The FBI and Vermont State Police have now joined the search for a missing Middlebury College student who was last seen on Friday night.

Middlebury police posted an update on Facebook on Wednesday saying they had asked state police to activate its search and rescue team and other resources to join the ongoing search for 21-year-old Middlebury senior Lia Smith. They said New York State Police and the FBI are also assisting in the search.

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The first full-scale search involving the Vermont State Police team will take place on Thursday, following a ground search that was conducted Wednesday by Middlebury police and fire and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. That search focused on wooded areas on and adjacent to

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