HOMOSASSA, Florida (AP) -- Searchers began their fifth day of combing the roads and woods surrounding a missing 9-year-old girl's home Monday, hitting new areas while going back over spots that were already inspected.
The search for Jessica Marie Lunsford, who disappeared from her bedroom last week, has been frustrated by rainy weather and the lack of hard evidence.
But the weather had cleared Monday, giving officials some hope, although the search could be scaled back Tuesday if no evidence is found by then.
By the end of Monday, officials hope to have searched a circle extending five miles out from the house.
"We still have very, very little to go on," Ronda Hemminger Evan, a spokeswoman for the Citrus County sheriff's department, said Monday. "Phone calls are coming in, but we haven't gotten that one call or one clue that will lead us in a good direction."
Jessica hasn't been seen since her grandmother tucked her into bed Wednesday night; her father discovered she was missing early Thursday. Police and nearly 540 volunteers ventured out Sunday in torrential rain -- and even under a tornado watch -- to search for the girl.
Monday would likely be the last day of the search, Evan said.
"If we all pray real hard ... then God will tell us" where she is, Jessica's father, Mark Lunsford, said Sunday.
Authorities have few clues. Sheriff Jeff Dawsy has said a door at the home was unlocked and one of Jessica's dolls was gone from the house she shared with her father and his parents.
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