Police and FBI agents continue to investigate, but no new information has surfaced. Authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for details that lead to Gina or missing teen Amanda Berry, another girl who disappeared on the West Side of Ohio,more than a year ago. "We are still committed, most definitely,"FBI Special Agent Bob Hawk said, "but we have nothing of any value right now." Felix DeJesus is frustrated and worries that authorities are giving up on his daughter. He looks for Gina every evening after work, sometimes accompanied by relatives or community activists. "I will not give up," he siad recently, sitting in his livingroom. "As long as she's out there missing, I'm going to be out there with her."
DeJesus said police have asked him to stop going out at night to search. But Gina's sister Mayra said the searches are crucial. Searchers meet different people at night, and are approached by some who have tips. Family members pass them along to the FBI. Often, the family reviews Gina's case, leafing through a booklet of sexual offenders living in the area and hunting for missed clues that might bring Gina home. But the volunteer efforts can lead to trouble. On May 3, Felix was accused with other men of breaking down the apartment door of a sexual offender living near West 104th St. Gina disappeared a block away on April 2nd. DeJesus denies he had anything to do with the broken door. Authorities say it is unlikely he will be charged, but the possibility concerns and angers him. He said police told him they plan to watch him. "I'm not a bad person," he said. "I'm not a vigilante. I'm desperate to find my daughter. It hurts so much." Deperation is familiar to other parents of missing children.