Posted at: 06/19/2009 11:43 AM
Updated at: 06/19/2009 5:46 PM
By: WNYT Staff

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Saratoga cops suspend search for girl

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Police have suspended their search for a little girl reportedly seen entering a wooded area near Saratoga Race Course.

Police in Saratoga Springs say a girl who looked to be about 4 years old was seen around 9 a.m. Friday entering the woods off Henning Road across from the BOCES school. Officers have also reported that some witnesses said there may have been a man near where the girl entered the woods.

Despite the eye witness accounts, police never received a report of a missing child. Nonetheless, they launched a full scale search as a precaution, including K-9 units and a state police helicopter.

Despite the full day of searching, the child was not found. The began winding down late Friday afternoon, although police say the case does remain open.

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