Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include a new air date for the TV program.

The case of a 5-year-old Bridgeton girl who disappeared from a local park in September is receiving fresh attention thanks to the Dr. Phil TV show.

The mother of Dulce Maria Alavez was interviewed for the program and will appear on the Dec. 6 episode, family spokeswoman Jackie Rodriguez confirmed.

Family, friends and supporters gathered Saturday evening to hold a candlelight vigil for Dulce.

Saturday marked two months since the child was reported missing from a playground at Bridgeton City Park.

Dulce’s mother, Noema Alavez Perez, had taken her kids to the park after stopping for ice cream on the afternoon of Sept. 16.

In a 911 call she placed from the park that day, Alavez Perez says the child may have been abducted. “We were here at the park and people said that somebody … probably somebody took her,” she tells a dispatcher.

The disappearance prompted several large-scale searches of the park and surrounding areas. An Amber Alert was issued and a $52,000 reward offered, but the child’s whereabouts remain unknown.

The family has made multiple public pleas for help in finding Dulce and investigators have vowed to continue the search as long as it takes.

Alavez Perez and Rodriguez traveled to New York City a few weeks ago to record the interview with Dr. Phil McGraw, Rodriguez said.

Saturday’s vigil was held at a home just outside of Bridgeton in Upper Deerfield Township.

Dulce is approximately 3-feet, 5-inches tall, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with a picture of an elephant, black and white pants and white shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit at 609-882-2000, ext. 2554, or the Bridgeton police at 856-451-0033. Tips may also be phoned in to 1-800-CALL-FBI and select option 4, then select option 8.

Anonymous tips may be sent by text to TIP411 with “Bridgeton” in the message line.

Dulce Maria Alavez was reported missing on Sept. 16.

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