The family of 73-year-old Woodrow Vaughn gathered together in the living room of his Tyler Street home one recent Sunday and spent more than 12 hours trying to figure out where he might have gone.

It was Nov. 23, and Vaughn had been missing for almost two days. He was a recent cancer survivor with a heart condition and daily medication needs.

The family had contacted Baton Rouge Police and been told a detective would be assigned to Vaughn's case the following day, but for his niece, Jasmine Vaughn, that felt like ages away.

"Is it very scary to think that my uncle would have been pushed to the back of the line on Monday morning," Jasmine Vaughn said, "and that's why I was so adamant about us sharing it so much."

Jasmine and her cousins had begun to spread her uncle's name and image acr

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