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this 26-year-old mother of two seemingly vanished just over a year ago she was last seen on March 31st 2023 was was the
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last time her two young children would see their mother but Maddie Kingsbury's disappearance quickly gained widespread
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attention thanks to a series of Tik toks posted by Maddie's sister Megan Tik Tok
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I need you to do your thing I need your help this is my sister meline Kingsbury um she's missing the
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post eventually had over half a million views help us find her she's got two kids she's my best friend she's my
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little sister we need to get her back please help us Maddie vanished after dropping her two children off at a
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daycare center in Winona Minnesota Maddie lived with the father of her kids Adam fral police say fral told them he
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and Maddie returned home from the daycare center and then Maddie went to her office in the basement to do some
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work before heading to her job at the Mayo Clinic but later in the day Maddie's mother Christa neighbor says
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she began to worry after not hearing from her for hours something in my gut just didn't feel right mother's
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intuition right the next morning on April 1st a missing person's report was filed and the search began so many
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people have asked to help look for meline Kingsbury that it allowed law enforcement to expand their search
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there's no guide book on how to search for a missing loved one and searching for her was
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easily one of the most traumatic things I've ever experienced in my life we're all hopeful she's alive behind the
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scenes investigators began taking a harder look at Adam fral especially after mti's friends came forward with
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some disturbing stories Ming called me shortly after an incident happened between her and
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Adam where he had told her that if she wasn't careful she was going to end up just like Gabby petito The Gabby petito
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case fixated the nation in the fall of 2021 after the young woman from Long Island was found dead 1 month after she
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vanished I told her you need to get out and you need to get it get out now that's not an empty threat and when
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Maddie went missing her friends and family reported that incident to police according to the criminal complaint
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detectives interviewed Adam and when asked about the Gabby Patito comments he claimed he was trying to make a joke he
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also denied ever being violent with Maddie Maddie had been missing for 35 days when her best friend Katie and
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others gathered to remember her she was the kindest most beautiful soul even on the brightest days it still feels dark
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and gloomy without her here Maddie's Father David Kingsbury addressed the crowd inside a local church we know that
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meline is around here somewhere she just didn't vanish someone knows something someone saw something
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make this your Battle Cry where's meline where is she make it loud and don't stop until she's found on June
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7th 2023 Megan Kingsbury addressed her loyal Tik Tok followers hey Tik Tok good morning happy
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Wednesday Maddy's still missing please continue to spread the word about my sister meline but just hours later we
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begin the hour with breaking news out of Southeastern Minnesota 68 days after MD
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disappeared a sheriff's deputy found human remains along this lonely country road was on the floor and like scream
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crying you know what do you say when somebody tells you something like that there's nothing that you can say for
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mti's best friend Katie the news was shattering her reaction was captured on her video doorbell camera
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the very next day Mattie's friends along with the public heard the news from Winona's police chief law enforcement
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has confirmed the remains are those of meline Kingsbury