Kingsbury Investigation: Place 'Blue Check' If You Consent To Search

WINONA, MN — As the search for Madeline Kingsbury continues, the Winona Police Department is asking all property owners in Winona, Fillmore, and Houston counties to place a blue checkmark in an easily-visible location if they consent to have their property searched.

"Volunteers will only be looking for Maddi, signs of a disturbance or something out of the ordinary," the department said in a statement Wednesday.

"They will not be entering any homes or other structures on the property and will follow all state and local laws and postings on the property. Volunteers will also confirm with the property owner that it's ok to search."

Following the search, volunteers will tie a blue ribbon around a mailbox or post letting. Property owners who have already searched their estate can also tie a blue ribbon outside, police said.

Authorities are also asking property owners to report old wells, homesteads, windmills, and sinkholes. Those types of old structures are not included in available records and could lead to new searches, police said.

Kingsbury, 26, hasn't been seen or heard from since dropping her kids off at daycare on the morning of March 31. She also did not show up for her job as a research coordinator at the Mayo Clinic.

Calls and messages from her sister and mother went unanswered that day. "All of this is extremely out of character for her," Winona police said.

Megan Kingsbury told FOX News she received a "goofy" text from her sister at 8:15 a.m. on the morning she went missing.

"We were chuckling about a funny photo exchange between us, and that was the last communication with me, or with any of my family or her other friends," Megan told the news channel.

Kingsbury's sister and parents released a statement earlier this month describing the "waking nightmare" they are experiencing since she went missing on March 31.

The father of Kingsbury’s children released a separate statement condemning public speculation that he was involved with the disappearance.