Disappearance of Rilya Wilson

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On January 18, 2001, Rilya Shenise Wilson, a four‑year‑old American child in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), disappeared from the Miami home of her caretaker, Geralyn Graham. DCF did not discover her missing until the following year, when routine checks failed to locate her at the residence. Her disappearance triggered a statewide investigation into DCF's oversight practices and exposed significant lapses in the agency’s monitoring of children in foster care. Rilya had been placed in Graham's care after her mother, Gloria Wilson, had her parental rights terminated. Conflicting statements later emerged regarding Rilya's parentage and the nature of Graham's relationship to her, and the exact connection between the two remains unclear.

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