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Volunteers: We Will Search All Night for Somer if Necessary

 Taren Reed  Michael Ross  Monica Landeros     Created: 10/20/2009 9:20:58 PM    Updated: 10/21/2009 11:21:50 AM
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ORANGE PARK, FL -- The search for Somer Thompson will go all night long if necessary, involving police and volunteers.

Flyers are everywhere in Orange Park tonight. While many neighbors and total strangers are handing them out, others are searching for any sign of the 7-year-old.

Guided by a flashlight, and armed with a stack of flyers, friends walk the same path where Somer was last seen at Gano and DeBarry avenues.

"Any and whoever, windshields, it doesn't matter. Someone is going to get a flyer. That picture of that girl has got to be out," said volunteer Ashley Vires.

Before night fell, two moms braved afternoon traffic in Orange Park to give passing drivers a flyer.

"It's something I've always worried about. It's terrible. It's too way too many kids just gone!" said volunteer Karen Murray.

Meanwhile, police on horseback searched Somer's neighborhood.
And about 30 JSO recruits emerged from a wooded area, some with sticks used to search through thick grass.

"There were four on this side and they had some on that side," said Eric Newberg of Orange Park.

Newberg lives about a mile from Somer's home. He says investigators peered into the water and looked over the banks of the large pond behind his mother's home.

"The later it gets, the worse it gets. So, they need to search everything right now," added Newberg.

One volunteer agreed. "Like they say, no rock unturned. I have to look. I can't help but to look."

Investigators say Somer's mom is expected to speak at a news conference early Wednesday morning.

CLICK HERE for full coverage on the search for Somer.

Anyone with information on Somer is asked to call 911, the CCSO non-emergency line at (904) 264-6512, 1-877-227-6911 or 1-866-845-TIPS. You also can email cart@claysheriff.com.

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