DETROIT — Stepping gingerly among mounds of discarded tires, piles of soggy clothing and nail-pierced wood boards, Makibla Gideon’s head swept from side to side in search of a purple toddler’s jacket or pink shirt — any remnant that could have been worn by a 2-year-old Detroit girl whose father claims was taken during carjacking.

More than three dozen volunteers seeking signs of Bianca fanned out in small groups of five to 10 Monday morning through the North End neighborhood, while police continued to pore over D’Andre Lane’s version of how his car was taken during a robbery Friday morning with his daughter in the rear seat.

She and others who canvassed the area returned a couple hours later to Metropolitan United Methodist Church, many vowing to try again Tuesday if necessary.

Lane, 32, was in custody on an unrelated warrant.