Update 5

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Covington, Clermont County and several other agencies have decided to return to an Ohio state park on Thursday morning to continue their search for missing Northern Kentucky teen Paige Johnson. Officials spent eight hours today looking for any evidence in the north side of East Fork Lake State Park related to the disappearance of the 17 year old and came up empty-handed. But officials believe they need to cover more ground.

It's been more than 3 weeks since Paige Johnson disappeared. For much of that time, police operated off information from an acquaintance named Jacob Bumpass, who says he dropped her off at 15th and Scott in Covington at 1 a.m. on September 23rd. But cell phone records indicate Bumpass... or at least his phone.... were near East Fork State park at 4 a.m. the morning Johnson vanished. (For more on Bumpass and his connection to Johnson, click here.) Bumpass is now behind bars on unrelated charges and refuses to comment further on the case.

Covington is the lead agency on the search. 110 searchers and 17 dog teams spent eight hours looking through the wooded areas of East Fork Lake and recovered only a few items that possibly could be evidence but won't comment further. The teams gathered tonight and determined they'd covered about 65% of the target area today. They want to look through the rest of the acreage beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

Meanwhile, if you have any information about Paige Johnson's disappearance or her whereabouts, contact the Covington Police at 859-292-2222.

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COVINGTON, Ky. - In newly filed search warrants, Covington police are asking for text messages exchanged between 17-year-old Paige Johnson and the man last seen with her 22-year-old Jacob Bumpass.

The search warrants state Johnson lived in Florence with her grandmother and used her grandmother's phone before she was picked up by Bumpass during the early morning hours of Sept. 23.

Police state the two exchanged text messages beforehand and now police believe the content may lead to more details concerning Johnson's whereabouts.

According to police, Bumpass told them he dropped the teen off at 15th and Scott but his cell phone records indicate that he was at East Fork Lake in Clermont County.

According to the search warrant, Bumpass changed his phone number after Johnson's disappearance while keeping the same phone.

On his Facebook site, Bumpass makes reference to Johnson on Sept. 23, at 8:22 p.m. asking folks if anyone with information on Paige's whereabouts to let him know because the cops are looking for her.

On Sunday, the Boone County Water Rescue Team searched East Fork Lake but found nothing.

Now, Covington police are working with Clermont County Sheriff's Department to do a larger search later this week.

"Essentially we are trying to find out if in fact there is any evidence that Paige was at East Fork Lake at any time that would indicate where her whereabouts or where she may have been traveling through," said Lt. Col. Spike Jones of Covington police.

Bumpass remains at the Kenton County Jail for violating his probation.

He's not been charged in connection with Johnson's disappearance.

His attorney did not return calls seeking comment.

On Monday, friends of Johnson got a billboard company to donate a billboard free of charge to help aid in the search. They're also looking for businesses and volunteers to help with fliers