ENOSBURG, Vt. (AP) – Police have begun searching again for a teenager who has been missing since 2004.

Using trained dogs and dozens of officers, officers began combing through Montgomery and Berkshire looking for Brianna Maitland, who was 17 when she disappeared in March 2004.

The search was not because there had been any new information uncovered, but because they wanted to comb through the forested region before snow made it difficult or impossible until spring.

Police, using cadaver-sniffing dogs among other tools, planned to search for two days looking for remains or other evidence, said state police Jocelyn Stohl, who commands the Rockingham barracks and is a leader of the search. There were 44 people and 17 dogs involved.

Police do not know whether Maitland is dead or alive and the presence of cadaver-sniffing dogs should not indicate any conclusions have been drawn, said state police Lt. Brian Miller.

She was last seen leaving the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, where she worked as a dishwasher, on March 19, 2004. Her abandoned car was found the next day. She was 17 at the time and would be 19 now. She lived in Sheldon.

Miller said the possibility that she was a victim of foul play increases the longer she does not contact friends or family. No suspects have been developed.

Stohl said the snowstorm earlier in the week complicated the effort.

Besides Vermont State Police, Connecticut State Police helped and so did search-and-rescue and canine teams from the Northeast Kingdom, elsewhere in New England and Maine. Stowe Mountain Rescue, the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team and Fish and Wildlife agents also were on hand.

Brianna’s family has offered a $10,000 reward for information on where she can be found. It would be doubled for her safe return or information for those responsible for her disappearance.