A top state official says investigators will not be publicly confirming facts about the case or discussing leads as the search for a missing University of Iowa student continues.

That’s Kevin Winker — the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s director of investigative operations. He spoke at a news conference in Montezuma.

Twenty-year-old Mollie Tibbetts vanished 13 days ago. She was last seen jogging in Brooklyn on the evening of July 18th. Winker declined to label Tibbetts as the victim of a kidnapping.

There HAVE been air and ground searches and search dogs have been deployed in some locations.