U.S. trying to find missing journalist

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department Wednesday said it was "leaving no stone unturned" to find missing U.S. journalist Micah Garen in Iraq.

Garen, the French-born founder and head of Four Corners Media, which specializes in film, photo and written documentaries from offices in New York and Colorado, and his translator, disappeared Monday from Nasiriyah.

State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said U.S. officials were in touch with Garen's family and fiancée and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was in touch with local authorities and forces on the ground to try to ascertain his whereabouts.

"We are leaving no stone unturned," he said.

Ereli was unable to confirm reports Garen was kidnapped.