A SEARCH and rescue charity has joined the effort to find a five-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a month.
Summer Wells, of Tennessee, has been missing for more than a month after she vanished outside her home in Hawkins County on June 15.
Charity EquuSearch Midwest has said it will be helping cops in the search and rescue effort to find the five-year-old, Fox News reports.
A Facebook post read: “As this is an ongoing investigation, if you see any of our teams out and about, please do not convey via social media or other outlets where you may have seen our searches taking place.
“It is very important for the integrity of the case."
Searches will be conducted on the weekend of July 24, the organization said.
The charity said: "We decided to make it public about the dates since it would have gotten out that we were in town.
"Some of our vehicles are hard to miss, so we thought we'd be proactive and just give a heads up. Lost is not alone."
Authorities have reportedly received almost 1,000 tips and an Amber Alert remains in place.
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Cops told Fox News that none of the leads have produced any results.
It comes weeks after a $25,000 reward for information on Summer's whereabouts was issued after her mom "passed a lie detector test".
A man, who doesn’t appear to be related to the family, posted an appeal after Summer’s mom posted about the child's disappearance on TikTok.
David P. Garrahan of Kingsport sent a $25,000 check to the Kingsport Times-News as well as a letter, claiming that he is "convinced that somebody knows something regarding [her] disappearance."
He said: "Accordingly, I have enclosed a personal check in the amount of $25,000 to be given to the person who provides a tip/information which leads to the discovery/recovery of Summer Wells."
Anyone with information that may qualify them for the reward should call Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office at (423) 272-7121.
Summer's dad, Donald Wells, confirmed that his wife, Candus Bly, passed a lie detector test about their daughter's disappearance at the district attorney’s office, reported News Channel 11.
Investigators reportedly told her to head down to the command center because "they received a tip".
The outlet confirmed this with the Hawkins County, Tennessee District Attorney’s Office.
A TikTok account manned by Candus Wells posted a video on June 16 revealing videos of Summer and a picture of a missing person notice.
News outlet WLTV identified this account as belonging to Summer's mom and noted that Bly appears to be her middle name.
The five-year-old was spotted on Ben Hill Road wearing grey pants and a pink shirt with no shoes.
She is 3-feet tall, weighs 40 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes, according to police.
If you have any information about Summer’s whereabouts, call 911 or 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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