Missing children had run away

Saturday, December 29, 2001

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Two children initially believed to have been abducted from their foster home, triggering a seven-hour search and broadcast appeal for clues to their whereabouts, turned out be runaways, a Jefferson County investigator said Friday.

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