Police Digging Through Backyard In East Chicago

EAST CHICAGO (CBS) -- Local and federal investigators were sifting though soil in the backyard of a residence in East Chicago.

Both FBI agents and East Chicago police officers were digging up buckets of dirt and sifting the contents though a rectangular screen.

Exactly what they were searching for was not immediately known.

Cadaver dogs were also brought to the scene, but police would not discuss and details of the investigation.

There were looking in at least three locations at home on the order of 151st Street and Gladiola.