Investigators resumed their search for missing Illinois State University senior Olamide Adeyooye on Thursday, one week after she was last seen.
The story is getting national attention as a local university community tries to hold out hope she'll be found safely.
The Normal Police Department continues to talk to people they call 'persons of interest' in what is now a criminal investigation.
A police cruiser sat outside the girl's boarded-up off-campus apartment, just three blocks from where authorities recovered some of Adeyooye's personal articles Wednesday.
She has been missing since the night of Oct. 13.
Thursday morning, Normal Police Lieutenant Mark Kotte and Adeyooye's friend Samantha Troha spoke with Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America about what's going on. Meantime, the university is trying to maintain its day-to-day operations in the face of a tough situation for everyone.
"The usual indicators that would tell you that a student was in distress simply weren't there in this case," said ISU President Al Bowman.
Many students on the ISU campus are unclear about what's been going on with the investigation, and all kinds of rumors are swirling about what has happened to Adeyooye.
"It's just from student to student. I'm from in town, and I've heard my parents talking about it," said ISU senior Emily Kabbes.
"(I heard) that her love seat was missing from her apartment, but everything else was there," said ISU freshman Kaitie Barclay.
It can be difficult to relay concise information through newspapers and television so all students can understand what's really going on and to dispel whispers of false hope.
"Everyone is deeply concerned about this case," Bowman said.
"I guess the rumor is that she was found yesterday afternoon or something," said ISU Senior Brandon Kuglin.
"We had heard that they had found her last night," Kabbes said.
But police did not find Adeyooye on Wednesday, despite uncovering clues that have led them to call this a criminal investigation. Adeyooye's family drove around on their own Thursday looking for clues.
"It was going around by so many people I almost took it as a definite, as a fact," Kuglin said.
Investigators are focusing on finding Adeyooye's car which has also been missing since Oct. 13. It's a green 1996 Toyota corolla with Illinois license plates LBG 927 and has an ISU sticker on the center of the back window. The front passenger seat is broken and is in the recline position.
ISU's Black Student Union lead a candlelight vigil Thursday night at the Milner Library Plaza.
"You wish you could do something about it, but I guess just say prayers," Kabbes said.
