May 16 2007 2:18PM
Associated Press
One year later, missing girl's mother not giving up hope
MINOT, N.D. (AP) It's been a year today since three-year-old Reachelle Smith disappeared from her Minot home. Massive search efforts have turned up no trace of the little girl known as "Peanut."
The girl's mother, Samantha Smith-Duncan, says she has not given up hope of finding the girl alive.
Reachelle turned four years old in September. She was last seen at her Minot home on May 16th, 2006.
Authorities thought she was with 22-year-old Leigh Cowen, who had claimed to be her father.
He was found dead on the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Minot in late May.
Authorities said he killed himself. But there was no sign of Reachelle.
Smith-Duncan says she believes her daughter is still alive and somebody is hiding her. She says Cowen likely took the child but gave the little girl to an accomplice.
Minot Police Sergeant Jason Sundbakken is the lead investigator in the case. He says police have no evidence to back that theory or any other theory.
He says the case has created many more questions than answers.
2 comments:
I'm checking to see if you have found your daughter. Godspeed.
Has there been any information or leads since it's been over 2 years? I will pray for this little girl that she's being treated well and she gets back home safely.
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