Aunt of 2 missing Iowa girls says family has consulted with attorney amid tensions with law enforcement officers - @AP

An aunt of two Iowa girls missing for nearly a week says the family has consulted with an attorney amid growing tensions with law enforcement officers handling the case.

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This combo made from undated photos provided by Black Hawk County police shows cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, left, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, who have been missing since Friday afternoon, July 13, 2012. The girls were last seen Friday afternoon leaving their grandmother's house. (AP Photo/Black Hawk County Police via Waterloo Courier) Close

Tammy Brousseau says authorities seem to be treating her family members as suspects — particularly the parents of one of the missing girls, 10-year old Lyric Cook-Morrissey. Brousseau says she thinks police are targeting Misty and Dan Morrissey because they've spent time in prison, mostly due to drug charges.

She says that this week a male family member briefly walked out of an interview with law enforcement in frustration. She didn't identify him.

Lyric and her 8-year-old cousin Elizabeth Collins have been missing six days. On Friday, an FBI dive team plans to search a lake where their bicycles were found.