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Numerous police agencies, along with both professional and volunteer search teams, will search parts of Montgomery County on Sunday, April 19, in an attempt to locate missing siblings Jacob and Sarah Hoggle. Montgomery County Police say the search is not based on any new investigative leads, but is part of the continued effort to locate the Hoggle children, who have been missing for more than seven months.

Jacob Hoggle, 2, was last seen in the Darnestown area at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 7. Sarah Hoggle, 4, was last seen in the Clarksburg area about 9 p.m. on Sept. 7. Catherine Hoggle, the mentally ill Montgomery County mother who won't disclose the whereabouts of her two young children, remains in the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center. Hoggle says the children are safe, but has not given any information on their whereabouts.

Residents can expect to see law enforcement officers and volunteer search teams from various jurisdictions in parts of the county on Sunday. Members of this operation will be using canines, ATVs, and horses to aid in the ground search. Residents in the Darnestown, Boyds, and Clarskburg areas are asked to again search their property for any sign of Jacob and Sarah. Due to the active criminal investigation tied to the disappearance of the sibling, volunteers from the community cannot be used in this search, police say.

Family's Hopes vs. Police Homicide Case

There are two theories on the fate of the children. Troy Turner, Hoggle's common-law husband, and Lindsey Hoggle, their grandmother, believe the mentally ill mother gave the youngsters to someone to care for them. Montgomery County Police say they believe the children are dead, although no bodies have been found.