Mike Bauer

So Farley leads a few groups of deputies and bloodhounds down the local trails.

At one time thought they caught a scent and it went up on the trail going toward the Burkhart Trail.

And we had talked about someone saying they heard a gunshot.

You can't see the house from here, but it's like a half mile below the trail up there where the people live that said they heard that.

The dogs pick up a scent, possibly Ajay's, on a trail that's near a local resident.

That guy reported to searchers that he heard a single gunshot at sunset the day Ajay vanished.

It's a detail the sheriff's department registers as a potential clue.

So I took a group of deputies over there and we went down really rugged, wooded canyon.

They didn't find anything.

But searchers do spot some footprints on the mountain where Ajay told people he was going.

So Ajay's captain, Mike Bauer, takes to the skies to see where they lead.

And that was the first time I ever stepped out of a huge helicopter on the side of a mountain with one skid touching.

And then that helicopter flew off while we examined the openings of Bighorn Mine to see whether or not it had been broken into.

Bighorn is a mine on top of the mountain, left over from the gold rush days.

Its entrance has been welded shut to keep out hikers.

And when the helicopter lands 90s action movie style, Bauer's crew finds no signs of a break-in.

Ajay's reported missing late Thursday night.

By the end of the day Sunday, the Sheriff's Department kicks things into high gear.

They call in the U.S.

Army and Air Force, along with the LASD heavy hitters.