The latest turn in the 2009 disappearance of a Utah mother has led investigators to a farm in Oregon.

Authorities investigating Susan Powell's vanishing will spend a third day at a remote property east of Salem, Ore., that has ties to the Powell family, the Associated Press reported.

Chuck Cox, Susan Powell's father, confirmed to local NBC affiliate KSL that he told police the farm was a place Susan's husband Josh Powell spent a lot of time. Police searched the area, but found no evidence of remains, according to Cox.

Josh Powell had long been a person of interest in the case of Susan Powell, who vanished in December 2009. Josh Powell blew up his Washington residence on Feb. 5, 2012, killing himself and the couple's two young children. 

Josh Powell was never charged in his wife's disappearance, but unsealed police documents say authorities found Susan Powell's blood in the couple's Utah home. Investigators also found life insurance policies on Susan Powell and determined that Josh Powell had filed paperwork to withdraw her retirement account money about 10 days after her disappearance.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Riders on horseback search culverts and drainage ditches along Kansas Highway 68 for 18-month-old Lana-Leigh Bailey, Friday.

Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards said early Sunday that remains believed to be those of Lana Leigh Bailey — who had been presumed dead — were found Saturday in Osage County in eastern Kansas.

"It is with great sadness that I report a body found in Osage County, Kansas, is believed to be the remains of 18-month-old Lana Bailey," Richards said in a statement he emailed to The Associated Press.

He said the body was found by an Osage County sheriff's deputy who was scouring an area for items that could be connected to the deaths reported at the farmhouse May 6 in nearby Franklin County. The evidence collected Saturday when the body was found led investigators to believe it was the infant's body, his statement said.

"We hope that a forensic examination will make a final identification," Richards added.

Richards told The AP by telephone that he would not have additional information beyond his statement early Sunday.

The search crews had been using boats and sonar equipment but Richards did not say in his statement exactly where the body was found. Earlier authorities had said investigators were scouring ponds and other waterways in the area looking for the body of Lana Leigh Bailey.

Kyle Flack was charged Friday with capital murder in the deaths of Lana Bailey, her 21-year-old mother, Kaylie Bailey, and 30-year-old Andrew Stout. The 27-year-old convicted felon was also charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder in their deaths as well as the death of 31-year-old Steven White.

The investigation has included searching the farm and other rural areas in the 50-mile stretch between Ottawa and Emporia, where Kaylie Bailey's car was found Tuesday.

Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting said Friday that a firearm was used against the victims recovered at the farm, but didn't elaborate on whether that meant they were fatally shot. Authorities have not commented on a motive.

Richards said previously that the extensive investigation has taken a toll and that members of the investigative team have required medical attention after searching in difficult areas. Others have sought counsel from a chaplain.

Related: Kansas man arrested, suspected of murdering three or four people

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Searchers on Thursday rescued an 18-year-old woman who had gotten lost with a friend on an Easter Sunday hike in an Orange County forest.

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Hiker Nicholas Cendoya was found alive late Wednesday. Kyndall Jack, right, was found on Thursday.

A sound of a female voice led Orange County Sheriff's search and rescue teams to locate Kyndall Jack in the Holy Jim Canyon area of the Cleveland National Forest, said Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Jason Park.

Crews used a helicopter about noon Thursday to hoist Jack out of a dense ravine and take her to a hospital.

The rescue came hours after authorities found Jack's hiking companion Nicholas Cendoya.

He was found "dehydrated and disoriented" in a ravine near where Jack and Cendoya had parked their car.

Searchers had to cut through thick brush to rescue Cendoya. Visibility was less than 10 feet, Park said.

Authorities and volunteer searchers on foot and using dogs and helicopters had combed since Monday a network of trails in the rugged forest, trying to find the two teens.

After Cendoya was found Wednesday night, searchers were optimistic that they would find Jack.

They located her near where they found Cendoya.

Cendoya and Jack, both Costa Mesa residents, called authorities at 8:25 p.m. Sunday to say they had gotten lost, said Gail Krause, an Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman.

The cellphone battery wore down and authorities could not get an accurate GPS "ping" from the phone to pinpoint their location, prompting a massive search, said Sheriff's Lt. Erin Giudice.

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Brown University student Sunil Tripathi has been missing for more than a week.

A student from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island has been missing for more than a week and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is helping in a five-state search, according to the Providence Journal.  

Sunil Tripathi, 22, of Pennsylvania, was last seen on Friday, March 15 on the campus of the Ivy League university, according to the Journal, and the search has expanded to Connecticut, Boston, New York and Philadelphia.

His family said Sunil’s wallet, ID cards, credit cards and cell phone were found in his room.

“Our concerns are first and foremost with Sunil and his family,” Margaret Klawunn, vice president for student life and campus services at Brown, said in a statement posted on the university’s Web site.

“We are hopeful that by encouraging the Brown community to help spread the word that Sunil will be located.”

Tripathi grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pa., and has been living in Providence since 2008, according to Brown University, where he is a philosophy major and a talented saxophonist.

Tripathi’s sister, Sangeeta Tripathi, has offered her contact information for further information:sangtrip@gmail.com, 917-774-9208.

A Twitter account, @findingsunny, and a Facebook page have been set up to help with the search. 

If you have any information or think you've seen him, call police.

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Seven children who were reported missing Saturday from their Fresno, Calif., home were found with their estranged father Thursday, police said.

"The children were unharmed and were all in good spirits," a Fresno Police Department spokesman said early Friday.

Police said they had left the kids in the custody of their father, Xa Yang, in Sacramento, while an investigation is conducted. Sacramento is about 170 miles north of Fresno.

On Thursday, police said Yang had previously not had contact with the children for more than three years.

They lived with their mother and stepfather, who left them alone Saturday evening and went grocery shopping, police said. When the couple returned to their apartment complex, all seven children were gone, as were their belongings.

Police said then that there were no serious concerns about the children's safety.

The FBI Task Force for Violent Crimes Against Children was called in to assist, however, and its agents found Yang and the four boys and three girls, ages 12, 11, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5.

The children were thought all along to have been with their father, police said, but they did not know where he lived. 

The Fresno police spokesman said he did not have information about the parents' custodial rights or why the children were left with their father instead of being returned to their mother.

"Fresno and Sacramento PD will investigate further to determine if a crime was committed," he added.

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Police search for Elisa Lam of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was visiting Los Angeles and last seen at a downtown hotel.

Homicide detectives are investigating the disappearance of Elisa Lam, a Canadian tourist who was last seen in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 31.

Lam, 21, had been staying at the Cecil Hotel on Main Street. Surveillance video released by the Los Angeles Police Department showed her entering the hotel’s elevator and attempting to use it.

Police said Lam, who is from Vancouver, British Columbia, had been planning to go to Santa Cruz on her trip to the U.S. Police said they did not know why she had come to California, however.

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An LAPD release described Lam as 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 115 pounds. She is of Chinese descent, and speaks Cantonese as well as English.

Police said she tends to use public transportation, including buses and trains.

The LAPD has asked that anyone with information about the case call homicide detectives at (213) 486-6890.

The Hallandale Beach parents arrested in the disappearance of their baby boy -- and labeled by authorities as suspects in the boy’s possible death -- will be required to post higher bond amounts before they are freed from jail, a judge ruled Saturday.

Broward Circuit Judge Geoffrey Cohen raised the bond amounts for Calvin Melvin Jr., 27, and Brittney Sierra, 21, during a weekend court hearing on child neglect charges in the disappearance of Dontrell Melvin, who police say was 5 months old when he was last seen around July 2011.

On Saturday, police and forensic anthropologists kept digging for more remains at the property where Melvin and Sierra once lived. Hallandale Beach police on Friday found remains there that they said were consistent with those of an infant. Police said they haven’t determined whether the remains are Dontrell’s.

As police investigated outside the property, a current resident who moved into the home about six months ago said she was allowed to stay inside her residence. Natalie Garrido, 21, described a hectic day Saturday, saying that many police cars remained parked outside.

Saturday afternoon, she said she saw officials setting up additional tents in the backyard and using buckets as they excavated.

"They’re doing a lot of digging back there, for any leftover bones or something," Garrido said. "They added a couple of tents, I guess to protect everything that’s going on."

In court Saturday, the judge first spoke to Sierra, charged with one count of child neglect.

“The allegations are extremely serious,” the judge told Sierra. “In light of that, I do find it essential to set a very substantial bond to assure her presence at further proceedings.” 

Cohen raised Sierra's bond amount to $100,000.

Defense objects to higher bond
Assistant Public Defender Terry Conover, who represented Sierra on Saturday, said he opposed the increased bond amount, given it was basically unaffordable for Sierra.

“Judge, we object to the amount of the bond being tantamount to no bond,” Conover said. “She has ties to the community. She doesn’t have the funds, and she has really virtually no record, so we object.”

Cohen replied, “Your objection is noted,” but he didn’t change his mind on Sierra’s bond being $100,000.

Dontrell’s two siblings recently were placed in the custody of the state Department of Children and Families. Sierra told the judge she visited the courthouse Thursday and was told she could "have supervision with my kids." 

"I was wondering can I also see them while I’m here, or when I get out while I’m on house arrest?" she asked. 

The judge told her he would not authorize her request.

Then the judge addressed Melvin, charged with child neglect and obstructing a criminal investigation by providing false statements to police. The judge increased Melvin's bond to $150,000.

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If either Sierra or Melvin were to post their bond amount, each would be freed from jail and placed on house arrest, the judge said.

Each also would be required to wear an electronic monitoring device as they await their court cases to proceed, the judge said.

If Sierra does leave jail, she will stay with her mother in Hallandale Beach, the judge said.

Sierra’s mother, who attended the hearing, told Cohen, “She has a place to go. She has family that loves her.” The mother declined to comment after the hearing.

Each parent blames the other, police say
Dontrell’s disappearance didn’t become known to authorities until Wednesday, when a child welfare investigator spoke to Sierra regarding a child neglect case, according to Hallandale Beach police.

The investigator determined that Dontrell was missing. She spoke to his grandparents, who said they hadn’t seen the boy in more than a year. The investigator notified police.

After hours of police questioning Thursday, the parents blamed each other in the boy’s disappearance, and each provided police an area to search, police said.

Police said Friday that they dug up the remains in the backyard of a home in the 100 block of Northwest First Avenue in Hallandale Beach. It is reportedly where the couple had lived.

Before the remains were found, Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy said that if evidence warranted further charges, the parents “will be charged accordingly.”

After the remains were unearthed, the chief said the missing-person case had turned into a homicide investigation. He said, “Are the parents suspects? Yes.”