05:47 PM CST on Tuesday, December 6, 2005

By Carolyn Campbell / 11 News

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The search for a missing Fort Bend County girl moved to the water Tuesday as dive teams went in into the Brazos River.

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Norma Moss, grandmother of Teketria Buggs.

Twelve-year-old Teketria Buggs has been missing since Friday and after four days, no one is giving up on finding the girl.

Tuesday was an especially emotional day for the searchers and volunteers.

Although the town of Orchard has a population of only 400, they have big hearts. Letters from the girl's schoolmates, thanking searchers for their efforts, inspired investigators and searchers.

Several veteran deputies wiped away tears as they read the letters posted on the board by volunteers.

"The kids are definitely going through some hard times right now. They're missing a good friend right now and hopefully, we can find her," said Chris Carlson of the Ft. Bend County Sheriff's department.

"Each word these children wrote means a lot to us. It makes it worth my while to be here," said volunteer Tracy Braxton, “I’m reading these letters, and you know, you can’t help but be touched by them,” said search volunteer Tracy Braxton, “I mean they’re such small, innocent children, and they’re doing everything they can. And they’ve done more.”

Investigators said they didn't have any new leads, but divers were concentrating on one area of the river. They said sonar had picked up some images Monday.

The river is about a mile from Buggs’ home, where she was last seen sleeping on her couch.

"It's been successful in the past. We've done many, many dives where it ended up that it was an old barrel or something like that," said Tim Miller of EquuSearch.

Volunteers came back again to continue the ground search on horseback and four-wheelers.

Buggs' grandmother is overwhelmed with the show of support from those who knew her granddaughter as well as the dozens of volunteers who didn't. "Everyone in my family thanks them so, so much for volunteering and giving up their time to come out here to do this, to find my granddaughter. I thank them so much, from the bottom of my heart," said Norma Moss.

Investigators said they had received lots of calls, but none of them had led to anything.

Volunteers are requesting more people with four-wheelers to come out and help them.