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COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEARING FOR
EVELYN'S SAFETY
GATHERED FOR A VIGIL IN BRISTOL
VIRGINIA TONIGHT.
SEVERAL DOZEN PEOPLE PRAYED AND
LIT CANDLES FOR THE MISSING
FIFTEEN MONTH OLD.
NEWS CHANNEL 11'S KAYLYN KLUCK
WAS THERE AS LOCALS WERE
RALLYING TO BRING HER HOME.
THE FEAR AND CONCERNS RAISED BY
EVELYN BOSWELL'S
DISSAPPEARANCE CREATED THIS
SCENE AT CUMBERLAND
SQUARE PARK SATURDAY EVENING.
"WE WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO
CANNOT FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.
WE WILL NOT STOP PRAYING, WE
WILL NOT STOP SPEAKING UP."
THE ORGANIZERS BEHIND THE VIGIL
SAID THEY WERE MOTHERS
THEMSELVES WITH CHILDREN CLOSE
TO EVELYN'S AGE.
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WHO
CAME KNEW THE MISSING
CHILD PERSONALLY - BUT THAT
DIDN'T STOP THEM FROM
GATHERING.
"EVERYONE CARES ABOUT HER.
JUST IN HER COMMUNITY, PEOPLE
THAT NEVER EVEN MET
HER."
"PANIC SET OVER ME.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU
HEAR AROUND HERE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
SO CLOSE TO HERE I
GUESS."
WITH QUESTIONS SURROUNDING
EVELYN'S DISSAPPEARANCE
SPREADING RAPIDLY ONLINE -
WIDESPREAD CONCERN
CONTINUES TO GROW AMIDST THE
AMBER ALERT INVESTIGATION.
"IF THE COMMUNITY IS NEEDED FOR
VOLUNTEER
SEARCH PARTIES, THERE IS ARMIES
OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITING."
SOON ENOUGH THERE WERE DOZENS OF
CANDLES
LIGHTING UP A COLD FEBRUARY
NIGHT FOR EVELYN.
"IF EVELYN'S OUT THERE, IF YOU
HAVE EVELYN, JUST BRING HER
HOME.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE HER SAFE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE HER
HAPPY."
"I HOPE AND PRAY THAT, IF
NOTHING ELSE, THIS HELPS THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT SOMEWHERE, SOMEBODY
SEES THIS, AND THEY
DECIDE TO DO THE RIGHT THING."
IN BRISTOL, KAYLYN KLUCK, NEWS
CHANNEL 11.
ANOTHER VIGIL AND FUNDRAISER IS
PLANNED FOR TOMORROW.
IT WILL FEATURE A LOCAL FOOD
TRUCK AND WILL BE FROM NOON TO
7 P-M AT THE SULLIVAN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AS OF LAST CHECK -- MORE THAN 56
THOUSAND DOLLARS HAVE
BEEN RAISED.
THAT MONEY WILL GO TO A REWARD
FOR HER SAFE RETURN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT
COULD HELP POLICE FIND 15-
MONTH-OLD EVELYN BOSWELL -- CALL
1-800-TBI-FIND OR THE
SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.