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Claim: A 3-year-old girl named Reachelle Marie Smith is missing from her Minot, North Dakota, home.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006]
Origins: The above-quoted message is a legitimate missing child alert. The girl pictured, 3-year-old Reachelle Marie Smith, has been missing from her home in Minot, North Dakota, since Initial reports indicated that Reachelle was believed to be in the company of a 22-year-old man named Reachelle's case has been profiled on the America's Most Wanted television program, and although the case remains open, authorities say they now have few leads to go on, and the active search for her has effectively ended:
Cops in Minot, N.D., are now searching for new clues that will lead them to Reachelle Smith. Investigators say they initially thought the little girl may have been traveling with 22-year-old Leigh Cowen. But any hopes of finding the 3-year-old with him vanished when cops found Cowen's dead body following what appeared to be a suicide.
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Unfortunately, the discovery of Cowen's body didn't shed any light on where Reachelle might be. But that doesn't mean investigators are giving up. As of Search teams scoured parks, a local river and a city landfill in hopes of finding clues. The National Guard also joined the search. But following the weekend search, police say the search is taking a new turn — things are starting to wind down in the search for little Reachelle. Investigators say the fact that they've received few new leads is putting a damper on their mission. Reachelle Smith was last seen at her house on Tuesday,
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