10:37 PM CST on Friday, December 9, 2005

By Carolyn Campbell / 11 News

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Authorities focused their search on a home not far away from where Teketria Buggs lived.

A tip led authorities to expand their search to include a home near where Teketria Buggs' home is.

Bugss is the 12-year-old who has been missing for seven days and whose stepfather is a suspect in the case.

There have been no leads and no clues about what happened to the young girl. Each day, searchers return from the field without finding anything, but still with hope.

"If it was our baby, we'd be out there searching. I'd be out there searching. I wouldn't stop. I couldn't stop, you know?" said searcher Jaime Schumann.

DPS divers searched a specific area in the Brazos River, which is not too far from where Buggs lived.

Although they won't talk about it, several investigators are again searching the neighboring home.

Steven Carrington, Bugg's stepfather, remains in custody on unrelated charges.

Investigators say that he remains a suspect, even though there is no evidence connecting him to the child's disappearance.

Volunteer searchers will search until nightfall Friday, then start again on Saturday morning. They are asking for additional volunteers on horseback and four-wheelers to join them Saturday.

Teketria's mother and biological father said they just wanted to get her home and said they wanted to thank all of the volunteers and searchers.