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Bradley Shonkwiler

My family was the first find for Child Watch in 1994. My family is forever grateful to child watch and Don Wood. While getting very little help from local authorities trying on my own from 1983 until 1994 My 2 children AJ and Mary were taken by their father never to be seen or heard from again. This was when there were No laws as we have today in fact 1 year later is just when they began to change and there was no help at all out there. We my 2 daughters Susie & Tracey and I suffered. Not 1 solid night of sleep couldn’t concentrate from fatigue. I could go on and on of the sadness and Heartbreak that had our lives these were my 2 babies and sister and brother that just 1 day disappeared. Finally 1 day Susie was watching TV and (before the show became the show it is today) Child Watch was on the Jerry Springer Show discussing finding Missing children and she called Them (Child Watch). She didn’t tell me for 3=4 months and then she finally called me and said Mom I didn’t tell you about this because I didn’t want to get your hopes up again but I think these People can really help us this time Something just tells me they WILL FIND AJ and Mary. This went on for a long while many many phone calls correspondence and soo many tears then 1 day I got the call THE CALL!!

And we were off to Las Vegas to reunite with my 2 babies that were not babies any more. It was not easy believe you me! But We got our lives back. While things are not normal they are complete. Both of these kids had never been to school ever not 1 day of school since their disappearance. Neither couldn’t read or write they were on the run so they slept all day and came out @ night my now( @that time) 14 yr old daughter weighed 260 lbs and had her hair cut off like a boy. So there was lots of work to be done just to get them back to reality. Alot of work for all of us . But guess what all is well ,like I said not completely normal but whole my daughter is a supervisor @ a Sheet metal factory here in Jacksonville has a great husband with 2 beautiful girls My son owns his own Alarm company outside of Dayton Ohio and has a 13 year old son.

Don just kinda took us under his wing and helped every step of the way ! I didn’t know what to do or where to start and then there was money which I didn’t have. I had been trying and talking for 10 1/2 years and no one listened so why should they now ? But they did when Don got on the case! We were able to get the legalities done and on a plane back to reality in 3 days WOW Can you believe that ? 3 Days and we were going home!!!!!!!! So ALL IS WELL AND THEN SOME…Thanks to Child Watch. Thank you for Healing this family and making us whole because that’s what you did. We are Eternally grateful. Thank you Thank you god bless you all!

Don’t worry about anything INSTEAD Pray about Everything

Ms. Arlene Stephens Proud Grandmother of Bradley Shonkwiler