TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Each year, thousands of children are reported missing in Florida.
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Most of them quickly return home, but some do not.
Florida’s 26th annual Missing Children’s Day ceremony was held this week in Tallahassee.
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During the somber ceremony families of missing children each put a rose next to a photo of their loved one.
Dan Campbell’s 14-year-old stepdaughter, Wendy Hudakoc, vanished from her Naples home in 1998 and has not been seen since.
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“It’s important to meet with the other families that have gone through significant trauma. They understand where we’ve been and what we have been through,” Campbell said.
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