![A woman hugs Tina Porter, of Independence, Mo., after a balloon release by about 300 people Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, remembering her missing children Lindsey and Sam, who their father is accused A woman hugs Tina Porter, of Independence, Mo., after a balloon release by about 300 people Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, remembering her missing children Lindsey and Sam, who their father is accused](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PEMMCR/a-woman-hugs-tina-porter-of-independence-mo-after-a-balloon-release-by-about-300-people-tuesday-sept-28-2004-remembering-her-missing-children-lindsey-and-sam-who-their-father-is-accused-of-kidnapping-on-june-6-2004-when-he-did-not-return-them-after-a-visitation-porter-said-she-could-not-release-her-balloon-but-was-going-to-keep-it-ap-photothe-independence-examiner-paul-beaver-2PEMMCR.jpg)
A woman hugs Tina Porter, of Independence, Mo., after a balloon release by about 300 people Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, remembering her missing children Lindsey and Sam, who their father is accused
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![Tina Porter looks up at the billboard Lamar Advertising donated to assist in the search for her missing children, Lindsey and Sam, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, along the roadside at 40 Tina Porter looks up at the billboard Lamar Advertising donated to assist in the search for her missing children, Lindsey and Sam, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, along the roadside at 40](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PEGKTK/tina-porter-looks-up-at-the-billboard-lamar-advertising-donated-to-assist-in-the-search-for-her-missing-children-lindsey-and-sam-on-wednesday-dec-15-2004-along-the-roadside-at-40-highway-and-interstate-70-in-kansas-city-mo-the-father-dan-porter-is-in-the-jackson-county-jail-on-kidnapping-charges-and-refuses-to-tell-investigators-what-happened-to-sam-then-7-and-lindsey-then-8-after-he-picked-them-up-on-june-5-ap-photothe-examiner-julie-scheidegger-2PEGKTK.jpg)