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MISSING MORGAN NICK 
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Rebroadcast Date: November 18, 2002 (Originally broadcast on August 28, 2001) SYNOPSIS: On the night of July 9th, 1995, Colleen Nick took her six-year-old daughter Morgan to a little league baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. Throughout the evening, two young girls asked Morgan to come play with them near the baseball field. Finally Colleen told Morgan that she could go and play with the girls. But when the baseball game ended, the two girls returned to the field without Morgan. Within a couple of minutes most of the people had left the field and it was very clear that Morgan wasn't there. As the parking lot emptied, panic began to overwhelm Colleen. When one of the baseball coaches questioned the two girls, they remembered seeing a man in a red pickup that they described as "creepy" talking to Morgan. Within minutes law enforcement began a massive search. But the search failed to find Morgan Nick. The media were alerted and flyers were posted. Weeks stretched into months and finally years with no sign of the blond-haired little girl. For six long years Colleen Nick has searched for her daughter Morgan. Her personal tragedy has led to a remarkable transformation. The once-shy mother has become a leading activist for missing children across the country. In the months following Morgan's disappearance, Colleen successfully lobbied the media to turn Morgan's disappearance into a national news story. One year after her daughter's abduction, Colleen established the Morgan Nick Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting families with missing children. The foundation has been instrumental in bringing several children safely home. Recently, Colleen became involved in the search for a missing five-month-old girl in Arizona. Jacqueline Castaneda disappeared on May 6th. Her mother, 19-year-old Olivia Castaneda, was last with her infant daughter at a swap meet outside of Phoenix, Arizona. When Olivia needed to use the restroom she noticed that the conditions of the portable restroom were both cramped and dirty. Olivia made a split second decision to take her two-year old, Nayeli, inside the rest room. She left Jacqueline in the car seat directly outside the restroom for a minute. When she came out Jacqueline was missing. Avondale police officers immediately sealed off the swap meet and began an extensive search but Jacqueline was nowhere to be found. One of the swap meet vendors, however, did notice a woman who she felt was acting suspiciously. She said that the woman caressed the face of the vendor's own infant and commented that her baby was so beautiful. It left the vendor feeling uneasy. But authorities were unable to find anyone who matched the vendor's description. The Morgan Nick foundation sprang into action by putting up posters and sending e-mails profiling Jacqueline's disappearance. Assisted by the Morgan Nick Foundation, police continue to search for Jacqueline Castaneda. She is now five months old and has a unique heart-shaped birthmark on her upper right arm. The selfless work Colleen Nick performs on behalf of families with missing children has not detracted from her primary goal: to find her own daughter Morgan. If you have any information about the disappearance of Morgan Nick, please contact the Alma (Arkansas) Police Department, or call the Unsolved Mysteries hotline, 1-800-876-5353.
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