Beginning at 7 a.m., a search team of more than 40 people, include the FBI and the Child Abduction Response Team, will pull together in search of the Glendale girl who was reported missing Oct. 11.

Crews will be searching daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday thru Friday, according to Sgt. Brent Coombs of the Glendale Police Department.

“Our agency’s hope is that we are successful in finding Jhessye’s remains, allowing her a proper internment, and ultimately bringing to justice the person or persons responsible for her death,” Coombs said in a statement.

Investigators said they’ve narrowed their search to a roughly 180 by 200 feet area that’s more than 20 feet deep. Police said it’s the equivalent of one day’s waste, which amounts to 6,000 tons of trash.

“We’ve tried to do everything humanly possible so that there is the most probability for success,” said Glendale police Sgt. Brent Coombs.

Glendale police announced Dec. 21 that they believe Shockley’s body was placed in a trash receptacle in Tempe and dumped in a landfill prior to her being reported missing.

“We know a specific date that we believe the body was removed from the apartment made it’s way over to a Tempe trash receptacle then removed on a specific day by a specific truck went to a transfer station was picked up by another specific truck and went to a specific location within the landfill,” said Coombs.

Investigators say the girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is the focus of their investigation into her disappearance.

Hunter’s attorney, Scott Maasen, has blasted Glendale police for their handling of the case.

“Why didn’t you start a long time ago. We know if you’re looking for something in a landfill the longer you wait the harder it is you can find something,” said Maasen.

Glendale police said planning for this kind of massive undertaking is time consuming. They had to secure the heavy equipment that will help with the dig, train investigators and they consulted with experts in this kind of operation both locally and nationally.

“We’ll be looking for any evidence of Jhessye, evidence that could shed some light on how she might have been transported over and just evidence that would show us the specific area that we believe she was removed from,” said Coobms.

Regardless of whether they find evidence or not, Glendale police said they will turn their case over to the county attorney’s office for review and prosecution.

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Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ed Troyer said that authorities have not definitively identified the bodies, but “we believe it is” Powell and his two children.

“Our guys have spent a lot of time and effort and blood, sweat and tears in this case,” said Troyer. “We have detectives who are close with the kids, … and know them. The whole thing is just sad.”

A foster-care case worker had brought Powell’s two boys to the residence for a visit, said Troyer and Graham, Washington, Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Gary Franz.

As the children got close to the door, Powell “dragged” them inside but prevented the case worker from getting in as well, according to Troyer.