Article from http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69609&provider=gnews. 2004 photo (left) from newsnet5.com. Age progression (right) from the Cleveland Free Times.
NBA and Cavaliers with the assist for two Cleveland families
Paul Thomas
Created: 6/13/2007
11:20:39 PM
Updated:6/14/2007 12:01:50 AM
CLEVELAND -- All eyes are on
Cleveland for the NBA Finals.
And the families of two missing girls hope
more eyes will help in the search for their loved ones. 14-year-old Gina Dejesus
disappeared while walking home from school three years ago. Amanda Berry
vanished after leaving her job in 2003.
Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena, the photos of both girls, along with
age progression pictures of how they may look currently, will be played on the
Cavaliers scoreboard.
"I thanked them from the bottom of my heart," said Nancy Ruiz, mother of
Gina Dejesus. "They've given me this chance, this hope."
The photos will be shown before the game and at halftime. And fliers with
the girls' information will be taped to the arena's doors.
A friend of both families wrote a letter to the Cavaliers asking for
permission to post Amanda's and Gina's photos. The Cavaliers and NBA officals
gave their approval.
"You never know," Ruiz said. "If somebody just sees these girls or saw my
baby, to call and help me bring my baby home. Both of them."
If you know anything about the disappearances of Georgina Lynn DeJesus or Amanda Marie Berry, please call the Cleveland Police Department at (216) 621-1234, the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (612) 252-7463, the FBI Missing Children's Task Force at 1-888-660-5437, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
You can print a poster of Gina DeJesus here (does not include age progression) and a poster of Amanda Berry (includes age progression) here.
Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/
guestbook: http://www.findgeorgina.com/gb/guestbook.php
Amanda's website: http://www.amandaberry.net/
guestbook: http://www.amandaberry.net/cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi
Both Amanda and Gina are available for you to "adopt" through Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. For more information, visit http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html.
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