Searchers have found an “item of interest” while looking for the body of a missing state trooper in Holt County.

Searchers started digging in an area trooper Fred Guthrie’s dog, Reed, was found. The dogs body was found in flood waters near Missouri Route 118.

Search dogs had picked Guthrie’s scent in the area where an the item was found. Troopers are using shovels and metal detectors in the search.

What the item is has not been discussed, but it has been sent to a lab for analysis.