WV WV - Aliayah Lunsford, 3, Lewis Co., 24-Sep-2011 *Media Links Only*

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Bond revocation hearing date set for Aliayah's mother
The mother of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford will be in court later this month for a bond revocation hearing.
This hearing is set for November 28.
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Lena Lunsford investigated for dangerous drug 'bath salts'
Her daughter has been missing almost two months, and last week Lena Lunsford released a statement asking people to pray for her family and daughter Aliayah, 3. She also wrote she is fully cooperating with the investigators working to bring Aliayah home.
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The search for missing Aliayah Lunsford continues
November 24th, this Thursday, will mark two months since Aliayah Lunsford went missing in Lewis County.
Lena Lunsford reported her daughter missing eight weeks ago Saturday, and police have been tight lipped about the investigation ever since.
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Family, friends keep hope alive in Aliayah Lunsford case
It has been more than two months since Aliayah Lunsford went missing, and though she still has not been found, her family isn't losing hope.
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Drug counseling ordered for missing girl's mom
A judge says a woman whose 3-year-old daughter has been missing for more than two months must live apart from her husband because he's admitted using synthetic drugs called bath salts.
U.S. Magistrate John Kaull says Lena Lunsford must also submit to drug counseling while awaiting trial on federal welfare fraud charges.
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Drug counseling ordered for missing girl's mom
A woman whose 3-year-old daughter has been missing for more than two months was ordered Monday to live apart from her husband after he admitting buying and using synthetic drugs called bath salts.
U.S. Magistrate John Kaull also ordered 29-year-old Lena Lunsford to undergo drug counseling while she stays with her mother in Walkersville and awaits trial on federal welfare fraud charges. Prosecutors had asked for home incarceration, but Kaull denied that request.
Prosecutors accused Lunsford of violating two conditions of her pre-trial release — that she refrain from using bath salts and other drugs, and that she report any and all contact with law enforcement to her probation officer.
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Search for missing Aliayah nears week ten
Saturday will mark ten weeks since 3-year old Aliayah Lunsford was reported missing from her Lewis County home.
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Family of Aliayah Lunsford Walk in Parade
It's been over 10 weeks since 3 year old Aliayah Lunsford was reported missing from her Lewis County home.

Family and friends were out tonight, in a continued effort to help end that search.

The family members were out Friday night in Clarksburg's Christmas Parade, where they were continuing to spread the word about the missing 3 year old.
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HLN's Nancy Grace show covers Aliayah Lunsford case
Three-year-old Aliayah Lunsford has been missing from her Weston-area home since Sept. 24.

HLN's "The Nancy Grace Show" reported a story on her disappearance back then, and again last night.
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Family says Stepfather of missing toddler failed polygraph test
New developments in the case of a missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford.
Since Aliayah disappeared more than two months ago, no suspects have been named in the case, although investigators have labeled her disappearance a crime.

Throughout the investigation, her mother, Lena Lunsford and step-father, Ralph Lunsford, have been questioned extensively.

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80 days missing, still no sign of Aliayah Lunsford
The search for Aliayah Lunsford continues 80 days after she was originally reported missing.
Her mother, Lena, called 911 the morning of September 24 saying she couldn't find the girl. Since then there have not been any confirmed sightings of her.
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Christmas for Aliayah
Folks all across the state are doing all they can to keep missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford's name out in the public, whether it be on flyers or on Facebook pages. One Doddridge County resident, who's never met Aliayah or any of her family members, is using her house to get the word out.
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Decorating trees for Aliayah
Folks all across the country are organizing Christmas celebrations to keep the word of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford out in the public.
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Stranger's holiday decor honors missing Lewis County girl
The story of a Lewis County 3-year-old missing nearly three months has affected a stranger so deeply that she's put up a Christmas display in her honor.
Aliayah Lunsford's first name is spelled out in lights on Desiree Matheny's house near Salem.
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Americas Most Wanted Aliayah Lunsford

Keeping hope for the holidays that Aliayah is found
Saturday marks 13 weeks since Lena Lunsford reported her daughter, 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford, missing from their Dennison Street home. Even without much information on where she is, folks all across the country are trying to keep hope that Aliayah could be brought home for the holidays.
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Lena Lunsford in court for child protective services hearing
Lena Lunsford, the mother of three year old Aliayah Lunsford who disappeared almost three months ago, had a Child Protective Services hearing Monday.
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Extended family questions Lunsfords regarding Aliayah's disappearance
It's been almost three months since 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford was reported missing. Other than right after it was reported, her parents haven't spoken to the cameras. 5 News reporters tried talking to them outside a Lewis County Courthouse on Monday.

Ralph and Lena Lunsford were in court for a closed hearing Monday but neither had much to say about their daughter Aliayah's disappearance.
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Missing girls mother in court for CPS hearing; refuses to answer questions
The mother of a missing Lewis County toddler goes to court to fight for custody of her six other children.

Lena and Ralph Lunsford still refuse to plead for Aliayah Lunsford's return.
Christmas Eve marks three months since Aliayah was reported missing. With so many unanswered questions, speculation continues to swirl in Lewis County that those closest to Aliayah know more than they're saying.
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Relatives picket on behalf of missing girl
Relatives of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for nearly three months are trying to keep the public focused on the unsolved case.
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Christmas tree with hope
People from across the state and country are remembering Aliayah Lunsford as the Christmas Holiday approaches.
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Community remembers Aliayah Lunsford during holidays with ornaments
Aliayah Lunsford has been missing for almost three months. Those who know her story want to make sure no one forgets about her during the holidays.
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Yard Sale held to benefit awareness for Aliayah
Supporters hoping to find missing three year old Aliayah Lunsford aren't showing any signs of slowing down. They're hosting a large indoor yard sale at the Moose Lodge in Weston.
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Plea hearing allegedly set for Lunsford federal case
The mother of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford is supposedly scheduled for a plea hearing in a federal fraud case.

According to reports, Lena Lunsford should be in an Elkins federal courtroom on January 10 regarding indictments claiming she sold her family's S.N.A.P. benefits.
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Weston banner for Aliayah Lunsford taken down temporarily
A new banner in Weston was erected last weekend to spread the story of missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3. But by Tuesday, the banner had to be taken down.
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Progress made on Aliayah Lunsford interstate billboards
Community members are working to erect billboards on the northbound and southbound sides of Interstate 79 in Lewis or Harrison Counties to remind people about the disappearance of Aliayah Lunsford, 3.
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Aliayah Lunsford search reaches nationwide internet audience
Nancy Powers Bauman of Oak Island, N.C. said the same thing Wednesday that many are saying, here in West Virginia and beyond, via the Internet.

"You look at her picture and she just grabs your heart and soul," Powers Bauman said.

"Her pictures, her sad face, her sad eyes. She just grabbed me," said Susie Wallace of Wichita Falls, Texas.
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Monhs missing, mother due in court
Aliayah Lunsford was first reported missing more than 15 weeks ago, and although all that time has passed, there's been no sign of her.
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Lena Lunsford pleads guilty in federal court to welfare fraud
Lena Lunsford, 29, mother of missing Aliayah Lunsford, 3, pleaded guilty to one count of federal welfare fraud Tuesday. Federal Magistrate Judge John Kaull accepted her plea bargain.
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Where is Aliayah Lunsford? Lena remains silent
The mother of missing three year-old Aliayah Lunsford was back in court on Tuesday, but it was outside the courtroom where she was met by protesters.

Although Lena Lunsford's court hearing was not directly related to her daughters disappearance, community members took it as an opportunity to beg the 29 year-old mother to help them find her daughter.
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Lena Lunsford pleads guilty in federal court
The mother of missing three year-old Aliayah Lunsford took a plea deal Monday afternoon on a felony welfare fraud charge.

29 year-old Lena Lunsford pleaded guilty to one of the six counts she had originally been charged with. That count lists that she knowingly sold portions of her SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program) benefits valued in excess of $100.00.
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