TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — Quebec provincial police are checking into a tip from a man who may have seen 10-year-old Cedrika Provencher being forcibly put inside a car on the night of her disappearance.

The tip came to crime reporter Claude Poirier, who received a voice mail from a woman who claims her uncle saw Cedrika being kidnapped but didn't tell anyone other than his wife because he didn't want to be bothered by police.

The man and his wife were visiting Trois-Rivieres, midway between Montreal and Quebec City, when Cedrika disappeared on July 31.

"It's very important that the Surete du Quebec (police) meet with this person,'' Poirier said Friday on his daily television show as he recounted the content of the voice mail message and how the man didn't want to call police.

Sgt. Isabelle Gendron said police can't comment on the specifics of the new information, but officers are verifying the tip as they have with every other tip that has come their way.

Gendron said police get as many as 50 calls a day on their tip line and about 40 police officers and investigators are still in Trois-Rivieres following up on information.

On Friday night, Cedrika's family and the public planned to gather at the Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Cap Roman Catholic Church for an evening of prayer for the missing girl.

Police have resisted releasing a composite sketch of a suspect despite a seemingly credible sighting of a man with a young girl in the province's Gaspe region.

Gendron said it's still too early to release a suspect or vehicle description.

On his television show on the French-language TVA network, Poirier told viewers the information might be of help to provincial police.

Poirier agreed to help Cedrika's parents find the child by setting up a special cell phone line that Poirier would answer. The move was made to give anyone who didn't want to call police directly an option.

The youngster was out for a bike ride in the early evening hours but failed to return home for an 8:30 p.m. curfew. Witnesses say the girl told them she was helping a man look for a lost dog.

Cedrika's birthday was marked by her family, who had a public ceremony in Trois-Rivieres on Wednesday. Balloons and 10 doves were released to mark her birthday.