Thousands spend Christmas searching for missing girl on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Thousands volunteer to search for missing Md. girl

SALISBURY, Md. — Authorities are asking residents of Maryland’s Eastern Shore to search their own properties for signs of a missing girl after thousands of volunteers fanned out but found no sign of her.

Police believe 11-year-old Sarah H. Foxwell was abducted by a registered sex offender.

At a news conference Friday afternoon, Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis asked all county residents to search their properties and hang red ribbons on the mailbox to show they’ve done so.

Thousands of volunteers gathered in Salisbury on Friday morning to help.

Thirty-year-old Thomas J. Leggs Jr. has been charged with kidnapping Sarah. Leggs, a registered sex offender, is a former boyfriend of the girl’s aunt, who is her legal guardian. A public defender representing him has not returned a phone call.