Gabriel Galvin, 6, watches officer Marshall Kite with police dog Gage sniff the yard to pick up a scent of a burglar Tuesday in Elgin. December 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Officer Marshall Kite guides police dog Gage down a fenceline where a potential burglar might have climbed over Tuesday in Elgin. December 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Elgin police officer Marshall Kite scours the ground with police dog Gage, a Deutscher Drahthass (German wirehaired pointer), used for it's nasal sensory capabilities, during a attempted burgarly location Tuesday in Elgin. December 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Officer Marshall Kite uses police dog Gage to sniff a human scent of a potential burglar Tuesday in Elgin. December 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Officer Marshall Kite and police dog Gage, a German wirehaired pointer, prepare to locate a human scent for tracking a burglar Tuesday in Elgin. December 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
A police dog displays his teeth during a ILEAS police response team training exercise Thursday at Elgin Community College. September 27, 2012 | Sun-Times Media~File Photo
Kane County Sheriff Department K-9 unit officer Dean Sloggett guides his dog Gero down a row of lockers at Hampshire High School in January of 2000 after a threat of a bomb. January 5, 2000 | Sun-Times Media~File Photo
It was just last week when the 16-year-old girl took off from her home in Kaneville Township. She was struggling emotionally, not in a stable place. She left home unprepared to be outside in an Illinois winter. Police had no leads and her parents no …