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Lina, 23.

The photo on the poster doesn’t really look like her. She hated that photo, said it made her look “too polished.” But now, it’s the only image they have. Taped to lampposts. Fading. Curling at the edges.

She disappeared four months ago, there were no confirmed sightings. No new leads. No more headlines. The search cooled off and people moved on.

But her room still smells like her. Her toothbrush is still in the holder. Her playlist still loops in her little brother’s ears.

Lina didn’t disappear by magic. She disappeared because no one kept looking. And now, she’s becoming a memory that never had a future.

ALKOTÓ x Stichting Goud say this:

If someone’s missing, and we don’t act, we’re the ones who lost them.

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