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Each year, there is an unimaginable sum of suffering, fear and uncertainty experienced by hundreds of thousands of Americans who experience a loved one gone missing. People disappear to escape families, to escape abusers, to escape debtors, to start over. Some struggle with substance abuse or mental health problems that have frayed bonds with home. Others have been taken against their will.
Each year, there is an unimaginable sum of suffering, fear and uncertainty experienced by hundreds of thousands of Americans who experience a loved one gone missing. People disappear to escape families, to escape abusers, to escape debtors, to start over. Some struggle with substance abuse or mental health problems that have frayed bonds with home. Others have been taken against their will.
Each year, there is an unimaginable sum of suffering, fear and uncertainty experienced by hundreds of thousands of Americans who experience a loved one gone missing. People disappear to escape families, to escape abusers, to escape debtors, to start over. Some struggle with substance abuse or mental health problems that have frayed bonds with home. Others have been taken against their will.
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