Barn demolished at Jessica Cain body search site in southeast Houston

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Friday, March 4, 2016
Dig continues in search for missing teen
Dig continues after barn demolished in search for missing teen.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A barn has been demolished at the site where authorities are searching for the body of missing teenager Jessica Cain.

When authorities first started digging on the site they were concentrating on an area just in front of the barn on the site. Now they are looking at the area where the barn used to stand.

SkyEye HD was overhead as investigators removed that barn. The area is being searched because the chief suspect in the disappearance of Jessica Cain is saying this is where her body is located.

Authorities have demolished a barn where volunteers are searching for the body of Jessica Cain

Jessica Cain's accused kidnapper William Reece is back on the property today. We have seen him here over the last few days.

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La Marque Police, Texas Rangers and volunteers from Texas Equusearch are going through the area looking for Cain's body. It is believed Reece left the body here nearly 20 years ago. The problem is that area has changed much in that time.

East Orem is now a four-lane road. Detectives have spent more than a week out here and plan to continue at least for now.

The barn sat where you can see an excavator. Now officials are trying to see if any human remains are in that area.