Washington police and cadaver-sniffing dogs have searched vacant buildings for clues to missing intern Ms Chandra Levy.
Police also analysed evidence from the apartment of US Congressman Mr Gary Condit, with whom family members say she had a romantic relationship.
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Police sniffer dog 'King' begins a search of a Washington building for clues to the whereabouts of Ms Chandra Levy
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A team of seven police officers moved through Washington's Shaw neighborhood, entering one padlocked and boarded-up three-story apartment house through a broken rear window. The Shaw district lies about a mile (1.6 kilometres) east of Ms Levy's apartment.
At another vacant home a few blocks away, officers checking under a porch called for dogs after they noticed the earth was slightly disturbed but found no sign of the missing intern.
These properties were among 19 abandoned buildings in Shaw where officers were looking for something that might lead them to Ms Levy, the 24-year-old intern from California last seen at her Washington health club on April 30th.
Police are awaiting the results of FBI crime lab analysis of evidence collected at Mr Condit's apartment early Wednesday.
The Washington Timesand other news organisations cited sources as saying Mr Condit had provided a DNA sample to investigators.
Mr Condit, a 53-year-old married father of two, has been interviewed by police three times about Ms Levy's disappearance.
In the first two interviews, Mr Condit said Ms Levy was a friend, but the Washington Postand other media reported that in the third interview he acknowledged a romantic relationship.