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1:30 am Update: Police have cancelled the latest Amber Alert. According to reports, the alert was cancelled after officials found the vehicle described in the alert.
Missing 5-year-old Destiny Norton was not found in the vehicle. Police are on the scene investigating.
Stay tuned for Eyewitness News Daybreak for the latest on this story.
11:00 pm Update : Police have issued an Amber Alert in the Destiny Norton case. The suspect is a 40 year male last seen wearing black pants with skater shoes. He is 5'5" approx. 160lbs and has black hair.
The child abduction victim is identified by police Destiny Norton. Destiny is a 5-year-old female, 3'6" 50 lbs. Brown eyes and Blond hair. CALL 801-799-3000 if you have any information.
Police are looking for a 1996 Black Dodge Extended Cab Pickup with partial License plate UT 915??? Or UT 519???. It was last seen in the Farmington, Utah near Hwy 91 and Sheppard Lane just after eight this evening.
Police believe the abduction victim was seen in the vehicle.
The Amber Alert was issued late Sunday after a man told police he saw a girl in a pickup truck who matched the description of missing 5-year-old Destiny Norton.
He said the girl had teeth similar to Destiny's distinctive bottom row of silver-capped teeth.
10pm update
Sandra Yi Reporting
There may be a new lead tonight. Both Davis County and Salt Lake police are looking for a black extended-cab pick-up truck spotted at a gas station in Farmington.
The caller reported seeing a girl matching Destiny's description, sitting in the passenger seat. It's one of many calls authorities have received in the past week.
FBI Agent: "We just want to get this baby back. (cheers)"
Investigators question a new group of people for any leads in the disappearance of Destiny Norton. The FBI and police interviewed the large crowd who had gathered today for the drum circle at Liberty Park. The Nortons often attended the drum circle. Also today, new information about upcoming changes in the volunteer search effort.
Family and friends were out, holding what has become a nightly candlelight vigil for Destiny. She disappeared one week ago today, and there is still no sign of her. As volunteers continue to search for clues, investigators are reaching out to more people who know Destiny.
The weekly drum circle at Liberty Park draws a large crowd. Destiny Norton and her parents were "regulars" there. This afternoon, investigators looked to the group, for new leads.
FBI Agent: "And we need your help. that's why we brought the parents. No officer is going to ask you about anything today, except about Destiny, about people that you know who know Destiny, where you've seen her."
Rick Norton gave his word that police wouldn't ask about anyone's legal troubles. He urged them to trust investigators, for his daughter's sake.
Rick Norton: "It's a total truce day to find out where my little girl is."
Nearly everyone took his plea to heart.
FBI Agent: "Raise your hands if you're willing to help today. Everybody's going to help today."
The community also wanted to help today. More than 300 people showed up to the search site. So far, searchers have covered 75 percent of the city, and nearly half the county.
Tim Hollinger, Founder, U-SEARCH: "People's motivation is very good, this community has a very big heart."
The group U-SEARCH, which formed during the Elizabeth Smart case, has helped organize the search for Destiny. But that search effort will soon reach another phase.
Tim Hollinger: "Usually at the end of two weeks, you've done all you can do in a centralized search, and you need to expand it."
He says the centralized search will turn into to a community-based effort, as it did in the search for Elizabeth.
Tim Hollinger: "It's the same format of searching and the same meticulous information collecting, but it's just not on the type of scale that it is here."
Destiny's family isn't giving up, and it seems hope hasn't been lost.
FBI Agent: "This little girl is alive. We're working it that way, and I'm going to be convinced that's how we're going to bring her home."
U-SEARCH says it will meet with the family tomorrow to figure out when to start the new phase of the search. Tomorrow, volunteers will pass out fliers, along the Days of '47 parade route.
The parents of Kiplyn Davis stopped by the volunteer search site this morning to lend their support to the search for Destiny.
Richard Davis, Kiplyn Davis' Father: "We just need to let them know that they're definitely in our prayers and our hears right now. we just wish them the best."
Richard and Tamara Davis have never found their daughter's body, since she disappeared in 1995, but a few days ago Timmy Olsen was found guilty of perjury. He'll go on trial for Kiplyn's murder in the fall.
Richard Davis: "It's one of the miracles we've been praying for, and it finally happened. We hope there's going to be a miracle in the next couple of days for the Norton family."
Again if you have any information call 7-9-9 Info.
