Each September, a Cumberland County community observes a heartbreaking tradition that everyone involved would happily end.

But they can’t end it, because their mission involves a missing child.

The people who come to Bridgeton City Park and gather around a tree near the playground every September are there to remind the world that Dulce Maria Alavez still hasn’t come home.

The 5-year-old was reported missing during a family outing to the park on the afternoon of Sept. 16, 2019.

Her disappearance triggered a massive search and a six-year investigation that has yet to find her.

Family and supporters came to the park Saturday afternoon to mark six years since Dulce vanished.

Soon after Dulce’s disappearance, police released witness descriptions and a sketch of a person of interest ,

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