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Hope has turned into heartache – the tough reality Phoenix Dyer has faced this year.

Her mom, Wanda, vanished months ago on March 21 from her Lawrence home. Police said Wanda , standing at 5’2’’ with a slender frame, was last seen with a backpack and wearing a black coat with pink lining.

“My mom had left my dad a note saying she was going to go pay a bill,” she shared. “So, she went to the bank, but my mom doesn’t have any of her bank cards with her because she kept losing them because she started to develop dementia. Within a few months, it seems like it was just getting worse. And so, the plan was to eventually put her into a nursing home in August when my parents’ lease was up.”

Wanda never made it back home by August. She never made it

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