Navajo police say officers searched for Andanndine Jones until nightfall Friday without locating her. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, Montezuma Creek Fire and Rescue and volunteers have helped in the search effort that began Thursday afternoon after the girl’s disappearance.
The search for her was expected to resume Saturday morning.
In a statement Friday evening, a police spokeswoman said the search has been focused on an area along the bank of a creek.
A Navajo Nation Council spokesman says dogs had been observed barking there.
He says the location is several miles from where the creek feeds into the San Juan River.