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The FBI joined the search for a missing 19-year-old woman in Orlando, Florida, as her family pleaded for information to help find the college student, authorities announced Thursday.

Officials are searching for Miya Marcano after she disappeared from the Arden Villas Luxury Apartments in Orlando after being seen about 5 p.m. on Sept. 24.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a press conference Thursday that his department was deploying all possible resources to find Marcano. He said the FBI had lent technology to aid the search and other local agencies had provided trained dogs and dive teams.

Hundreds of sworn and civilian personnel here at the sheriffs office and beyond have been working around the clock to employ all the resources at our disposal to find Miya, Mina said Thursday . We are going to find Miya, and were pouring a lot of resources into this case.

A person of interest in Marcanos disappearance, Armando Manuel Caballero, was found dead on Monday in an apparent suicide, complicating the investigation. Caballero was a maintenance worker at the Orlando apartment complex where Marcano also worked and lived. Investigators had named him as a person of interest after discovering he used a master key to enter her apartment minutes before she was last seen.

Caballero, 27, had expressed a romantic interest in Marcano, authorities said, but had been repeatedly rebuffed.

STILL MISSING: The red shirt (left) is what Miya Marcano was wearing when last seen on 9/24. She also had on jeans & a black hoodie.

On 9/27, person of interest Armando Caballero was found dead in an apparent suicide.

We're still searching for Miya.

Call 407-836-4357 w/ info pic.twitter.com/YkLGAQKPWb

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STILL MISSING: The red shirt (left) is what Miya Marcano was wearing when last seen on 9/24. She also had on jeans & a black hoodie.

On 9/27, person of interest Armando Caballero was found dead in an apparent suicide.

We're still searching for Miya.

Call 407-836-4357 w/ info pic.twitter.com/YkLGAQKPWb
Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) September 28, 2021

Marcanos family has pleaded for information about her disappearance.

Were just ready to bring her home, but we need everyones help, her aunt, Semone Westmaas, told the local ABC affiliate . We need every resource at this point.

Mina added Thursday that his office had been in touch with Marcanos family every single day, trying to keep them updated on everything that were doing.

I know that Miyas family and her loved ones are going through unimaginable anguish as they try and find out what happened to Miya, he said.

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Marcano was last seen wearing a read shirt, jeans and a black hoodie. Anyone with tips regarding her whereabouts is asked to call the Central Florida Crimeline at (407) 836-4357.

If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline . You can also text HOME to 741-741 for free, 24-hour support from the Crisis Text Line . Outside of the U.S., please visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for a database of resources.