her neighborhood in Winter Springs, FL. Her bike was found in a cul-de-sac at the rear of the development. Two retention ponds border this cul-de-sac. She lives in a smallish gated community in a somewhat rural area. The development is situated against 3,000 acres of heavy growth and swamp land that backs up against a huge lake. The searchers so far have concentrated mainly on the first 10 acres that border the neighborhood as they consider the rest of the growth too thick to get through. But teams have been searching there too. The retention ponds have also been searched.

Sensors that detect body heat have not found anything and numerous dog teams have failed also.

Google Maps of the area:

An overview of the area. The heavily wooded area in the middle of this map is the search area.

Zoom view of the neighborhood/cul-de-sac where the bike was found. Here

Lastly, the cops have said that all the registered sex offenders within a 10mi radius have been interviewed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Damned alligators.

[The KG9 Kid]

You know, if my daughter was an autistic pre-teen adolescent, I do believe that I would think of some other book for her than one which involves a pre-teen adolescent who valiantly explores imaginary jungles in her backyard, especially if literally in my own backyard there began a huge swamp known as one of Florida's most alligator infested bodies of water.

Next thing I read is that the father got her all excited about taking her Brownie troop to the Everglades to go see the alligators.

Am I off-base here?

[VeniVidiVici]

She’s going into her fourth night missing. Still haven’t found the slightest trace of her other than the dogs hitting on a scent every now and then.

They say they still want only search teams to look but as time drags on and it *is* a self-contained area, I think they should get as many boots on the ground out there as they can to look for her.