Gardaí have confirmed they are assisting Spanish police looking for Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick after the search of the Mijas area on the Costa del Sol was scaled down today.
Civil Guard investigators in Spain are today reportedly examining the 15-year-old's computer as they investigate the theory that she may have fled back to Ireland.
The possibility that she may be hiding in a friend's house in Spain is also being investigated.
The Spanish authorities have also contacted Interpol for asssistance in the search.
The teenager disappeared on January 1st when she failed to return home after spending New Year's Eve at a friend's house a short distance from her home in Riviera del Sol in Calahonda, near Mijas.
Amy was staying there with mother Audrey, brother Dean (17) and stepfather Dave Mahon.
Yesterday, 213 Civil Guard officers, along with police and firemen, searched an area of 18 square kilometres west of where Amy was last seen.
Police also said they are following-up on leads from the public placing Amy in Malaga capital, Fuengirola, and the town of Coín.
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