Cops scour remote state park for teen girl who was last seen being dragged bleeding and screaming across a highway by armed kidnapper
- Fernando Castro is suspected of kidnapping missing teen Pearl Pinson
- 15-year-old was last seen bleeding and screaming for help two days ago
- Yesterday police spotted Castro's car and exchanged gunfire with him
- Officers shot him dead at a trailer park but teenager still remains missing
Cops hunting for a missing teenager who was last seen bleeding and screaming as she was dragged across a highway by an armed suspect are now searching a remote area in California.
Officers are now combing Sonoma Coast State Park, to the north of the state, for any sign of Pearl Pinson, 15, after she was abducted while walking to school on Wednesday.
Detectives from the Solano County Sheriff's Office said that new leads had led them to believe Pinson might be in the area, but refused to say what information had been uncovered.
Police searching for Pearl Pinson, 15 (left), have concentrated their efforts on Sonoma Coast State Park, in California's north, four days after cops say she was kidnapped by Fernando Castro, 19
Helicopters and search teams were focused on a four-square-mile area around the mouth of the Russian River in a remote area of Sonoma covered with wild oak
Spokeswoman Christine Castillo said: 'Our number one priority is to bring her home to her family, and we do believe that is possible.
Earlier today, officers called off the search after no trace of the girl was found. The Solano County Sheriff's Office, which still believes she will be found alive, said investigators will continue following up on leads.
'There are indications she could be possibly injured, and that is still a concern. We want to locate her and get her any medical attention she needs.'
Pinson was last seen being dragged across a highway while bleeding and screaming by an armed man that cops say was Castro
Officers on foot and helicopters were seen searching a four-square-mile area at the mouth of the Russian River on Friday afternoon, the Press Democrat reports.
Detectives criss-crossed an area of steep, thick wild oak on Friday looking for Pinson, with the search resuming this morning.
Deputies have been searching for Pinson since a witness reported seeing her being dragged across a freeway on Wednesday morning in Vallejo by a man police believe was Fernando Castro, 19.
Blood and Pinson's cellphone were found on the pedestrian overpass where she was taken.
Detectives caught up with Castro the following day after his gold Saturn sedan was spotted driving through Santa Barbara county, hundreds of miles to the south, before he attempted to flee.
Castro shot at officers and then drove to a trailer park where he attempted to get into a different vehicle before being shot dead, according to police.
Despite Castro's death detectives still do not know where Pinson is, or why she has not sought help.
Authorities believe that Castro and Pinson knew each other, though the exact nature of their relationship remains unclear.
Rose Pinson, the missing girl's older sister, said she had heard Castro's name but had never met him and described him as an acquaintance, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald.
Officers say new information led the to search Sonoma, but that have not revealed what they discovered, saying only that the 'best leads' are there
Castro was shot dead by officers the day after Pinson went missing after police spotted him driving in a gold Sedan hundreds of miles from where she was last seen before a gun battle broke out
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