Lauren Spierer

MARTINSVILLE — The FBI continues to investigate a Martinsville home connected to a man suspected of flashing himself to numerous women. The search is connected to the disappearance of an Indiana University student.

Sources confirm to Eyewitness News the search is related to the investigation into the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. Spierer disappeared June 3, 2011 after a night out with friends near the Bloomington campus.

Since her disappearance, Spierer’s mother, Charlene, has made numerous pleas for information that would help police in their search for her daughter.

“There have been so many waiting to hear, waiting to hear, waiting to hear, that never said it was related to Lauren and this is just making me sick now. I want to find Lauren more than anything in the whole wide world and that’s the most important thing. So, if it is, it is, you know, I want to know,” she told Eyewitness News Thursday.

The FBI and other police agencies converged on the home in the 2900 block of Old Morgantown Rd. on the morning of Jan. 28. Bloomington Police confirm they were involved in the search in Martinsville. The FBI referred to Bloomington P.D. as the “lead agency” in the investigation.

“The Indianapolis Office of the FBI has been assisting the lead agency — which is the Bloomington Indiana Police Department — following up on leads and tips in Morgan County today regarding the disappearance of Lauren Spierer. There is no additional information to release regarding this matter at this time,” the FBI said in a statement Thursday night.

Investigators sifted dirt removed from a barn near the property after cadaver dogs finished their work. County police agencies and the FBI were tight-lipped about the search. Investigators towed a white truck from the property.

In surveillance video released shortly after Spierer’s disappearance, investigators keyed on a white truck recorded by security cameras, but later identified the company name on the side of the truck, spoke with the owner and determined there was no connection to the investigation.

The truck may be connected to 35-year-old Justin Wagers. Wagers, who is accused of exposing himself to women, lived here with his mother and stepfather until his arrest last August.

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