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- ↑ DuBose, Renetta (September 4, 2017). "Podcast releases new updates in nearly 30-year-old missing twins case". WJBF.
- ↑ Suggs, Ernie (November 29, 2018). "After Grady baby kidnapping, a full family life". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ↑ Williams, Nakell (November 7, 2019). "Middle Georgia investigators hope podcast sparks leads in decades-old missing child case". WGXA.
- ↑ "Sources". The Fall Line. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
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