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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Investigators say blood belonging to missing 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson was found in her bedroom.During a Friday afternoon news conference, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told reporters that in addition to finding the blood in her room they also found her DNA on a piece of duct tape. That tape was located in a junk yard near Freddie Grant's home.
Investigators also found strands of Gabbiee's hair in Grant's home, according to Sheriff Leon Lott.
Also, the attorney for kidnapping suspect Freddie Grant wants a gag order on the case of the missing teen.
The frustration continues for FBI agents and Sheriff's Investigators as hundreds of tips still haven't produced any sign of Gabbiee.
It's been an emotional two weeks for Gabbiee's family, there's frustration on the part of law enforcement that the one man who may know where she is, remains tight lipped.
Swainson was last seen in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 18th.
"At night I can't even sleep, I am driving around in my car, yelling her name," said Elvia Swainson.
By Tuesday, the Richland County Sheriff's Office issued an advisory. They didn't suspect foul play, but Gabbiee wasn't your traditional run away.
"We're getting leads, we have lots of active leads," said Sheriff Lott.
By week's end it was a different story. Investigators were calling in the FBI and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Sheriff Lott sat down with WIS saying, they'd changed their mind about foul play.
"I don't feel like she left on her own," said Sheriff Lott. "This is totally out of character for her, this is not the type of girl who would leave on her own."
Sunday investigators executed a search warrant in Elgin.
It was Gabbiee's mother's boyfriend, Freddie Grant's home. Grant was arrested on federal weapons charges.
By Tuesday, a warrant charged him with kidnapping Gabbiee. Cell phone technology put him at the house and duct tape with her blood was found near his property.
By afternoon, 120 deputies and FBI agents searched wooded areas between the two homes.
The focus of the investigation remains on 52-year-old Freddie Grant. "We know who has the key to finding her," Sheriff Lott said on Thursday.
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