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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1033247" data-attributes="member: 4144">From the Philadelphia Enquirer, Saturday, August 2, 2003:12-YEAR OLD GIRL VANISHES FROM HOSPITALPolice seek clues in disappearance12-year old Alyson McNaghten was reported missing from her room in the Intensive Care Unit at Thomas Jefferson Memorial Hospital yesterday morning by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McNaghten.Last year, Alyson was diagnosed with a degenerative kidney disorder which would lead to eventual failure.  In July of this year, she suffered total kidney failure and required a transplant."Our thoughts and prayers got out to Alyson's parents.  We here at the hospital are cooperating 100% with the police investigation into the McNaghten girl's disappearance," said James Garfield, the doctor who performed Alyson's surgery.The police are currently investigating a 28-year old woman, originally from West Chester, in connection with the crime.  Though the police declined to release the woman's name, they confirm that she was the nurse in charge of caring for Alyson, and also had contact with 72-year old Robert Hosterman, who disappeared in April.  Hosterman was in the hospital receiving a liver transplant.  The woman has denied any involvement in the disappearances.----------------------You've been contacted by the Institute and instructed to assist the police with this case.</blockquote>