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Search intensifies for missing Iowa cousins

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    Authorities find girls' bicycles by lake

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I would have some new details now in the search for two little girls who disappeared in Iowa.

The bicycles an eight year old Elizabeth Collins and her ten year old cousin leader cook Morrissey.

Turned up Friday near a lake just hours after these two girls vanished Steve Brown is live on this story in Chicago.

So the lake must have been where that search began then right Steve.

Absolutely Martha -- lake is not exactly the largest lake and there's been extensive searching.

In and around that lake over the course of the weekend since the girl's disappearance was first brought to the authorities' attention is about 26.

Square.

46 square acres of pool of water and much of -- -- -- sixteenth and last and -- And according to the -- Moines register blog about eighty for some of the lake has been searched.

So if the girls have been swimming in there were described as pretty good swimmers in something bad had happened they believe they would have recovered those bodies by now Martha.

That is no AMBER Alert in this case why is that state.

Well because there has been no clue or no sighting in any suspicious vehicle in there and AMBER Alert connects a missing child to a specific vehicle -- specific type of vehicle make and -- model.

We don't have a vehicle in this case -- -- AMBER Alert.

Was issue.

Right now the authorities are describing the they're describing the search as grasping for straws meanwhile the mother of one of the girls is focusing on trying to stay hopeful.

Positive thinking is is this -- we have right now and an -- and our faith and thank god will.

Bring them battling.

The back.

But almost three days' worth of searching has turned up no information no clues according to authorities and in these particular kinds of cases information is generally share with a median Republican hopes of expediting the girl's -- missing child's return in this case nothing has stirred up according to authorities there Martha not a mystery and a lot of heart -- after those families Steve thank you.

Teaching.

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