Reply #128: You've asked how police could have spend that much money.

[LisaL]

Ask, and you shell receive.
I presume divers, helicopter search, canine search could add up.

"On Wednesday, divers from the Wheeling Fire Department and other agencies used sonar to search the river about a mile south of where the car was found near Des Plaines River Dam No. 1, while officers in a forest preserve police boat searched 6 miles south, Mayberry said. Cook County sheriff's police used a helicopter and a canine unit in a search of nearby woods, he said."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-solanki_27_bothdec27,1,7426643.story