| 06/13/2009 |
Author: Nelson Morais
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
MORRISTOWN-As of presstime Saturday, search of a landfill in Hamblen County had not resulted in the discovery of the body of missing teenager Megan Maxwell.
The search of the TIDI Waste Landfill in Hamblen County began at about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday and included the use of at least four highly-trained, human remains searching dogs, according to Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults.
Heavy equipment was being used to search for Maxwell's body in an area 90 feet by 100 feet, with a depth of zero to 10 feet, according to Shults.
Approximately two-thirds of the designated area had been dug up and sifted through by about 3 p.m. when the NPT last spoke with the police chief.
Shults said a total of 18 people were at the landfill participating in the search, including four employees of the landfill and officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), the Cocke County Sheriff's Department, the 4th Judicial District Attorney General's office, and the Newport Police Department.
Maxwell, 19, disappeared very early Sunday morning on April 26. Her Mitsubishi Eclipse vehicle was found burned up about six miles east of Newport. She has apparently not been seen or heard from since that day.
Shults said each scoopful of dirt and garbage in the landfill was picked up by heavy equipment and shaken and checked for Maxwell's body.
"It looks like we'll complete this search today," Shults said.
He said weather conditions were hot, and that officials were working in a wide open area without shade, but with a breeze.
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