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Alabaster, AL -
The parents of 16 year old Deanna Niven tell their Kingwood church family to, "pray... that's what you can do... is pray... do what GOD tells you to do and pray what he tells you to pray."
The Niven church family spent more than an hour Monday morning praying for her safe return. David Grodsky... and church members... organized this prayer vigil in support of the Niven family. He says, "our friend has a child in peril.. and we believe that GOD is who he says he is... and GOD will do what he says he'll do and that is to protect us and keep us and we're coming here together to call on our Father to help."
The Niven family is looking for help in finding their 16 year old daughter. She disappeared around 8:30 Sunday night from the parking lot of the Alabaster Wal Mart. Alabaster police Lt. Jeff Anthony says, "her parents went to look for her and found her van in the parking lot upon further investigation we found out through surveillance she had possibly willingly entered a van of another individual in the parking lot.."
It's believed that other individual is a man in his 20's. Surveillance video shows what is believed to be either a silver 1996 to 2000 Plymouth Voyager or a 1995 to 2008 Chrysler Town and Country or Dodge Caravan.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but Lt. Anthony says police are focusing on just one right now, "what's most important right now is we find her and make sure that she is safe."
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