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the missing socks turned up in the dog's special hiding place
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Now, 14 years later, their teenage daughter has gone missing from a summer camp near the family’s Adirondack estate.
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The girls went missing that day after going hiking at the Monon High Bridge in Delphi.
—Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
On Tuesday, a cell phone forensic expert testified that data from Libby’s cell phone shows someone inserted a headphones cord into the phone on the night the girls went missing and then removed it five hours later, according to WTHR.
—Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
In January 2022 — about two months after Kevin went missing — the Jamestown Police Department posted about his disappearance on Facebook.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The girls went missing that day after going hiking at the Monon High Bridge in Delphi.
—Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
On Tuesday, a cell phone forensic expert testified that data from Libby’s cell phone shows someone inserted a headphones cord into the phone on the night the girls went missing and then removed it five hours later, according to WTHR.
—Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
In January 2022 — about two months after Kevin went missing — the Jamestown Police Department posted about his disappearance on Facebook.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Missing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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missing
adjective
miss·ing
ˈmis-iŋ 
: absent entry 1 sense 1, lost
missing persons
missing in action
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