We pull up to the Clairhorne Park pavilion and once again are confronted with the posters of the missing. This rally, organized by America's Missing, Abducted and Lost Persons, was in honor of Kimberly Langwell. Kimberly was a 34 year old mother who disappeared in 1999. There was a lot of press there and various law enforcement. One told us an interesting story about a woman who was there with us on that day. She had a 14 year old daughter who had gone missing 20 years ago. A suspected runaway, she garnered no real attention. Why wouldn't they look for her? Even if she did run away she was still 14 years old. How was she going to care for herself? Why is this OK? 20 years later they found out that she had run off with an older man, had his child, and was dead by the age of 17. The story, as I perceive it, was that the man said that she was violent and attacked her. He spent 5 years in prison on a charge related to her death. 20 years waiting...
There is a positive side to the story, the mother has been in contact with her granddaughter and is hopeful for a relationship with her. Of course, she could have raised her, spent the last 17-20 years with her....
Elisa
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