Always In OUr Hearts: Ann Lee Rippel

Thank you all so much for the calls, messages, and check-ins yesterday. It truly meant more than I can put into words. If I haven’t gotten back to you yet, please know how grateful I am—I just needed to step away at times and take things moment by moment.

I also want to sincerely thank everyone who shared the press release and news story. The more people who are aware, the better chance we have at finding the answers so many of us are still searching for.

My mom was deeply loved by so many, and yesterday we felt both the weight of her loss and the brightness of the light she brought into this world. That doesn’t fade—it lives on in all of us who knew her.

And I would be remiss not to acknowledge that we are not alone in this. There are so many families across the country grieving loved ones without answers. More than 250,000 murders have gone unsolved in the United States since 1980, with approximately 6,000 new cold cases added annually. The pain I feel is one shared by many, and my heart is with every single one of them.
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Thank you for surrounding me with so much love. It is carrying me more than you know.

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