PURCELL - Authorities taped off an apartment complex and a nearby vehicle Friday evening but would not confirm whether it was related to the search for Jamie Rose Bolin.
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They also Friday were investigating a credible report that the missing 10-year-old girl left Purcell's library with a man driving a Chevy Tahoe bearing a Texas license plate.
Also, it was confirmed that Jamie Rose Bolin had spent time on an Internet chat room using a library computer.
The FBI scanned hard drives from several library computers, which coincidentally were deemed obsolete and swapped out with new ones earlier this week, library branch manager Alicia Smith said.
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said the search concentrated on a white man in his 20s, said to be tall, thin and clean cut, possibly with an earring in his left ear.
Witnesses said he was driving a dark blue Chevy Tahoe with a long neon green scratch down the passenger side. The vehicle has a large illustration on the back windshield reading "FOX," with a drawing or picture of a fox in the "O." The license plate may feature the numbers 5-7-8, and the vehicle is said to have black leather seats with the initials "KC, which also is related to racing, plus a Pioneer stereo with a moveable face plate, Johnson said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-866-541-1102 or (405) 527-4600.
The missing girl is 10 years old, 4 feet tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She has shoulder-length red hair, blue eyes and lots of freckles. She might be wearing a pink shirt with blue jeans or white shorts, and either white tennis shoes or flip-flops. Johnson said roughly 100 FBI personnel nationwide are involved in the search, in addition to local and state investigators.
He said investigators "truly have no idea" on the identity of the man being sought.
Purcell police issued an Amber alert Thursday evening, about 24 hours after Bolin's father reported her missing.
The delay stemmed from a lack of information and the possibility that the girl had run away, Police Chief David Tomkins said. He said he authorized the Amber alert within 90 minutes after investigators got witnesses to confirm that her disappearance might be suspicious.
The necessary answers came after three or more interviews with some of Bolin's friends, Tomkins said.
"Before that, we didn't have a vehicle; we didn't have a suspect, Tomkins said.
As of noon Friday, Texas authorities still hadn't issued an Amber alert, despite Tomkins' requests.
"They told me I didn't have enough information. ... I said, That's fine. I'm trying to find a 10-year-old girl. I'm tired of dealing with you,' the chief said.
Johnson said every state has its own criteria for issuing an alert. Neither he nor Tomkins could say what was missing from Oklahoma's information that Texas authorities wanted.
"It's very possible that the person is in Texas, Johnson said.
When asked if Texas' denial to issue the alert is a source of frustration, Johnson said, "We're frustrated that we don't have a safe return of the girl at this point.
Meanwhile, he said investigators are developing "literally hundreds of leads.
"I assure you we have not slept. Purcell police have not slept. The FBI has not slept, Johnson said.
