Dinse gave high praise to his homicide detectives, whom he said have worked on the case with little sleep for two weeks and have had the "terrible job" of sorting through nearly 3,000 tons of trash at the landfill. They want to find Lori's body not only for their own case but so her family can have proper closure.

"The thought that her last resting place is a landfill is not a pleasant thought," he said. "The thought that she might have to stay there is something else we don't like to think about."

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Monday also praised the work done by Salt Lake City police.

"There are a lot of officers who have put in a tremendous amount of hours and time on this challenging case," he said. The police have been "absolutely committed to bringing the person responsible for Lori's disappearance to justice."

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Contributing: Leigh Dethman; E-mail: preavy@desnews.com, jdobner@desnews.com