Claudine Ryce. Many of us knew of her but did not know her. What I remember was her overwhelming sorrow, grace and strength after the disappearance and, ultimately, murder of her son Jimmy at the hands of a predator. She suffered a 9/11 before any of us could fathom the term; it was on that date in 1995 her 9-year old son went missing. After Jimmy's death, both Claudine and Don Ryce have worked tirelessly for children's rights. The Ryce's helped get sex predator legislation passed, worked with law enforcement agencies to use bloodhounds to search for missing kids, urged then-President Clinton to sign an executive order to allow photos of missing children to be posted, and opened the Jimmy Ryce Center, which helps teach kids how to escape from predators.
Claudine passed away last week from an apparent heart attack. She was only 66-years old. Yesterday, she was laid to rest next to Jimmy, at Woodlawn Park South Cemetery.
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