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The search continues for Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 8, who have been missing since Friday, July 13. Bicycles belonging to the two girls, and Elizabeth’s purse, were recovered Friday afternoon on the bank of Meyers Lake, just hours after they left Elizabeth’s house where their grandmother was watching them in Evansdale, a Waterloo suburb. Hundreds of searchers have assisted in the effort to find the two girls, and their disappearance has made national headlines.

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Family and friends gather for a grave side service for Elizabeth Collins at Waterloo Memorial Park cemetery Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Waterloo, Iowa. Elizabeth Collins and her cousin Lyric Cook went missing in July after riding their bikes by Meyers Lake in Evansdale. Hunters found their bodies in a wooded area in December. (MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor)
Jon Ericson / Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

 WATERLOO — It’s a hard road and the way forward is uncertain, but Saturday’s burial of Elizabeth Collins showed support for her family ...

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