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This two-picture combo of photos provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows Victor Shoemaker Jr. when he was reported missing on May 1, 1994, at age 5 near Kirby, W.Va. , left, and an age-progression photo depicting Victor Shoemaker Jr. at age 24. Twenty years after Shoemaker vanished while playing with two cousins along a West Virginia mountainside, his parents hold the belief that their only child is still alive. The boy known as J.R. had been in the woods behind his grandfather's mobile home in Hampshire County when two cousins emerged without him on May 1, 1994. No trace of him was ever found. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

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This photo provided by The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows an undated photo of Ayvani Hope Perez. Robbers broke into a home near Atlanta early Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, demanding jewelry and money, and when they were told there was none of either in the house, abducted the 14-year-old girl and shot and killed the family dog, police said. She was last seen wearing blue and grey Star Wars pajama bottoms and a grey superhero shirt. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

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This combo made with undated photos provided by The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children shows, from left, Alexander Skelton, 7 Andrew Skelton, 9, and Tanner Skelton. 5. An Amber Alert has been issued for three boys, who haven't been seen since Thursday when they were in their father's yard. John Skelton told police that he gave the boys to a female friend before attempting suicide, but authorities say they don't believe him. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)