When Teresa Cavanaugh thinks of her dad, she pictures being with him outdoors, learning how to fish, garden and play sports.

“The first thing most people say is how much he loved his children," she said.

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Robert Cavanaugh was a long-haul truck driver and would bring his two daughters, Teresa and Diana, and two sons, Luke and Joseph, to sports games halfway across the country.

“He was king of putting together like the last-minute trip to any sporting event," she said. "He would sneak us into the truck during the summer, and we'd take a week, drive out to Kansas, watch Royals game and drive back."

Cavanaugh was reported missing on Christmas Eve, 2004 from his Mansfield home. At the time, state police said he left a s

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