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<v Speaker 1>I live in what would probably be considered a mid

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<v Speaker 1>size city. That doesn't make sense. We're bigger than a

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<v Speaker 1>small town, but we're not quite a metropolis. They're probably

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<v Speaker 1>about five hundred thousand people who call the city home,

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<v Speaker 1>with about another two hundred thousand that live on the

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<v Speaker 1>outskirts and would consider the city to be their place

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<v Speaker 1>of residence if you ask them. It's just the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing people say. You ask where they're from, and

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<v Speaker 1>they tell you, oh, I'm from Atlanta, but what they

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<v Speaker 1>really mean is that they live about five miles out

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<v Speaker 1>of town. They'll tell you they're from Cincinnati, but what

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<v Speaker 1>they really mean is they live from a farm about

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<v Speaker 1>thirty minutes out because they like to feel rural but

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<v Speaker 1>still have access to a large city. Our town isn't huge,

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<v Speaker 1>but we have enough people to run the essentials, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty okay. I give you this setup so that

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<v Speaker 1>you know that seeing lost posters around town isn't unheard of.

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<v Speaker 1>People lose things, it's a way of life. People lose dogs,

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<v Speaker 1>they lose wallets, sometimes they lose their spouses, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course some people some people get abducted. Someone is usually

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<v Speaker 1>looking for those people. I travel a lot for my job.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm one of a legion of drivers for Uber door Dash,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever else I can make a buck at. I pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much drive all over town and out of it, so

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<v Speaker 1>I have a lot of time to sit around and

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<v Speaker 1>look at these kinds of things. Posters are usually on

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<v Speaker 1>a lamp post windows taped to a wall somewhere. They're

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<v Speaker 1>right next to somebody else trying to sell your guitar

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<v Speaker 1>lessons or ads for concerts or a new shop in town.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not uncommon, as I've said, and I always think

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<v Speaker 1>that it's kind of neat and you come back a

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<v Speaker 1>week later and it's gone. Maybe I'm naive, but in

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<v Speaker 1>my mind I like to think that that means whoever

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<v Speaker 1>was law I'd actually found it. I'm sure the sign

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<v Speaker 1>just fell off or got soaked in the rain, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an optimist. I'm thinking that way makes me feel good.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I pulled up outside Valera's Pizza to grab

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of large pies in a soda for some

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<v Speaker 1>Yahoo about five miles out of town, I did a

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<v Speaker 1>double take when I saw the sign. It wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>lost poster, it was the opposite. Actually found Cocker Spaniel

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<v Speaker 1>dog tags say Lola. Phone number attached goes nowhere. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're missing Lola, then call the number below for information.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought maybe it was a setup for some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of private eye or something, but there was nothing else

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<v Speaker 1>on the poster. There was a number at the bottom,

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<v Speaker 1>but that was about it. I remember thinking about it

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<v Speaker 1>as I drove off to the drop off point. It

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<v Speaker 1>was nice to see somebody trying to set things right

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<v Speaker 1>around here. More power to whoever was trying to find

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<v Speaker 1>lost things, and I could certainly respect him for that.

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<v Speaker 1>That was the first time I saw one of the signs,

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<v Speaker 1>but it certainly wasn't the last. A couple of days later,

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<v Speaker 1>as I was pulling into McDonald's, I saw another found sign,

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt the corners of my mouth pull up

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<v Speaker 1>in a smile. I'd hoped it wouldn't just be a fluke.

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<v Speaker 1>Really wanted to believe that somebody was out there trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get people back what they lost. Maybe that's the

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<v Speaker 1>optimist in me again, but that's the way I like

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<v Speaker 1>to look at them. This one looked a little newer.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, maybe it had been there only a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days, but it was exactly the same as the

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<v Speaker 1>last one. So if they hadn't found Lola at this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Found Blue High School. Letterman jacket owner goes to east

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<v Speaker 1>Side Preparatory School. There's a football patch and a basketball

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<v Speaker 1>patch on the back for the current year. Name on

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<v Speaker 1>the back is Bryce. If you are missing this jacket,

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<v Speaker 1>call the number attached. Somebody had lost a letterman jacket

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<v Speaker 1>and would probably want it back. I mean, those things

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<v Speaker 1>were expensive, way too expensive to give to kids who

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to lose damn near everything. I really hope they

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<v Speaker 1>saw the flyer, because I though I would want my

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<v Speaker 1>letterman back if it was ever gone missing, even though

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<v Speaker 1>the damn thing doesn't fit. Over the next few weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>I seemed to see the posters everywhere. Somebody had found

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<v Speaker 1>car keys, somebody had found another dog. Somebody had found

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<v Speaker 1>a license plate they were hoping to reunite with a car.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody had found a set of apartment keys, someone had

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<v Speaker 1>found a backpack, and on and on and on. Pretty

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<v Speaker 1>soon I stopped seeing missing posters altogether, but I saw

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<v Speaker 1>were found posters and the same phone number inviting people

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<v Speaker 1>to call and find out what exactly had been lost

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<v Speaker 1>and how they could pick it up. It was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of neat until it got a little weird. It was

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<v Speaker 1>about two months after I'd seen the first poster, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was pulling up in front of a Texas roadhouse

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<v Speaker 1>to pick up an order. I saw one of the

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<v Speaker 1>found posters on their bulletin board, the white paper, looking

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<v Speaker 1>strange as it sat between two announcements for country western bands.

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<v Speaker 1>I glanced at it, meaning to walk on bye. Then

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<v Speaker 1>I stopped and I went back, not sure that I

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<v Speaker 1>had really seen what I had seen. On the poster.

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<v Speaker 1>There was the face of a scared looking girl. She

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't have been more than about eight or nine, dressed

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<v Speaker 1>for school in some kind of uniform, and as she

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<v Speaker 1>looked up at whoever was taking the picture, I got

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<v Speaker 1>the feeling that she wasn't really okay with being there.

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<v Speaker 1>She had that look that just screamed that she was

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<v Speaker 1>being held against her will. And that was when I

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<v Speaker 1>read the squib underneath it. Found one girl in school

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<v Speaker 1>uniform found wandering aimlessly by Brookes Lynn in South Avenue.

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<v Speaker 1>Girl does not know her home address. Girl does not

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<v Speaker 1>know her parents' phone numbers. Girl says her cell phone

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<v Speaker 1>and her money were taken by a mugger. Girl wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be returned to her home. If you know this girl,

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<v Speaker 1>please call the number below. I read it over a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times. This didn't seem like the sort of

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<v Speaker 1>thing that should be done by sign on a bulletin board.

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<v Speaker 1>Case like this was solidly in the scope of the police,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a private detective. There was the girl being held

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<v Speaker 1>until they found her parents, but she being fed. What

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<v Speaker 1>was being done about her care? I didn't know, but

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<v Speaker 1>I remembered that it made me feel a little weird.

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<v Speaker 1>It made me feel like maybe whoever was operating the

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<v Speaker 1>service wasn't as on the up and up as I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a few more of this with a missing girl,

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<v Speaker 1>but two days later they all disappeared. I hope someone

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<v Speaker 1>had come to claim the little girl. Hoped she simply

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't run out of the time, and whoever had found

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<v Speaker 1>her had disposed of her something. Surely the police had

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<v Speaker 1>gotten involved when they saw the posters. People don't just

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<v Speaker 1>pick up kids and then have them fall through the cracks.

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<v Speaker 1>This was America, after all. A couple of days later

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<v Speaker 1>I saw another one of these posters, this one for

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<v Speaker 1>a woman with long hair that was wavy, like she

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<v Speaker 1>had it professionally done. She was looking up at the

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<v Speaker 1>camera with a stoned expression. I looked, for all the

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<v Speaker 1>world like she wasn't sure where she was or who

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<v Speaker 1>was taking her picture. She was dressed in a tank top,

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<v Speaker 1>her arms looked bruised in a black and white photo,

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<v Speaker 1>and beneath it was the usual legend found female twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight answers to Brandy discovered on balwind and Hyacinthe in

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<v Speaker 1>an alley between the drug store and the shoe store.

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<v Speaker 1>Brandy claims she had been on her own since she

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<v Speaker 1>was sixteen. The parent drug use cannot remember her address.

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<v Speaker 1>If you know Brandy and you would like to claim her,

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<v Speaker 1>please call the number below. That one was a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>Were they trying to sell this woman? They didn't like

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<v Speaker 1>the sound of that at all, And it was beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to sound like this fellow was not one of the

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<v Speaker 1>good guys like I had thought. This was beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>reek of trafficking or reductions, and I was curious as

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<v Speaker 1>to why the cops weren't doing anything about it. But

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<v Speaker 1>why were these flyers just allowed to be up. I

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<v Speaker 1>expected that after Brandy the cops might get involved and

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<v Speaker 1>get these things taken down, But Brandy stayed up for

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<v Speaker 1>almost a week. Before I came to the same Texas

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<v Speaker 1>roadhouse and found that all the flyers were just gone.

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<v Speaker 1>After that they got a little bit different, but just

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<v Speaker 1>saying something because they were already beginning to give me

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<v Speaker 1>the creeps. Found. Male forty eight answers to Brian, found

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<v Speaker 1>asleep on a park bench in Hyacinth Park. Claims he

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<v Speaker 1>has a home, a job, and a drinking problem. Not

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<v Speaker 1>fit to be released on own recognisance. If you know Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>call the number below to come and collect him. Found.

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<v Speaker 1>Female thirty two answers to Mandy. Mandy was found on

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<v Speaker 1>the corner of Winhurst and Amaretto. Mandy claims she is

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<v Speaker 1>an entertainer, but is believed to be a prostitute. Mandy

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<v Speaker 1>says that her boyfriend will be very interested in paying

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<v Speaker 1>whatever we are asking. If you are Mandy's boyfriend or

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<v Speaker 1>a secondary concern party, please call the number below to

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<v Speaker 1>collect her. Found. Male eight answers to Wyatt. Wyatt was

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<v Speaker 1>found unattended at the playground near Laramie Elementary School. Wyatt

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<v Speaker 1>had been at the playground for nearly eight hours. Appears malnourished,

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<v Speaker 1>in need of new clothes and a trip to the doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>Whyatt claims he has parents are unsure. If you would

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<v Speaker 1>like to collect Wyatt, please call the number below. The

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<v Speaker 1>found posters had stopped being about lost car keys and

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<v Speaker 1>missing dogs. They had become a way to acquire people.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point, I found myself growing very uneasy every

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<v Speaker 1>time I saw one. I'd seen police reports about them,

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<v Speaker 1>and the sheriff telling people that they were an elaborate prank.

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<v Speaker 1>Did not to call the numbers because it would only

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<v Speaker 1>encourage the party involved. The sheriff could say what he wanted,

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<v Speaker 1>But I had seen the picture of the Wyatt kid

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<v Speaker 1>on the news a couple of days before the poster.

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<v Speaker 1>He had been missing for a couple of days. As

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<v Speaker 1>folks were very interested in getting it back. They claimed

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<v Speaker 1>they had called the number, but the person on the

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<v Speaker 1>other end hadn't wanted to give them back their son.

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<v Speaker 1>The police had called the number and received a similar message.

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<v Speaker 1>They had been told to stay out of it since

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<v Speaker 1>it was none of their affair. Every attempt to trace

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<v Speaker 1>the number back had come up with nothing. It was

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<v Speaker 1>always the same thing, just a burner number that went

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely nowhere. The police were asking for information, and little

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<v Speaker 1>did I know, I was about to provide them with it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was about to provide them with more information than

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<v Speaker 1>even I thought I had after the poster I saw

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<v Speaker 1>while out on an order. It all started with a

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<v Speaker 1>new poster. I had been thinking about a different disappearance lately,

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<v Speaker 1>a little girl from my apartment complex. She lived in

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<v Speaker 1>the building next to mine, and even though we weren't

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<v Speaker 1>friends or anything, I had seen her around. She'd been

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<v Speaker 1>missing for a couple of days. Her mother had been

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<v Speaker 1>beside herself with worry, and I had helped the search

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<v Speaker 1>party who were looking for her as much as I could.

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<v Speaker 1>She'd never made it home from school, and I hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>even thought about the posters for the last three days.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I pulled up to Shido Chinese Experience one

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon and saw the poster, it hit a little closer

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<v Speaker 1>to home than the rest of them. Her name was Candace,

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<v Speaker 1>though I only knew that because it was on the poster.

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<v Speaker 1>Found female aged nine years old answers to Candace, found

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<v Speaker 1>playing by the runoff pipe near the Princeton apartment complex.

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<v Speaker 1>Appears well nourished, clothes only dirty from play. She says

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<v Speaker 1>she would like to go home to claim Candace. Call

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<v Speaker 1>the number below. I felt the door dashbag, slip out

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<v Speaker 1>She visited all of Candace's friends, all the apartments that

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<v Speaker 1>her daughter. The police had gotten involved, but they hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>On a whim, I decided to call the number and

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<v Speaker 1>with the missing girl. It was silly. The police probably

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<v Speaker 1>but it still hovered somewhere between human and a robot

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<v Speaker 1>as it lingered in the Uncanny valley. Uh yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>calling for information on the found girl, the one named Candace.

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<v Speaker 1>The woman paused for a moment, seeming to look something

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<v Speaker 1>robotic and a little more human. I'm sorry, sir, you're

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<v Speaker 1>not the found party we're looking for. Do not call

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<v Speaker 1>Then she hung up, and I was left staring at

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<v Speaker 1>my cell phone like it might give me more information

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<v Speaker 1>the longer I looked at it. They hadn't even asked

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<v Speaker 1>to the police department. I knew time was of the essence,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe if we could go get Candace's name attached

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<v Speaker 1>to the case, they'd be able to do something about it.

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<v Speaker 1>The police were appreciative, telling me they would get this

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<v Speaker 1>information on where I found the poster. I told him

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<v Speaker 1>everything I could, omitting nothing, and the deputy I had

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<v Speaker 1>I left the police department feeling a little better about myself.

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<v Speaker 1>That actually made a difference, it seemed. And this lasted

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<v Speaker 1>I was pulling up to the Texas Roadhouse and the

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<v Speaker 1>white poster glared out at me from the bulletin board.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a grainy surveillance shot picture someone had taken

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<v Speaker 1>I not? It was me? Found Mail thirty eight answers

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