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PHOTOS: Maddox Ritch
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A community prays for six-year-old Maddox Ritch who disappeared from a Gastonia park last Saturday.
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A man bows his head to pray for six-year-old Maddox Ritch and the first responders who are searching for him.
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A young girl lights candles at a prayer service for six-year-old Maddox Ritch.
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Candles light up the room as families sing Amazing Grace at a prayer service for six-year-old Maddox Ritch in downtown Gastonia Wednesday evening.
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Members of the SWAT team with Gastonia police search dumpsters looking for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: FBI Charlotte)
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The Charlotte Fire Department aids in the search for Maddox Ritch with a sonar boat and dive team.
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Gaston County Police check out a manhole in the search for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gaston County Police)
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A search dog from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children looks inside drainage pipes searching for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gastonia Police)
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Search crews check every possible hiding spot for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gastonia Police)
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Maddox Ritch
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Maddox Ritch
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FBI poster for Maddox Ritch
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Tip line number for people to come forward with information about Maddox Ritch
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Carrie Ritch, mother of Maddox, pleads with the public to come forward with any information if they were at Rankin Lake Park Saturday in Gastonia.
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Ian Ritch, father of missing six-year-old boy, Maddox Ritch, speaks to local media in Gastonia for the first time Wednesday.
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