article_snippet: If Her sister Allison — or anyone — knows anything, please come forward so we can have some answers,' pleaded Allison, who is expecting a daughter in June. '
article_snippet: The family has never given up hope that Kristen, who would now be 35, is still alive, despite the fact there has been no trace of Allison Modafferi for nearly half of Allison Modafferi life.
article_snippet: a very close family —
article_snippet: We still are a very close family,' said Allison. '
article_snippet: But still the family clings to the hope that Allison Modafferi is still alive.
article_snippet: In obituaries placed in the Charlotte Observer after the deaths of Allison Modafferi in 2002 and Tony Modafferi widow Lillian in 2006, the family wrote that the family left 'four granddaughters, Allison, Kristen, Lauren and Meghan.'
article_snippet: Of course we live with that hope,' said Allison, 38. '