UPDATE: Monday 3/9 @ 11:18am
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The latest search for murder victim Samantha Burns' remains is on hold for a few weeks, with new information likely on the way from her convicted killer.

Working with the FBI and State Police, a missing person’s search team out of North Carolina combed 4 locations in Wayne County for four days last week.

But the team leader tells WSAZ.com that the information from Chad Fulks conflicted with the map he provided.

Monica Caison says a recent South Carolina search with information provided by Chad Fulks did turn up human remains, possibly those of murder victim Alice Donovan.

Caison says Fulks had videotape and pictures to work from with Donovan, but did not with Samantha Burns. She says the FBI took video and pictures in Wayne County and will show them to Fulks this week.

Caison says Fulks will then refine his map, and she expects to resume the search for the Marshall students' remains around March 23rd.

Monica Caison says searchers are moving to an area near the intersection of Route 75 and Route 152.

Caison says this is an area Fulks told them to search during that call.

Fulks is being held on death row in a Federal Prison in Indiana.

The latest area is between Daisy Lane and Buffalo Crossing.

Crews are now combing the area behind Rocky Top's Pizza, at the intersection of Buffalo Creek Rd. And Route 75.

This is about a city block from the location they searched on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

Family members, State Police, FBI agents and members of a non-profit search group from North Carolina are taking part in the search.

A national missing persons search group is leading the renewed hunt, looking for the 19-year-old Marshall University student who was killed more than six years ago. Although we were out with the search team Tuesday, its members were keeping any findings quiet.

That's because there's as much emotion and guarding against a family's false hopes as there is cadaver dog, archaeological-type police work. The search team is acting on maps and directions provided by one of Burns' convicted killers, and he has provided false hope before.

Still, all involved believe there's good reason to search.

Working with FBI agents and West Virginia State Police, the missing persons search team from North Carolina used cadaver dogs to comb a wooded area not far from where Burns' charred car was discovered in 2002.

One dog seemed to pinpoint an out-of-the-way spot in a culvert. Searchers with shovels, hand tools and probing rods followed as Burns' anxious family watched. Search team leader Monica Caison downplayed the find.

"It's not significant," she said. "We're working on an area of concern."

Working off maps and directions from death row convict Chad Fulks, Caison said the Burns' information is different from details Fulks provided that recently led to finding human remains that may belong to another of his victims -- the late Alice Donovan of South Carolina.

We asked Caison if a search is more difficult after so much time has elapsed -- nearly six and a half years in the Burns' case.

"It is if the land navigation changes," she said. "We're in luck here -- better than in Alice's case."

Caison said the focus for her highly trained team of volunteers is to help grieving families find some peace.

"So people like Samantha Burns' family doesn't have to continue their journey with pain and suffering of a missed love one," she said.

The lead FBI agent on the case tells us the search team will stay small for now, adding that no big excavating equipment coming will be used. They'll use hand tools similar to those used in archaeological digs.

FBI officials said the search area, along with previous tips from Fulks, is the same general area they searched with dogs 18 months ago and found nothing. But they said -- considering the South Carolina find -- nothing should be taken for granted.

Search team members said they stopped searching around sunset Tuesday and will resume Wednesday morning. They said they are not ruling out other areas.

A national missing person’s search group is participating in the new effort, along with the FBI, and the West Virginia State Police.

Members of Burns' family are also on the scene. We're told the search began around 9 a.m Tuesday.

The group is re-searching an area where Burns' burned out car was found shortly after she disappeared in 2002.

The group is using a map and other new information provided by Chad Fulks, who is now on death row after pleading guilty to the Marshall student's murder.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for updated information.

Burns, a Marshall student, turned up missing in November 2002 -- about the same time as South Carolina's Alice Donovan. Chad Fulks and Brandon Basham pleaded guilty to killing both women. Recent information from Fulks helped find remains that may be Donovan's,
and there's another map from Fulks that may lead to Burns' remains.

Terri Chapman, a teacher who had Burns in her 8th grade English class, said Burns' family and community still seek closure.

"It will help the community heal," she said.

In January, Fulks -- who's now on death row -- responded to a missing person's search group in North Carolina about where to find murder victim Donovan's body in South Carolina.

"He had photos, a letter with directions, and a map he made the best he could," Caison said.

That information led to the group finding human remains -- a skull and arm bones that are being tested to match Donovan's DNA.

Following those finds came another note from Fulks about Burns, pointing to the wooded Wayne County area where her burned-out car was found.

"The map is more defined," Caison said. "We're hoping to work off the map."

After years of fruitless searches for Burns -- some involving Fulks' information -- the highly trained volunteer search group does not want to provide false hope but a renewed sense of urgency and effort.

"We hope we're fortunate enough to be blessed to find Samantha," Caison said. "We know how they feel."

She said her team of volunteers and cadaver dogs are meeting with local law enforcement and Burns' family members Monday evening. They plan to first make sure they're in the right area, then begin a search Tuesday that will start small and -- with possible discovery -- shift to a larger scale effort.

South Carolina officials hope to match their human remains with Donovan's DNA in the next few days or weeks. The Community United Effort Center for Missing Persons began in 1994. They've worked with 8,600 family members around the country.

Monica Caison with the CUE Center for Missing Persons tells WSAZ.com that she wants to meet with local FBI representatives before beginning any search.

Caison, who is founder of the North Carolina based group, says she expects to arrive in Huntington sometime Monday afternoon.

She did not want to comment any further on the search until later today (Monday).

A South Carolina TV station says the group plans to search for Burns’ remains in the area near German Ridge and Haney’s Branch Road in Wayne County.

Burns burned out car was found in that area a day after she disappeared in November 2002.

Chad Fulks and Brandon Basham are on death row in a federal prison in Indiana for Burns' kidnapping and murder, and the kidnapping and murder of Alice Donovan.

Burns disappearance came three days before Donovan was kidnapped in Horry County South Carolina. Neither body has been found.

In Late January, members of the group believed they found Donovan’s skeletal remains in a wooded area in Horry County. This, after Fulks gave them a letter and map of where he and Basham dumped Donovans body. Tests continue on those remains.

Now, according to the report, the group says that Fulks has provided them with another letter and map that could lead them to Burns remains.