The mother of missing St. George teenager Macin Smith is convinced her son is still alive.
Tracey Bratt-Smith has told Gephardt Daily many times that she believes Macin, who went missing 13 months ago, is out there somewhere.
From the number of possible sightings there have been of her youngest son, who was 17 when he went missing, it would seem possible she is correct in her assumption.
Every time there is a sighting, the tight-knit family endures a roller coaster of emotions until that lead is checked out. It’s a process the family has become more accustomed to, but as time goes on, it doesn’t get any easier, and thus far, for every surge of hope, a crushing disappointment has followed when the sighting turns out not to be Macin.