Search continues for missing Iowa cousins

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Cousins -- cook more at say ten and Elizabeth Collins aides have been missing for over four months now -- girl's parents are reaching out to the person who took them.

Begging for the girls safe return a letter was published in the Waterloo courier says in part.

We want you to know that we are praying for you to do the right thing by releasing the girls every one wins even knew.

The person who took them do the right thing.

-- -- -- With me tonight -- Elizabeth's parents -- Andrew Collins they join us from the -- -- Iowa thanks so much for being with us.

Thank you for having us all right how -- you -- doing.

We're we're doing okay.

We're just doing whatever we can do it known.

That keep the word -- and get through every day.

All right let me let me just kind of repeat what happened in July.

The girls go for a bicycle ride and they go to a place that they often went to.

And they didn't come home.

This investigation has been ongoing for four months.

I believe that law enforcement as indicated that they believe the girls are alive what are they based this -- I guess the FBI spokesperson based on on that there was no evidence that they weren't so.

That's all that they would tell us.

Sort of sense as far as we know that's the only reason they they sent.

And you know you guys decided.

At the four month.

And out and anniversary of there -- gone missing.

To write a letter to the person who ever.

Who took the girls your daughter and your niece -- Why did you make that decision to write a -- Time.

We -- can be -- do that and had -- paper.

Because.

A lot time DC people that taking kids -- -- -- Crimes.

They always keep the Clinton means and they keep updated out of their case.

So I decided I could put it in the front page the paper.

You -- hoping and praying that that person -- C.

From our latter.

And did the right thing every girls home -- -- anywhere.

Foot in you know we have covered this case.

Extensively at the beginning and I must ask you this question your -- means who is the daughter of a Daniel and misty.

If she is with a family aware of the -- been convicted of many drug crimes many you know violent crimes.

And your sister or Elizabeth your sister missy.

Bomb.

It just recently was supposed to have vs the release revoked by the feds and then they made a decision not to.

Your brother in -- drug -- trial was delayed yet again.

Com -- at last week what is going on do you think drugs had anything to do.

Where did your girls disappearing.

We honestly -- now.

We need that CF Yang.

We actually have we had no idea.

This it is just one possibility.

Manning so.

You know and our minds we we've we think cover everything them and that's just one of the one of the things -- -- through your head is.

Could that be.

Or could industry.

Some random person we don't know.

We've we know that -- But the FBI and DCI have looked and many different things.

We don't know how much they looked into that -- they don't tell us those things.

Right right but have they have they told you of any leads -- recently I mean is anything new happens.

They haven't told us about -- new leads at all.

There's been fair very few leads in this case.

And that's makes it real frustrating.

Is.

Small amount believes it.

Have come from this case it's almost as a -- -- -- -- Yeah it's it's certainly is not it's a very tough case -- -- it's a very frightening case send and Heather drew any enough on behalf of all of us we certainly wish that as we start to go into the holidays that you get some good news.

Thank you for being with us this evening.

Thank my -- All right and if you have any information relating to the disappearance of lyric and Elizabeth please contact the police at 1800.

-- lost 1800 the lost.

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