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Age: 3

Nature of crime: abduction

At a later date, someone had scrawled four bleak words across the paper

StillPresumed dead

Presumed dead Not declared dead Officially still considered es of the thick file and soon becarossed in it for the better part of an hour “This is one hell of a case,” he said softly and glanced at Doris “How come I never heard of it?”

“You were a kid when it happened, Bannon” She sounded a little surprised by his interest “It was before your ti way

“Yeah, sure But—Ann Montgorabbed a pad of paper and pencil and jotted down soures “That means she would be twenty-nine now if she somehow survived”

“That’s correct,” Doris agreed

Pulling out the old reward poster and the bank document clipped to it, Bannon scanned them both The money was held in a trust that would tero on this reward” He couldn’t i closed The fe and a million-dollar reas still in force for infor to her safe return

Decades had gone by Her fa to hope forever when no body was found A few abducted children had turned up alive, years later, but the odds were solidly against this little girl He flipped through the docuood Like his old self was back