As soldiers quickly began digging, another man came up and asked why they were unearthing his cousin.

Many of the men who had followed them, willing to help in the search, seized at this hope and began digging.

Unfazed, the little boy climbed to the top and began digging.

Kenyans who gathered outside wanted to rush in and begin digging.

When we wouldn't let them out of the country they really began digging.

The investigators came upon a foul odor and began digging, the local media said.

A team located a faint set of life signs in the ruins and began digging.

"We each took a wall and began digging," she said.

"They came into our compound and began digging, as if this wasn't enough for them."

But it was unclear why it has taken agents more than two months to begin digging.