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Command center closing in search for 7-year-old
GERONIMO, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is shutting down a mobile command center used to support the search for a missing 7-year-old girl.
The command center being closed Tuesday had been posted at Geronimo City Hall in western Oklahoma to help search for 7-year-old Aja Johnson and her suspected kidnapper, Lester Hobbs.
However, as long as the two people remain missing and leads continue to come in, the investigation will continue, Jessica Brown, OSBI spokeswoman, said.
"Absolutely," Brown said. "Were still getting leads not as many as in the beginning, but thats typical. As long as we get leads were going to keep it going. Were not going to stop."
Hobbs, 46, is wanted in the beating death of his estranged wife, Tonya, 37. He was charged Jan. 26 in Comanche County District Court with first-degree murder and kidnapping of Aja Johnson, Tonya Hobbs' daughter.
Law enforcement authorities have been seeking Hobbs, the girl and the 1992 Toyota Paseo he is believed to be driving since the Jan. 24 discovery of his estranged wifes body inside an RV in Geronimo. After executing a warrant earlier in February, investigators took the RV into custody for forensic testing.
An Amber Alert continues for the 7-year-old girl. She suffers from bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sleeping issues that require medication the last known time she had her medication was Jan. 22.
The closure of the command post means investigation operations return to the OSBI and U.S. Marshals Lawton offices.
"My guys are so darned tired theyve been working 18 hour days with little or no sleep since this began," Brown said. "But we arent going to stop until we know what happened to that little girl."
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Information from: The Lawton Constitution, http://www.swoknews.com
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