Doug Sidie talked to WEAU 13 News inside the Sidie home as he sat with his sons. Doug Sidie says he and Alisha had an argument and she left on foot. Court records show their divorce was final in September of last year, but the couple did still live together.

"Just another difficult day, just the same as all the others,” Doug says. "I just want her to come home.”

“Are you finding mama?” one of the boys asks. “Yeah, buddy,” his dad answers.

Alisha Sidie's family members are pleading with the public to help them find her. Alisha Sidie’s sister, mother and ex-husband continue to trek through the woods with the other searchers and say they’re trying to stay optimistic, which gets tougher every day.

"Everyone out there say a prayer for my daughter, Alisha. Please. A prayer," says Alisha's mother, Susan Rowlee.

Susan says she hasn’t slept for days because she’s overcome with worry. She wants everyone to take a long look at the pictures of Alisha- pictures of a daughter, a sister and a mother.

"We have two little twins that she misses and they need their mother. They want to see mom. Please bring her home to us," Susan Rowlee says with tears in her eyes. "For something like this to happen in our community, to Alisha, is just unbelievable. I cannot understand how this would happen. I just hope and pray God will bring her home to us. That's all we ask.”

“Say come home mama,” Alisha’s younger sister Tracy Rowlee says to one of the boys. Seconds later, the tot echoes his auntie.

Zackary and Bryce, who goes by T.J., are only two, but their two little faces are full of questions- questions no one really knows how to answer.

“It’s starting to take a toll on me,” Tracy Rowlee tells us.

The 18-year-old is trying to stay strong for her family, but says it's hard without her older sister.

"Alisha was kind of my backbone. We’re really close,” Tracy Rowlee tells us. “In hard times, she was the person I went to. It's hard not having her here to talk to and to be around."

Sgt. Pat LaBarbera with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department says three specialized search and rescue teams have joined the effort to find missing 27-year-old Alisha Sidie. LaBarbera says the three teams specialize in human search and rescue efforts. About 35 officers are searching in the water, using ATVs to search the woods, and combing the area on foot.

"It's a day by day event,” says Sgt. Patrick LaBarbera with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. “We're very hopeful we can still bring Alisha home safely. We maintain that positive attitude. Sheriff Waldera is very adamant in his hopes that Alisha will be found safe and sound so we can bring her home."

The Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory from Wausau has also now joined the search and is helping investigators in their search for clues.