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Michigan police search for body of missing gas station clerk

A western Michigan prosecutor says police officers acting on a tip searched land near the home of a man under investigation for the disappearance of a gas station clerk, but nothing was found.

WOOD-TV reports police searched an abandoned rail bed Friday near Jeffrey Willis' home for the body of 25-year-old Jessica Heeringa, who disappeared in 2013.

Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson says investigators didn't find anything. Willis waived his right this week to a hearing to determine whether there's enough evidence for him to stand trial in the abduction of a 16-year-old girl.

He's also accused of killing jogger Rebekah Bletsch in 2014. Authorities say the teen escaped from Willis' van in April and identified him in a photo lineup.

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