LEESBURG, Fla. – Nineteen years after the disappearance of 2-year-old Trenton Duckett , his family and friends gathered once again Wednesday night to remember him and to call for answers.

The group stood outside Leesburg City Hall, some wearing T-shirts with Trenton’s age-progressed photo.

His father, Joshua Duckett, addressed the crowd, saying the pain has never gone away.

“It’s always hard every time you hit a birthday, every time you hit an anniversary,” he said. “Day by day, it’s challenges. But I still have hope that one day we’ll get answers.”

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Trenton was reported missing on Aug. 27, 2006, from his mother’s apartment in Leesburg.

Investigators found a bedroom window open, and the screen cut. His mother, Melinda Duckett,

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