UPDATE: In a press conference Thursday morning, Escambia County Sheriff, David Morgan confirmed that 38-year-old Robert Letroy Howard, has been arrested in connection with with Naomi Jones’s murder.

Video surveillance shows that Howard was in the area during the time of Naomi’s disappearance.

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Police believe Howard acted alone in the murder of Naomi.

He is being held on a $600,000 bond in Escambia County jail. source

Original story:

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida reports that state and federal agencies are now offering $20,000 to anyone with information that leads to finding 12-year-old Naomi Jones. If you have any information, call 911.

Hundreds of volunteers and several agencies are working around the clock in the search for Jones.

This is the third day of the search in Pensacola. Naomi was last seen on Wednesday between noon and 4pm playing outside at the Aspen Village Apartments off East Johnson Avenue.