JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of people gathered at City Hall to remember loved ones who have disappeared.
The 7th Annual Florida Missing Adults' Day was hosted by the John Rowan Junior Foundation and the Justice Coalition.
The groups offered support to grieving families and wanted to bring awareness to the issues in hopes of bringing missing men and women back home, or at least finding answers.
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It was a cry to bring home the Rowans' son, John Rowan Jr., who left his home in the middle of the night 16 years ago. He was 34. Even though the case went cold, his mom still calls police in hopes for a breakthrough.
"You have to keep calling and reminding them to be on your case, because that helps, you know. They're still working on it, and gives you hope," Pag Rowan said.
But they're not alone. The Atrium of City Hall was surrounded by pictures -- a reminder of dozens of other people still missing. Those that attended the event wore a yellow ribbon, a sign of hope that maybe one day they'll get answers, or see their loved ones again.
"Devastating," is how Mary Boyette feels every day her niece, Windy Smith Fox, went missing.
"Windy was the jolliest person you'd ever seen," Boyette said. "She just had the biggest, most beautiful smile."
She hasn't spoken to her niece in 10 years after she disappeared from a Westside flea market.
"I can't sleep at night. I can't eat during the day," Boyette said. "It just consumes you."
Law enforcement agencies spoke at the event, ensuring families that they will not give up their search for clues. They also brought up the case of Kamiya Mobley, an 18-year-old who recently reunited with her family after she was kidnapped as a newborn. The families said this case gave them a new sense of hope.
The grieving families are hoping that people will speak up and give any information they have on the missing adults to police.