Missing Child Cases

This photo provided by the family shows Somer Thompson, a missing seven year old girl in the Grove Park neighborhood of Orange Park, Fla. Authorities have tentatively identified a body found in a landfill as that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who disappeared on her walk home from school, the sheriff in charge of the case said Thursday.

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Diena Thompson, mother of 7 year old Somer Thompson, speaks during a morning television news conference asking for help in Orange Park, Fla.,Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.

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Sisters Jayla Groleau, left, 6, and Chloe, 7, participate in a candlelight vigil Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, for their neighbor, missing 7-year-old Somer Renee Thompson in Orange Park, Fla.

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Elizabeth Smart, left, walks out of the federal courthouse after testifying at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, Oct. 1 2009, in Salt Lake City.

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Brian David Mitchell arrives at the Salt Lake City federal courthouse for a hearing Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart is testifying in Mitchell's competency hearing for the first time since her kidnapping in 2002.

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Elizabeth Smart, right, walks out of the federal courthouse with her mother Lois Smart after testifying at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, Oct. 1 2009, in Salt Lake City.

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Brian Mitchell, left, and his wife, Wanda Barzee, are seen in these police booking mugs in this March 12, 2003 file photo. The couple, accused in the 2002 abduction of teenager Elizabeth Smart, were indicted Wednesday March 5, 2008 on federal charges on top of the state counts they already face.

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Elizabeth Smart smiles during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 30, 2003, in Washington. Smart was abducted as a teenager from her home in 2002. Self-described prophet Brian David Mitchell has been accused of the kidnapping.

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A backpack and school books belonging to a missing Toronto teen have reportedly been found near her high school. Seventeen-year-old Mariam Makhniashvili hasn't been seen since arriving at Forest Hill Collegiate with her younger brother on Sept. 14. Media reports the backpack containing the books was found in a small parking lot about a three-minute drive from Mariam's school. (Source: The Canadian Press)

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Toronto police say they have no reason to suspect foul play in the three-day long disappearance of a girl who first arrived in Canada three months ago. Mariam Makhniashvili, 17, was last seen by her family when she left for school with her brother on Monday, Sept. 14, near Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West. They entered by different doors. (Source: The Canadian Press)

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