Authorities took a highly trained tracking dog through the home of missing Sabre Springs second-grader Danielle van Dam Tuesday in hopes of turning up clues that will clear up the mystery of her disappearance.
Officers led the bloodhound, which was on loan from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, from room to room in the van Dams' northern San Diego house and through their yard late in the afternoon. "We're going to try to pick up a scent," Lt. Jim Duncan told reporters. "This dog is different than the dogs we used the other day, and it's supposed to be a maybe a little bit better-trained."
The FBI has utilized this particular dog in the past, and they felt very confident in its abilities," Duncan said.
Officials would not say if the brown-and-black, floppy-eared hound seemed to have detected anything of value.