Into thin air

ts 46Some days are better than others, Starnes said. She moved to Oak Park three months ago from the Austin home where Acree disappeared. She doesn’t look for her niece in the kitchen anymore. She doesn’t search the spare rooms in vain. Some days are spent in bed; the thought of what happened to Yasmin makes it too difficult to do anything else.

“Miracles,” however, renew Starnes’ spirit. The recent discovery of three women held captive in Cleveland for more than 10 years make her feel as though the reunion she’s imagined might still be possible. The women were found alive, but the man charged in their kidnapping also is accused of sexual abuse.

“I get my down moments where I wonder if she is still here,” Starnes said. “But sometimes a miracle happens where someone is gone a long time and they are still here.”

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