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Goldia Coldon has notseen her daughter Phoenix in nearly seven years, but she vividly remembers the last time she did.
On Dec. 18, 2011, the mother and daughter went to church and the grocery store. Afterward, Phoenix changed into her sweatpants and hoodie before going outside to shoot baskets. Her father Lawrence saw her get inside her 1998 Chevy Blazer and drive away from the family’s Spanish Lake, Missouri, home in suburban St. Louis.
She never returned.
“I do not think Phoenix is dead,” Goldia tells PEOPLE. “I know I will [see her again].”
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Numerous published reports have chronicled the parents’ attempts to find their daughter,including launching a Facebook pagededicated to the cause. According to the Huffington Post, they have even visited exotic dance clubs and spoken with local prostitutes because of the possibility Coldon might have been forced into the sex trade.
Goldia says the pain of being apart from her daughter can be all-consuming. “Sometimes, I really don’t want to live on without my daughter,” she tells PEOPLE.
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Goldia says she has a message for her daughter: “If you get a chance, get away, run and go for it. Don’t be afraid. You’ll be safe.”
source: people.com
