Officials said they are not releasing too many details including the exact timeline behind the young girl's disappearance as it is important to the ongoing investigation. In the past month, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said they have seen a significant increase in the number of speculation-based tips. Most tips are generated by well-intentioned individuals on social media who have been spreading speculation and conjecture rather than having any real first-hand knowledge, investigators said. Investigators said they have sifted through thousands of tips, but have been met with mostly dead ends. Is the investigation into Summer Wells' disappearance still active? TENNESSEE AMBER ALERT: DIVE TEAMS, SPECIALIZED UNITS JOIN SEARCH FOR MISSING 5-YEAR-OLD They are also urging all residents in the area to continue to check their properties, especially as the overgrowth dies down due to the cooler weather, for any evidence Summer may have been on their property. Officials said the search like the one conducted on Tuesday was due to the changes in terrain conditions. While the initial active search has long been suspended, law enforcement officials said they will do any search based on credible information, but that information has been lacking. TENNESSEE MISSING 5-YEAR-OLD SUMMER WELLS: INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR PICKUP TRUCK Is the search for Summer Wells still considered active? The TBI has added a Q&A to their blog about Summer's disappearance on their website to help the public understand what has been done in the case so far. "We are asking anyone who saw Summer at any time on Tuesday, June 15th, to come forward if they haven’t done so already." However, all avenues continue to be explored, including foul play and the possibility that she wandered off and became lost in the mountainous and rough terrain surrounding her home," the TBI wrote. "At this time, there is no evidence that she was abducted. Investigators would like to speak to the driver. A witness who is regularly in the area as part of his job spotted the truck in the area. One of those vehicles law enforcement officials would like to find is a 1998-2000 maroon or red Toyota Tacoma, with a full bed ladder rack and white buckets in the truck bed. They also have been following up on all vehicle descriptions given to them that may have been in the area that day. They have interviewed known sex offenders in the area. While investigators do not have any evidence that Summer was abducted, they have been covering all their bases. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the disappearance of Summer Wells remains under investigation, but as to the question of if she was abducted, the agency’s answer has remained the same. Summer Wells (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) Was Summer Wells abducted?
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