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The lost.

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As we reach the end of October, you can sense the holidays coming. First Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and immediately after that is the messy

shopping frenzy that paves the way to Christmas. Then the year glides to an end with the

long-awaited New Year's Eve party or event to say farewell to the old and

welcome a new year with all of its possibilities.

Of course I'm simplifying things.

The holidays can be messy, stressful. We've all been there,

making our way through a tense or awkward holiday meal or family gathering.

Christmas is often equated with a family dinner in a glittering holiday tree laden with gifts from Santa,

but with those gifts come expectations, and sometimes disappointment.

This case starts with someone not getting what they wanted for Christmas,

someone not meeting their expectations.

But before we arrive at the holidays, we need to talk about Bernice Gray,

and how a stressful Christmas led to her disappearance.

Bernice Gray is the only daughter of parents. to her disappearance.

Bernice Gray is the only daughter of parents Jean and Tom Gray.

She has a brother, Earl, and in 1989 she became the mother of a daughter, who we will call Lindsay.

Lindsay was fathered by Bernice's boyfriend, Robert Pan.

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