TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Quebec were asking for the public's help in finding a 9-year-old girl who went missing in Trois-Rivieres, Canada.

Cedrika Provencher disappeared six days ago and the police's only lead was that a man reportedly was asking young girls in the area to help him search for his little dog, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.

"So far, we … know three other girls around the same age and same area were approached recently by a man asking for help to find his black-and-white small dog," said Quebec Provincial Police Sgt. Isabel Gendron. "We are asking parents … if they have little girls around that age … to keep asking their child if they were approached by that man."

The police's only information on the man was he is between 30 and 60 years old.