HOMOSASSA, Fla., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Volunteers and lawmen searched a wide area of remote Citrus County, Fla., Monday for a 9-year-old girl missing from her home since Wednesday night.
Sheriff's officers said if Jessica Marie Lunsford is not found Monday, the search could be curtailed, the St. Petersburg Times reported Monday.
"If we all pray real hard, then God will tell us," Jessica's father, Mark Lunsford said Sunday.
The girl was last seen when her grandmother tucked her into her bed in their Homosassa home.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Ronda Hemminger Evans said the next morning the door to the mobile home was found unlocked, which was unusual, and Jessica was gone.
Jessica lives at the mobile home with her father and his parents, Archie and Ruth Lunsford.
About 400 volunteers and 25 law enforcement officers were involved in the search.
"We've expanded the area ... and we've also went back and re-examined some areas that were already searched," Gail Tierney, another sheriff's spokeswoman.
