A reported sighting of a body in bushland west of Brisbane has prompted Queensland authorities to expand the search for the body of missing teenager Tiffany Taylor.
The 16-year-old, who was 20 weeks pregnant, has not been seen since she allegedly met up with Rodney Wayne Williams, 60, on July 12.
Williams has since been charged with her murder even though detectives are yet to locate Tiffany's body.
About 50 police and SES officers were searching an area near the Wivenhoe Dam, 50km west of Brisbane, on Saturday.
Police received a tip-off from a woman who thought she had seen a body near the Twin Bridges Reserve this month, Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Grant Ralston said.
"(There was) potentially something there," he told reporters at the scene.
"We've conducted our investigations there with a thorough field search and a water search just in case it is our Tiffany, the missing person."
Police on horseback have also been searching thick bushland near Brisbane Valley Highway and Lovers Lane.
Tiffany was last seen getting into Williams' car after leaving a motel in the Logan suburb of Waterford West, where she lived with her long-term boyfriend, police have said.
The champagne-coloured 1995 Hyundai Excel sedan was seen at Logistics Place in Larapinta, south of Brisbane, about noon the same day.
Detectives believe it later travelled along Brisbane Valley Highway, between Warrego Highway and Fernvale.
Tiffany's white Samsung smartphone has not been recovered and it is believed to have been dumped around the suburbs of Bundamba and Riverview.
Police believe she was using online dating sites to sell sexual services before she disappeared.
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