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As search for Dulce Maria Alavez enters sixth week, out-of-town volunteers outnumber locals in helping family look for her

Some locals have said that members of the city’s immigrant community are fearful of doing anything that might lead to contact with police.

Jeannette Lopez of Vineland scours a farm field in Bridgeton, N.J. Sunday during the third search this month for 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez, missing since Sept. 16.
Jeannette Lopez of Vineland scours a farm field in Bridgeton, N.J. Sunday during the third search this month for 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez, missing since Sept. 16.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer