TACOMA, Wash. -- Theresa English thought a young girl living in Dallas, Texas, was her missing daughter Teekah Lewis.

Lewis vanished from a Tacoma bowling alley in January 1999 and her mother has been searching for her ever since.

A private investigator hired by English located a girl in Dallas believing it was Lewis. English said she was certain it was Teekah when she saw the girl’s picture.

A DNA test was performed and the results were negative.

“To have somebody call you on the phone and tell you the results are negative and for the past eight weeks your hopes have been up so high, it hurts,” English told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

English said she is now back at square one, hoping her daughter is still alive and that she will be found.