Ashley Simpson香蕉视频直播檚 34th birthday was honoured not with celebration but with ceremony and a call to action.

, who organized a gathering Thursday evening 香蕉视频直播� the day after Simpson香蕉视频直播檚 birthday 香蕉视频直播� at a bridge in the south end of the Yankee Flats area 香蕉视频直播� where Simpson had resided before her disappearance.

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During the ceremony, Portugaise and the Aubertins held up a banner saying, No More Stolen Sisters. A second, smaller banner next to it said, Ashleys Army香蕉视频直播� Never Give Up, naming the four local missing women as well as Genereaux.

Leon and Portugaise encouraged anyone with information related to the missing women to come forward.

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After the ceremony at the bridge, the caravan left for Salmon Arm to go door-to-door in the 10th Street SW area as police did o

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Leon said the families of the missing women have been grateful for the support she and others have provided, for bringing them together and helping to give them a voice.

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香蕉视频直播淎ll the families of the murdered and missing 香蕉视频直播� they want something to do about it. They want to help the police, they want to be out searching, they want to be out passing posters out. But they don香蕉视频直播檛 have the strength to make that action happen. And so, the fact that they香蕉视频直播檙e not here, down on the ground, they don香蕉视频直播檛 know the area, they don香蕉视频直播檛 know where to go or how to rally people. That香蕉视频直播檚 a function I kind of see myself being the ground person here香蕉视频直播� So they are really grateful.香蕉视频直播�

The next step for Leon and company is a being conducted this Saturday, Nov. 18.

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