Isabella Oleschuk Missing: FBI, Conn. agencies pool resources in search for 12-year-old girl
(CBS/WFSB/AP) ORANGE, Conn. - The search for 12-year-old Isabella Oleschuk, who vanished over the weekend in southern Connecticut, has grown to include the FBI, several police departments and more than 100 people who knocked on doors in surrounding neighborhoods, according to reports.
The seventh-grader was reported missing Sunday morning.
"We are not going to stop until we find Isabella," Orange Police Chief Robert Gagne said at a news conference. "My hope is, when this is all over, we will find her safe."
Gagne declined to say whether authorities suspected foul play.
A girl matching Isabella's description was seen Sunday morning walking and holding hands with a boy slightly taller than her at a nearby pond, Gagne said. He said the jogger who saw them did not notice any signs of distress.
According to CBS affiliate WFSB, a vigil was planned Monday night to pray for Isabella. The Rev. Tod King, a pastor at the Orange Congregational Church, said Isabella is "a delightful child" who is quiet and bright and loves animals and nature.
The girl is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has blue eyes and shoulder-length blond hair. She may be wearing a light-blue jacket, brown felt-hooded cape and black rain boots.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact the Orange Police Department at 203-891-2130 or call the State Police Missing Person Clearinghouse at 860-685-8190.
