For the second consecutive day, San Antonio police officers and FBI agents have returned to a wooded area on the city's northwest side, searching for any trace of Lina Sardar Khil, the young girl whose disappearance over two years ago has left a gaping wound in the heart of her community. According to KENS5, investigators brought in specialized equipment capable to potentially reveal objects buried underground.
Undoubtedly, the presence of shovels and a discernible sense of urgency indicates that officers were acting on new information following a recent tip. This lead directed them to the 4000 block of Gardendale Road, nestled between apartment complexes and not far from where little Lina was last seen. "All of a sudden there’s a tip, and all of a sudden we're going to go search an area that they even said that they’ve been there themselves, myself and Lina’s father had been there, so it’s just curious as to why it's this area again," Pamela Allen of Eagles Flight Advocacy & Outreach questioned in a statement obtained by KENS5.
According to a KSAT interview, SAPD Officer Ricardo Guzman revealed that they received a tip yesterday pointing them towards evidence related to Khil's case behind apartment complexes near Interstate 10 and Wurzbach Road. Pamela Allen, a local child advocate, also told KSAT outright that authorities are searching for a body. This area had been previously combed through, yet the hope is that this new information might lead to finally uncovering what happened to Lina.
As the search continues, a substantial reward of up to $55,000 for information leading to the arrest or indictment of a suspect remains unclaimed. With no substantial leads turning up and national interest in the case waning, Lina's family, and the community at large, are left to wonder if they will ever learn the fate of the young girl who vanished so suddenly and completely.
