NEAR ALBION, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The five-year search for a missing West Michigan woman picked back up Wednesday in a local swamp.

That area, at the intersection of 24 Mile Road and F Drive North near Albion, is the site of a renewed search for Mary Lands, from Marshall.

The family and investigators spoke exclusively to Newschannel 3 about why they headed back out to the site.

Numerous tips have led the parents of Mary Lands to believe that her remains are on marshy land near Albion. On Wednesday Cliff Marshall, Mary Lands father, came out with a team to take a look for himself.

"We continue to get the tips, you know we didn't go far enough, we didn't go deep enough, we didn't go west enough, so we're hoping that this will put it to rest out here," said Marshall.

"It's bothered the family for two years now that we haven't been able to come back and do a water search," said private investigator Jim Carlin.

So, could the swampy land near Albion be the final resting place of Mary Lands? It's a mystery that Marshall and Carlin want to put to rest, and on a muggy Wednesday morning, they set out to do just that with a specially trained dog, searching for any clues and hoping to put an end to their frustration.

"It's aggravated Anita and me both that we couldn't get a dog out to search the water," said Marshall.

"We're optimistic that if we can get an alert on the water, then we can contact the MSP again," said Carlin.

Marshall got his wish thanks to a police officer from Wisconsin who volunteered her time, along with her dog, to search for any clue or remains.

The area had been searched before, and local investigators had ruled it out, but Marshall wanted to make sure.

The dog, specially trained in water searches, circled the swamp and then set out on a boat to search the water, with the dog peering at the murky water.

Even after five years, the handler thought the dog would pick up on something if it's there, but the morning's search yielded little.

It has been over five years since Mary Lands went missing from her Marshall apartment, but her father still wanted to search the swamp. Whether it yields any clues or not, the people trying to solve the case are not relenting in their efforts to end the mystery.

"We just want to get this over with, it's been five years and four months now," said Carlin.

"One way or the other we're hopeful this is going to be the year we're going to put our daughter to rest," said Marshall.