down this gravel road that dead ends at the gunnison river. when given paige's scent, the dogs followed exactly the same path along highway 50 down the gravel road into the gunnison river. so was paige's body in here somewhere? they called in divers. >> basically, we go across the river about 100 feet.we they let us out five feet. we come back across the river, 100 feet. and basically just searching by feel, i just got out of there and it's pitch black on the bottom.etju >> reporter: but there just wasn't a body down there. swept away by the river perhaps? anyway, the labor-intesive search of the countryside, which had been going on for two long months, now seemed rather hi pointless. so, at summer's end, the command post closed. >> i guess that's the only thing at this point to do because t there isn't anymore volunteers that are coming up. and people do have to return to their own lives. >> reporter: but that was not an option for paige's family. her parents rented an apartment in town and carried on the