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Update, Oct. 5, 2016: DNA tests have revealed that the U.S. woman is not the daughter of Liliane Cyr. Click here for the full story.

Liliane Cyr has spent close to four decades hoping someone would contact her with news of her daughter Yohanna, who disappeared from her St-Laurent apartment when she was only 18 months old.

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But she has also watched as promising leads turned to bitter disappointments through the years and, in the hardest moments, wondered if it was best to give up and stop thinking about what happened.

So when she received a private message two weeks ago through a Facebook page set up to keep Yohanna’s case alive, Cyr, 59, took a deep breath and reminded herself not to get her hopes too high, regardless of what it said.

The message, received Aug. 5, came from a woman living in the United States. She said she didn’t want to bother Cyr or cause her any pain, but asked how she could get in touch with the investigators in charge of Yohanna’s case.