Police are calling on volunteers to join an organized search for Melanie Terra Ferguson, the 4-year-old girl missing since Wednesday morning from her Estate Grove Place home.
Volunteers willing to help search for the girl are asked to join police at 6 a.m. at Fergustrax Heavy Equipment at 130 Grove Place, just west of the Annally Farms meat market, according to police Public Information Officer Melody Rames.
The young girl apparently wandered away from her home about 10 a.m. Wednesday in the company of her two brown Chihuahua dogs. Police issued a call to the public for help in tracing the lost child.
Wednesday night Rames said the girl has not yet been found, and added that the dogs had not returned either.
Rames said police have no reason at this time to suspect foul play.
Melanie Terra Ferguson is 4 years old, weighs 30 to 40 pounds and is 3 feet tall. Her brown hair was braided into cornrows to her neck. She has brown eyes and was wearing black leggings and a multicolored shirt with thin straps. She apparently was barefoot when she wandered off.
The police statement noted that Melanie is "very talkative but is shy around strangers."
Anyone who has seen Melanie or thinks they have any information that would help with the search can call detectives at 1-340-778-2211 or 1-340-712-6037, or call 911 with information.