November 30, 2008
For many parents of missing children grief is extreme, prolonged
The photo on the missing-children Web site shows what Jamal Abdul’Faruq looked like at 7 and what he might look like now, 18 years later at age 25. Caramel-colored skin, a wide smile and eyes still bright like they were in April 1990, the year he and his 8-year-old brother, Basil, disappeared in South Richmond.
SLIDESHOW: When children disappear
Father starts foundation in daughter’s name
Nationally, hundreds of thousands of children are missing at any given time. In Virginia, there are more than 230 missing, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s Web site database.
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