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Jessica Lunsford is the 9-year Citrus County / Homosassa girl missing since Weds night/Thursday morning 2/24 I was compelled to post this thread dedicated to prayers for her and for the all-out search efforts continuing on this rainy day. I remind myself that others have been safely returned, and that is my petition. (“But even if not . . .”)

CRYSTAL RIVER - Too weary to walk, the father and grandparents of a missing 9-year-old girl drove the 50 yards from their home to a bank of microphones and TV cameras. "I really ... I really need as much help as I can right now," Mark Lunsford said between sobs. "I need my daughter home." Jessica Marie Lunsford was reported missing Thursday morning. She was still missing when Lunsford, 41, and his parents addressed the media for the first time at 9 a.m. Friday. And she was still missing long after darkness fell and well-wishers held candles and prayed. For...

All-out search for missing girl By Amy Shannon Sheriff's officials combed the streets of a Homosassa community Thursday as neighbors clung to hope that the search for a 9-year-old girl who mysteriously disappeared from her home would end on a positive note. Authorities issued a missing person's alert for Jessica "Jessie" Marie Lunsford after her father reported her missing from her bed around 6:30 a.m. However, sheriff's officials weren't ready Thursday to issue an Amber Alert, because they didn't know for sure whether an abduction had occurred at the Sonata Avenue home. "We're working something above a missing person's (case),"...