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ST. LOUIS — Police and FBI agents on Thursday searched a home in the Dutchtown neighborhood, and dug up its yard, while investigating a tip in a 2020 case of a missing woman. 

51ºÚÁÏ police spokesman Mitch McCoy said investigators concluded their day-long search about 6:15 p.m. Thursday and that the only thing they found were some suspected narcotics in the house.

On Friday, police said the tip was in relation to the 2020 disappearance of 21-year-old Bre’yan Miller. 

She was last seen July 26 on or near Delor Street, near the home that was searched on Thursday.

A SWAT team descended on the house at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday to serve the search warrant, McCoy said.

Later, McCoy said the FBI joined the effort and investigators used shovels and a backhoe to dig in the home's side yard, which is on the southwest corner of Dewey Avenue and Delor.

He said the people who live at the home were familiar with the detectives investigating Miller's disappearance.

When asked by reporters, McCoy would not confirm police were looking for a body. "I will let the equipment speak for itself," he said. 

Police on Friday confirmed no human remains had been found. 

"The SLMPD is dedicated to finding all of our missing persons and will follow up on all credible leads, no matter how much time has passed," 51ºÚÁÏ police wrote in a statement.

During Thursday's search, a 39-year-old woman and 43-year-old man were arrested. The woman was being held on prior warrants in a domestic case, McCoy said. He would not confirm if the arrestees lived in the home.

On Friday, police said no one was in custody in connection to the 2020 case.