The Commonwealth was stunned with the mysterious disappearance of sisters Faloma and Maleina Luhk, reportedly while waiting for a school bus near their residence in As Teo on May 25. The girls have yet to be found. Faloma was 10, while Maleina was 9 years old at the time of their disappearance.<\/p>\n
For over a month, the entire Commonwealth witnessed the most massive islandwide aerial, land, and sea searches ever conducted on Saipan for missing persons. <\/p>\n
A helicopter from the U.S. Navy and a C-130 plane from the U.S. Air Force joined law enforcers and community volunteers in the search. Hawaii\u2019s State Civil Defense even sent its tracking dog, Pohaku, to the island.<\/p>\n
The FBI also called in an additional 20 special agents and support staff, including members of the Child Abduction Response Deployment Team. Federal and local enforcers scoured for a week a garbage heap at the Marpi landfill to look for clues. Caves, jungles, beaches, manholes, abandoned buildings, and houses were included in the searches.<\/p>\n
The FBI, private groups, and individuals, offered cash reward totaling $50,000 for information leading to the discovery of the girls, to no avail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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