SARASOTA, FLA. FBI joins search for missing girl

A surveillance camera filmed Carlie Brucia's abduction.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Dozens of FBI agents joined in the search for an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was caught on camera, but officials said today that none of more than 250 leads that have come in has proved solid.
Sixth-grader Carlie Brucia was apparently abducted Sunday evening while walking home from a friend's home. A carwash surveillance camera photographed a man walking up to her, talking to her, grasping her arm and leading her away.
Susan Schorpen clutched her daughter's cat, Charlie, as she appealed Tuesday for help in bringing Carlie home. "I'm pleading with anyone, please, please help me bring my daughter home," Schorpen said.
Sarasota Sheriff's Maj. Kevin Gooding said today that 262 leads have been received, but all have been general in nature and have not led them to a suspect.
Multiple agencies
His agency is working with the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Calls from the public have poured in.
A national hot line -- (888) 382-6237 -- was established to gather information. The Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent two experts to assist, distributing 16,000 fliers with Carlie's picture throughout the region, and a reward for information grew to $50,000.
Carlie was walking home from a friend's house at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday when she took a short cut behind Evie's Car Wash.
The surveillance camera images, checked Monday after police bloodhounds led searchers to the area, show the person who grabbed Carlie to be a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, wearing a mechanic's shirt with a patch on one breast.