and Gay Dell, and then to David Harold. Sara searched area hospitals for Marcy but there were no record of Marcy there. Sara also made flyers with Marcy's photo and together with relatives distributed them continuously throughout the area.
Sara also contacted Marcy's birth father and asked him if Marcy had talked about anything out of the ordinary recently. Marcy's father was very concerned and told Sara that the last time he spoke to Marcy she seemed normal. According to Sara, Marcy's father called back with a list of all the calls Marcy had made from Boston at the time she was visiting him. Sara contacted all the people from that list but *906 learned nothing about Marcy's whereabouts.
Sara next sent a mass-mailing explaining the circumstances of Marcy's disappearanceto all the coroners in every county in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan. Coroners began contacting her and asking for medical records.
According to Sara, Marcy had a gynecologist, a foot doctor, and a dentist. She obtained medical records and X-rays from the foot doctor and dentist and gave them to the police. She also contacted Marcy's gynecologist and was told that the last time Marcy had been there was in December 1983.
Sara testified that she then called the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, where she was told that the agency dealt only with the disappearance of minors under the age of 14, and was referred to an agency called Search Registry. Sara sent Marcy's picture and information to Search Registry, which distributed it to places like