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This hit the local media over the weekend. Here is the current story.

Father Awaits Reunion After 13-Years

Investigators Found Missing Girl Last Week



POSTED: 8:32 am EDT April 17, 2006
UPDATED: 9:38 am EDT April 17, 2006


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WASHINGTON -- Carl Dodd is in Wilmington, Del., hoping to see his daughter, Marilyn, who he hasn't seen since she was 4 years old.

It was 13 years ago that his daughter's mother, Mary Byrd, allegedly took the girl and fled during a legal battle that was going on over custody of the child.

Investigators found the missing girl living with her mother and grandmother in Wilmington last week.

Marilyn is now 17 and her mother is facing parental abduction charges. She is in a halfway house in the District and has a court appearance scheduled for next month.Father Awaits Reunion After 13-Years

Investigators Found Missing Girl Last Week



POSTED: 8:32 am EDT April 17, 2006
UPDATED: 9:38 am EDT April 17, 2006


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WASHINGTON -- Carl Dodd is in Wilmington, Del., hoping to see his daughter, Marilyn, who he hasn't seen since she was 4 years old.

It was 13 years ago that his daughter's mother, Mary Byrd, allegedly took the girl and fled during a legal battle that was going on over custody of the child.

Investigators found the missing girl living with her mother and grandmother in Wilmington last week.

Marilyn is now 17 and her mother is facing parental abduction charges. She is in a halfway house in the District and has a court appearance scheduled for next month.

Dodd is very anxious to see his daughter, but he's a little nervous.

Dodd talked to News4 about the last time he saw his daughter.

"We had some ice cream that day and she was given a pocketbook by my wife. I gave her a picture of the both of us together and I said keep this with you at all times, not knowing that was going to be the last time I would see her for 13 years."