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Sandra Yi ReportingThousands of people lined the streets of Salt Lake for the annual Days of '47 Parade, but not everyone there was watching the floats. Volunteers hit the parade route to pass out fliers of the missing girl, Destiny Norton.
Yesterday police and the FBI questioned members of the drum circle at Liberty Park. They're still looking for one of those people, a man who goes by the name "The Bubble Man". He has a bubble machine and knows a lot of kids. He's not a suspect; police just want to talk to him because he knows Destiny.
Back at the search site volunteers showed up to look for Destiny. Many of them started at the Days of '47 Parade.
Chad Hansen: "Just reminding everybody to keep their eyes open for Destiny."
Chad Hansen and his daughter hit the the Days of '47 Parade. They didn't come to watch the floats, but hoped someone who did, might have seen Destiny. Hansen passed out fliers and reminded parents to keep their eyes on their children.
Chad Hansen: "People are really anxious to help. They're receiving the fliers. They're taking them happily, and I think the community is really concerned."
Hansen is a father. He gets emotional when he thinks about Destiny's parents.
Chad Hansen: " I don't know them. I've never met them, but I'd hate for it to happen to me, and I'd want people to be walking around looking for my little girl."
Last night, a possible Destiny sighting gave the family some hope. A gas station worker in Farmington saw a girl matching Destiny's description in a truck. Police issued an Amber Alert.
Jeannie Hill, Norton Family Spokesperson: "It was very frantic for the family. Most of us, we packed up in the car, we went out, started driving around with our flashlight and checking license plate numbers."
Police found the truck and the girl. It wasn't Destiny. But it renewed the family's faith in police and the public.
Jeannie Hill: "We're a little sad that it didn't come through, but we still have our faith. We know she's out there somewhere, and we're going to get her back."
Hill showed us a poster of Destiny, made by a nine-year old girl. Too young to search, the girl asked her mother to deliver it to the family.
Jeannie Hill: "She sees us on the news and sees that we still have our hope, and she wants everyone in the community to be hopeful too."
Once again a description of Destiny: She's five-years old, 3-foot 6, and about 50 pounds. She has strawberry blonde hair, with green streaks and sliver capped teeth. Destiny was reported missing last Sunday. At that time, she was wearing a black, adult-sized shirt, with horizontal stripes.
There is a 30-thousand dollar reward for any information, which you can report to Salt Lake Police at 799-INFO, or online at www.tipsforcash.com.
