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Baby Kate Search Narrows

Last June volunteers and scientists took plant data to aid search.
Last June volunteers and scientists took plant data to aid search.

Police in Ludington have narrowed the search for the remains of Baby Kate. Katherine Phillips was last seen with her father, Sean Phillips, in June 2011.

After volunteer assistance this summer, the search area has now been confined to less than one square mile. Volunteers searched for a rare mix of plants that had been found in the soil caked into the bottom of Sean Phillips’ shoes.

The lead detective in the case hopes plant evidence will continue to narrow the search area for police. Samples were again sent to a laboratory at Michigan State University as late as last week. This time the focus is on a rare algae.

Sean Phillips has been convicted of unlawful imprisonment in the disappearance of his infant daughter. Investigators are treating the case as a homicide.