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Christina Whittaker was last seen November 13, 2009. Now her mother wants her home, and police want answers. "I would never lose hope," Whittaker's mother, Cindy Young, said. "I mean, that's my baby. I'll never give up on her, and I still feel she's out there." Young never misses a chance to spend time with Alexandria who was just 6 months old when her mother disappeared. Young now has taken the search for her missing daughter in her own hands. "I still think she's in Peoria," Young said. Young has driven to Peoria many times in search of answers. "I just had a girl call me just a few weeks ago saying she believes it's her walking past her house with a couple of guys," she said. "So I go up there and watch that area. Whether it's her, I don't know, but it's the only place I get leads from. I've had people call me from there. I've had them message me, email me."

Hannibal police have received similar leads. "We recently followed up on one just this month," Lt. John Zerbonia said. "It was in Peoria, Illinois. Someone believed they had seen her in a grocery store or service station. Unfortunately these, as of yet, none of these leads have panned out." Young hasn't lost hope. "You think about the movies," Young said. "You see somebody missing, you know where they're at, the police barges in and gets them. Just whenever God's will, when he's ready to bring her home, he will. I just think people need to realize still how important it is that Christina, she's still missing. There's people out there that know. They know what happened to her." If you have any information about Christina's whereabouts, you're asked to contact the Hannibal Police Department at 573-221-0987. Young had been organizing a gathering on Saturday, November 8 to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of Christina's disappearance, but unfortunately the event had to be canceled due to a family emergency.