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News photo by Julie Riddle A police helicopter hovers over a wooded property near the intersection of Lacomb and Haken roads in Alpena Township on Wednesday.

ALPENA – Police on Wednesday used a dog and a helicopter to search near the intersection of Lacomb and Haken roads in Alpena Township, an area linked to the man who owns the property where police found last week the body of Alpena’s teenager Brynn Bills.

For several hours on Wednesday afternoon, Michigan State Police vehicles parked at several locations at and near the intersection and a police helicopter circled the area for at least an hour. . Police officers and a police dog could be seen walking through the woods south of the intersection shortly before 3 p.m., exiting and walking away from the area less than 30 minutes later with no obvious indication that they had found anything. it would be.

Police searched the area for possible leads, 1st. Lt. John Grimshaw, commander of the State Police-Alpena Post, said in a text to The News on Wednesday. He did not specify which investigation the search was part of.

However, according to police records, Joshua Wirgau on September 21 ordered a man to drive him, Brad Srebnik and Abby Hill to the Lacomb and Haken area while Wirgau pointed a gun at the man’s head. and that Hill and Srebnik were armed with firearms.

Wirgau and Srebnik were brought to justice on several counts related to the alleged incident.

Authorities have issued warrants against Hill for the alleged incident, but police said Tuesday Hill was now missing and may be in danger.

Police last week found Bills’ body buried in Wirgau’s backyard on Naylor Road, about a five-minute drive from the Lacomb-Haken intersection.

Pending the autopsy results, police have yet to rule Bills ‘death a homicide, but Wirgau is a person of interest in the police investigation into Bills’ death.

Hill and Bills apparently knew each other as well. The two were friends on Facebook.

Court records indicate that Srebnik lived near the Lacomb-Haken intersection in 2020, although this is not his address given in court documents related to the current charges against him.