AtTCHISON COUNTY, Kan. -- Atchison County sheriff's deputies and agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation searched a lumber business on Friday afternoon that is owned by a missing woman's ex-husband.

Authorities did not say what they were looking for on the property when they searched it for three hours, but they said it was connected to the disappearance of 58-year-old Patricia Kimmi who was last seen alive back in November.

Police said Kimmi was supposed to meet with a friend on the day she disappeared, but she never showed up. There was a massive search for her in the area at the time of her disappearance and investigators have found evidence of a struggle inside her rural Atchison County home.

Authorities said Kimmi's ex-husband has not been charged in the case. He has hired a lawyer and so far police said they have not questioned him, but one of his business partners has been named a person of interest. Authorities said he is in jail on an unrelated charge.