An area non secular group in San Antonio is providing a $200,000 reward for anybody who offers data that results in the secure return of Lina Sardar Khil, a 3-year-old woman who went lacking from a playground in December. The Islamic Middle of San Antonio (ICSA) is asking anybody with data to name the town's police division.
The kid and her household fled Afghanistan in 2019 after "threats that had been posed," Lina's father, Riaz Sardar Khil, informed CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS-TV.
Lina was final seen within the playground of an residence complicated on December 20. Her mom walked away briefly, and returned to find her youngster was lacking. Lina was final seen sporting a purple costume, black jacket and black footwear and had her brown hair in a ponytail, police stated.
Two weeks later, the FBI turned concerned within the case. The bureau's elite 12-member FBI Underwater Search and Proof Response Crew flew in from Washington, D.C. and was checking a lead, though there had been few, Police Chief William McManus stated.
"I want I might be extra uplifting. I do know this appears to be like like we're actually onto one thing. However all we're doing right here is following up," he stated at a briefing on the search web site in January.
Lina's father was seen praying close to the creek the place the FBI staff was working, KENS-TV reported. The positioning is a bit more than two miles from the household's residence.
Volunteers had additionally been on the lookout for Lina, looking on the opposite facet of a bridge that was lower than a mile from the FBI's dive web site.
"It's rocky," volunteer Frank Trevin informed the station. "There's a number of particles. A number of the particles will get washed down river. It accumulates. It's fairly harmful down there."
The San Antonio Police Division informed CBS Information there have been no updates to the case and it's nonetheless an energetic lacking individual investigation. "The San Antonio Police Division, in partnership with our federal companions have labored tirelessly on discovering Lina," the division's public data officer stated. They're encouraging anybody with any data to come back ahead and call the lacking individuals unit at 210-207-7660.
CBS Information has reached out to ICSA and is awaiting response.