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MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER 7A strange abduction, after she left with someone she thought she knew Dec. 7, 2003, in the airview Avenue area in Mont- omery. It matter if a hild or an adult, you etter tell someone where going because these people are not just taking small kids, those missing are from 80 years old down to newborns. Everybody is at Boldin said. know my daughter went with someone she thought she trusted, but she know their intentions.

hey were not trustworthy ecause 11years later they ave not allowed her to come Boldin added. Community prayer vigils are held regularly around the city as a way to remember victims, pray for the city and make a stand against violent crime. The vigils are organized by Ministers of the River Region and Tri-Success, a resource service for women. come to pray for our youth who have died due to crime or tragedies, and there are many. When one, to me that is many.

And today we pray to ask God and ask our community to unify us and to stop the death and to support each other in the said Cathey Bruce, a minister with Ministers of the River egion. A single black balloon was released into the air as a rebuke against death. Then three candles were lit for peace, ope and love and coordinating rayers were said for each. More balloons were released representing the victims. ask you, Lord, for the strength to carry on especially or the families struggling ith death and asking the uestion my child is not Bruce said.

pray for the community because we know it takes a village to raise a child, to come united in order to bridge the gap of crime and ate, and we need you right now to step in and help us lead he way for a better As the group sang the closing song, Little Light of participants read the ames of missing and dead youth from the area in 2014 and 2015. A lthough her daughter has ot been found, Boldin found a riend in Betty Stringfellow, who is also missing a daughter from Greenville. my daughter happened yet, but become strong together, loser now and not alone Boldin said. a ot of good things are happening and waiting on the best thing which is for our loved ones to be Continued 3A Vigil MICKEY WELSH ADVERTISER Holding hands during prayer vigil: Community vigils are held regularly around Montgomery to remember victims, pray for the city and make a stand against violent crime. The events are organized by Ministers of the River Region and Tri-Success, a resource service for women.

MICKEY WELSH ADVERTISER Betty Stringfellow, left, and Pam Riley Boldin hold hands and pray during a prayer vigil for youth victims. daughter, Sherry Lynn Marler, and daughter, Laquanta Riley, are both missing. matter if a child or an adult, you better tell someone where going because these people are not just taking kids. PAM RILEY BOLDIN, mother of missing LaQuanta Riley.