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Group searches for missing persons with music

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News 3 often brings your stories about missing people, but there are hundreds every year which never make the news. But one group has a mission to continue to watch out for them. News 3's Hetty Chang explains the support they are receiving in Las Vegas.

It is the last stop on a month-long tour for a group called "Gina for Missing Person's Foundation." So far, 300 people have been found thanks to its journey. But it is a journey that's still far from over.

A little over one year ago, 81-year-old Opal Parsons vanished without a trace. Her story struck a chord, but this story isn't about Opal Parsons. It's about Jaycee Lee, Jessica Foster, and Gina Boss - missing persons cases that, for whatever reason, came and went without much attention.

It was eight years ago that Jannel Rap last saw her sister Gina.

"She disappeared out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Beautiful girl - amazing musician and artist. It was frustrating to not get an answer, frustrating not getting the media that we needed."

Gina's case came and went, so Jannel wrote a song about her sister and began playing it in cities all across the nation.

"My hope is that one day, major recording artists are putting on events profiling missing people the second they go missing, and the word gets out faster."

Her music isn't about the faces you've heard about already, but stories like her own - cases that came and went and stories that vanished without a trace.

Jannel's group is based in Los Angeles, but they focus their efforts on local cases in every city they visit.

Keep in mind that there is no waiting period to report someone missing. In most cases, the early hours are critical. Here in Las Vegas, five to seven people are reported missing every week.

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