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AFTER A LONG DAY OF SEARCHING, VOLUNTEERS SHARE THEIR FINDINGS. >> WE GOT A FEW LEADS AND WILL DO THE APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP. >> TERESA SCANLIN WAS PART OF A GROUP OF NURSES WHO JOINED THE BIG SEARCH, HANDING OUT FLYERS WITH PICTURES AND INFORMATION ABOUT MISSING CHILDREN AND TEENS. NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU JUST SEE ON TV. IT I HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. >> SOME 290 VOLUNTEERS SPENT THE LAST THREE DAYS LOOKING FOR LEADS TO HELP BRING THE MISSING HOME. >> IT MAKES ME CRY, REALLY DOES. I AM SO HAPPY SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND HELP. IT MAKES SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE. >> I HAVE COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND I WOULD WANT SOMEBODY TO BE SEARCHING FOR THEM IF THEY WERE OUT THERE. >> DESTINY BARRETT HEARD ABOUT THE BIG SEARCH THROUGH HER CHURCH. >> IT WAS MORE THE REALITY HIT HOME MORE THAN ANYTHING. >> SHE KNOWS FOR MISSING TEENS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A BIG CONCERN. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF SEX TRAFFICKING, GIRLS MISSING, AND PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND OUT UNLESS SOMEONE IS SEARCHING FOR HIM. >> MORE AWARENESS MEANS MORE HOPE.

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Saturday was the final day of "The Big Search KC", where volunteers helped look for missing children and teens in the Kansas City area. They accomplished a lot in three days, with nine of the 32 missing kids and teens now located. KMBC 9 talked to volunteers about how they're helping bring people home. After a long day of searching, volunteers shared their findings Saturday evening. “We got a few leads and we brought them back to the command center, and they will do their appropriate follow-up,” said volunteer Teresa Scanlin.Scanlin was part of a group of nurses who joined "The Big Search", handing out flyers with pictures and information about missing children and teens. “It’s not one of those things where you just see on tv,” she said, “these people, it’s happening in our community and our school districts.”Some 290 volunteers spent the last three days looking for leads to help bring the missing home. “It makes me cry, it really does,” said Maureen Reintjes, who works with the nonprofit Missouri Missing. “I’m so, so happy that so many people have come out and helped, and it makes such a big difference.”“I have little nieces and nephews and my little cousins, if they were out there I would want somebody to be searching for them,” said volunteer Destiny Barrett, who heard about the search through her church. “It was more reality, it just hit home more than anything,” she said, “so I just wanted to volunteer and do something.” She knows for missing teens, human trafficking is a big concern. “We have a lot of… sex trafficking, girls missing, and people don't know where they are,” said Barrett, “but there's no way to find out unless someone's searching for them.”When it comes to the missing, more awareness means more hope. “It was just a blessed search, like everybody was taking the flyers, I didn't come back with any,” said Barrett, “so I know more flyers are out, more eyes are open.”If you have information about a missing child or teen, call 855-733-5567. For more information on the big search, click here.