Landfill search yeilds positive signs MOBILE, Ariz., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Although police searching an Arizona landfill for the remains of a missing 5-year-old have not yet found a body, they are optimistic, investigators said. Officers combing the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile, Ariz., Wednesday found mail and newspapers from the same day investigators say they believe Jhessye Shockley's body was put in a trash can in Tempe, The Arizona Republic reported. Sgt. Brent Coombs said the discovery was "very interesting." Coombs said despite the positive signs, police are prepared to spend weeks searching through piles of compacted trash. "They're in it for the long haul," he said. They don't want to get an unrealistic expectation. Police have said they believe Jhessye's body was disposed of shortly before her mother reported her missing on Oct. 11. The girl's mother, Jerice Hunter, is the primary focus of the investigation, which has been labeled a homicide. Police began searching the landfill Monday.