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Town still hopes for missing girl's rescue
Hundreds of people continue praying for the return of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl who's been missing for a month.
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Diver returns to water in Aliayah Lunsford search
Divers returned to the water in the search for a missing 3-year-old Lewis County girl on Tuesday.

While law enforcement keeps going over surveillance videos and following up leads, a private diver went back in the river near Aliayah Lunsford's home. Investigators say this is just a way to make sure they cover all the water in the area.
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Search for Aliayah Lunsford moved to new location
A new area is now the focus of the search for a missing three year old in Lewis County.

FBI Special Agent Jeff Killeen says the Mobile Command in the Aliayah Lunsford search has been temporarily moved to a remote location after receiving what he called "valuable information."
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Aliayah Lunsford investigation expands to Souther Lewis County
The FBI has moved its mobile command post to the Midway Volunteer Fire Department in southern Lewis County.
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Lunsford search focused on new area
The continuing search for a missing child in Lewis County has crossed county lines.
WAJR-FM in Clarksburg reports the FBI has moved its mobile command center in the hunt for three-year-old Aliayah Lunsford from the Weston area to a remote part of Gilmer County. The new search point is in the community of Vadis, nearly ten miles north of Glenville.
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Aliayah Lunsford search focuses on Vadis area
As reported, authorities have moved their search for missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3, to the Vadis area of Lewis County.
Thursday, the FBI said it has not roped off a crime scene and the team is just focusing on "search areas" in Vadis.
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Search now on day 34 for Aliayah Lunsford
Thursday marked 34 days since 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford was last seen in her Dennison Street home and searchers are still working hard to find her.
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Aliayah Lunsford search focuses on Vadis area
As reported, authorities have moved their search for missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3, to the Vadis area of Lewis County.
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Still no word on missing Lewis County girl
Frustration is starting to set in for the volunteers who helped search for missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3, in Lewis County.
Teresa Hathaway helped search the Lewis County community of Bendale in the days following Aliayah's disappearance on September 24th. She also organized a vigil for the little girl earlier this week.
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Mobile command moves again in Aliayah search;family speaks
Saturday marks five weeks since Aliayah Lunsford, 3, was last seen in her Bendale home. Not much information has been released to the public in regards to the investigation, but this week, FBI Special Agents said they temporarily moved the command center to another part of the county.
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Lena Lunsford, mother of missing three year old girl, indicted
As the search for missing Aliayah Lunsford enters day 40, the 3 year old's mother Lena Lunsford has been indicted for supposedly allowing somebody else to use her family's benefits.
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Aliayah's family releases statement for her return
Wednesday marks 40 days since Aliayah Lunsford was last seen in her Lewis County home and there's no word on where she may be. Her great aunt, Vickie Bowen, says Aliayah's disappearance has resulted in many sleepless nights and they want to see her safely returned.
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Aliayah's family releases statement for her return; FBI offers reward
At a press conference held Thursday, the FBI announced that they will be offering a formal $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of those involved in the Aliayah Lunsford Case. Tune in to First at 5 for the latest details.
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20,000 reward issued in Aliayah Lunsford case
The FBI announced Thursday that it is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Aliayah Lunsford, 3.
"As soon as you'd see her she'd steal your heart," Great Uncle Jesse Prunty said. "She was loving, caring, not a mischievous bone in her. She just loved to play, play with her brother. She enjoyed it."
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Relative begs for return of missing W.VA girl
A relative of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for nearly six weeks has issued a public plea for her return, offering to arrange a pickup of the child, no questions asked.
The little girl's great-aunt, Vickie Bowen, released a statement through WDTV-TV (http://bit.ly/szeH1E), asking anyone with information about Aliayah Lunsford to call her.
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Aliayah Lunsford press conference held
After more than a month of searching for a missing 3-year old Lewis County girl, the FBI has decided to offer a reward for anyone who has information leading to the discovery of Aliayah Lunsford or to the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.
It is a $20,000 reward, and it will go to anyone who leads investigators to Aliayah, or for any information that leads to the identification, the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.
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Relative begs for return of missing girl
The great-aunt of a missing 3-year-old has issued a public plea for the girl's return.

Vickie Bowen released a statement through WDTV-TV, asking anyone with information about Aliayah Lunsford to call her. She offers to arrange forva pickup, no questions asked.
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Prayer meeting set for Aliayah Lunsford
Folks in Lewis County will be hosting a prayer meeting this Saturday in honor of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford.

The community will gather at The Way of Holiness Church on Route 33 in Buckhannon on Saturday at 2 p.m. Hundreds of folks have been honoring the missing girl through different ways such as a balloon launch and on social media sites.
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Udate: Lunsford doesn't appear in person for arraignment
The mother of missing Lewis County three-year-old Aliayah Lunsford chose not to appear in person Tuesday for her arraignment on federal fraud charges in U.S. District Court in Elkins.
Lena Lunsford, 29, of Bendale, instead signed a waiver and a "not guilty" plea was entered on her behalf.
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Mother of missing toddler pleads not guilty to welfare fraud charges
The mother of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for more than 6 weeks has pleaded innocent to federal charges of welfare fraud.
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Mother of missing toddler issues statement
According to a statement released by Woelfel and Woelfel LLP, of Huntington, WV Lena Lunsford has issued the following statement:

Lena Lunsford implores residents of central West Virginia to keep a vigilant eye open for any clue concerning her daughter's September 24 disappearance or her current whereabouts. Aliayah, age 3, has brown hair, brown eyes, weights about 35 pounds and is 3 feet in heighth.

"I believe in my heart that Aliayah is alive. That belief is keeping me going through these horrible days. If Aliayah's photo stays in the public eye, maybe someone will notice something which will lead to a beak in the case. Thank you to the volunteers and law enforcement officers who have been helping and who give us hope. I continue to fully cooperate with the investigators who are working so hard for Aliayah's return home.

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Lena Lunsford releases statement about daughters disappearance
The mother of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford has released a statement through her attorney.

A letter written by Lena Lunsford, 29, was released from Woelfel & Woelfel LLP in Huntington on Wednesday. In it, Lena asks folks in the central West Virginia area to keep a vigilant eye for her daughter's whereabouts.



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Missing 3 year old's mom believes girl alive
The mother of a 3-year-old girl missing more than six weeks says she believes Aliayah Lunsford is alive and wants the public to keep looking for her.
Lena Lunsford issued a statement to WDTV-TV through a Huntington law firm late Wednesday.
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Missing girl's mom believes daughter's alive
The mother of a missing 3-year-old Lewis County girl issued a statement through her attorneys Wednesday, begging residents to watch for any clue concerning her daughter's whereabouts.

The mother of Aliayah Lunford who has been missing since Sept. 24, Lena Lunsford released her statement to the public through the Huntington law firm of Woelfel and Woelfel, LLP.
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Lena Lunsford reportedly gives birth to twins who are now in state custody
Thursday marks 48 days of Aliayah Lunsford's disappearance, and there's still no sign of where she may be. But reports from family members on Facebook say her mother, Lena Lunsford, has given birth to a set of twins.

But it was apparently a day of mixed emotions for Lena, as those same reports suggest those twins have already been taken into custody by the state.
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Mother of missing 3 year old delivers twins

The mother of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for more than six weeks has given birth to twin girls.
Attorney Michael Woelfel says Lena Lunsford delivered late Thursday. He said Friday he believes the babies remain hospitalized.
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Prayer service held in Buckhannon for Aliayah Lunsford
Folks from across the country have gathered in Lewis County for the past few weeks, to search for missing three year-old Aliayah Lunsford, but Saturday family and friends came together to look for answers elsewhere.

Aliayah's family says they've utilized every outlet available to get the word out about the missing girl. They've posted flyers, made a Facebook page, and are now wearing purple ribbons, made in Aliayah's favorite color.

Now they're hoping the power of prayer will bring her home safely.
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Two new posters released in Aliayah Lunsford disappearance
Two new posters were released Monday in regards to missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford. Both the FBI and the West Virginia Fusion Center released new flyers about Aliayah, whom they're calling missing and endangered.

"It's important to note that there are two. The West Virginia Fusion Cell took responsibility for releasing the first one, the FBI took responsibility for releasing the other one adn tehy're freely available for the public to take a look at and we've also made copies and more copies are available if people want to distribute them," says FBI Special Agent Jeff Killeen.
The picture on the Fusion Center's flyer was supposedly taken just days before Aliayah was reported missing.

In it, you can see a bruise on the left side of her face. There's no word on where this bruise originated.
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This site has both of the new posters released.
http://www.mybmb.net/
 
Help find three year old Aliayah
Little Aliayah Lunsford (pictured here in the newest photo) has been missing from Weston, WV since September 24, 2011. The child weighs 35 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.
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Mother of Aliayah Lunsford violates federal probation
Lena Lunsford, mother of missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3, has violated her federal probation terms.

In U.S. District Court records, U.S. Pretrial Services Officer Brian Kilgore recommended home incarceration and substance abuse treatment for Lunsford. Kilgore wrote she has violated the terms of her probation with two incidences of "non-compliance."
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Hearing set to consider bond revocation for missing girls mother
A court official is recommending substance abuse treatment and home detention for the mother of a missing toddler while she awaits trial on welfare fraud.
Federal records show pretrial services officer Brian Kilgore wants the court to intervene in the case of Lena Lunsford, 29, who was allegedly caught with synthetic drugs called bath salts.
Lunsford's 3-year-old daughter Aliayah vanished from her Lewis County home September 24 and hasn't been found.

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