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Search Underway for Pahrump Woman Missing Since 2006

A high-tech plane is helping solve missing persons cases all across the country. Detectives in Nye County brought in that plane and its expert search team hoping for some answers in a missing person's case.

The plane looks like a toy. It's remote controlled and could fit in your backseat. But it has software that no helicopter, airplane or search and rescue team does and it only flies 300 feet above the ground.

The three-foot long drone may be the key to solving Maureen Fields' murder case. The plane flew over the Inyo County, California desert where Maureen's car was found two and a half years ago. "W'll see things out there that just shouldn't be there. We'll be looking for her clothes, skeletal remains. We fly this thing 300 to 400 feet high and identify a small Styrofoam cup or a tennis shoe," said Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch.

So far, Nye County Sheriff's Deputies only have one suspect -- Maureen's husband Paul. "Paul went to the court and asked specifically that she be declared dead legally and the judge granted that request, and pursuant to law, she is dead and that changes the case to a homicide for us," said Det. Dave Boruchowitz.

Detective Boruchowitz and Miller went to Paul Fields' home Thursday to let him know about their search efforts. He declined to help. That's why they're relying on a small piece of plastic. If they find something from the air, then search and rescue teams will investigate it on the ground.

"We're here to help law enforcement and help bring some closure to this family, and we hope our experience and technology is going to be an asset in the search for Maureen," said Miller.

Miller started Texas EquuSearch 10 years ago after his own daughter was abducted murdered and found 17 months later.

The non-profit search team operates entirely on volunteers and they don't charge law enforcement or victims' families for their efforts.