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Search Scaled Back for Rodney Goggins Jr.
The investigation into the disappearance of the Baltimore fire recruit from Randallstown has yielded few answers.

Ten days have passed since family members first reported .
was last seen by his girlfriend late Sunday and on Monday, May 30, he never came home. Tuesday he didn't report to work, and his 2000 black Buick was found Wednesday afternoon along Liberty Road near the Liberty Reservoir, police said.
Despite the use of state-of-the-art high definition sonar equipment and a massive search effort at the reservoir, there have been no significant findings, said Kevin Cartwright, spokesman for the Baltimore City Fire Department.
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"The search for Rodney was scaled back after a mass jurisdictional effort was held for nearly three days at the Liberty Reservoir," he said in an e-mail. "Divers collectively used sonar equipment to search for Goggins in the reservoir, but found no signs."
Dozens of friends and family waited on the tree-lined road near the reservoir for any word. Kino Glover, a former player development coach at Baltimore City College high school who worked with Goggins, said he canceled his work schedule Thursday to be there.
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"As an athlete and a student, he was one of the leaders of the crew," Glover said. "My spirit wouldn't be right if I didn't support my relationship with Rodney."
Hundreds gathered at the high school for a prayer vigil Tuesday, according to an ABC2 report.
Maryland State Police is the lead agency in the investigation, said Sgt. Christopher Davala of Maryland State Police's underwater recovery team. Officials and volunteers from the Baltimore City Fire Department, Baltimore County Police, the Baltimore County K-9 unit, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and others were also on the scene last week.
The circumstances of Goggins' disappearance are unclear. A WBAL report said socks, shoes and a "goodbye note" were found in Goggins' Buick, but the sources were not identified. There may be a message posted on Goggins' private Facebook page, the report said.
"The existence of a note or the contents of a note—I have no knowledge of that," said Lt. Robert McCullough, Baltimore County police spokesman.
Family members did not immediately return calls for comment.
A non-profit group called LostNMissing is assisting the family and has set up a website to communicate messages of support and receive donations toward a reward fund for information leading to Rodney, said the organization's president and founder Cynthia Caron in an e-mail. There's also a Facebook page.
Police also ask that anyone with information on Goggins' whereabouts call 410-887-1340 or 410-307-2020.
Although several agencies have scaled back, Baltimore City Watershed Police have agreed to maintain surveillances for Goggins on land and in the reservoir, Cartwright said.
"The reality is that it's unknown [where he is]," McCullough said. "We continue to search for him. There and everywhere else."
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