“Unfortunately, back then they were told that Kerry was an adult, that she had chosen the lifestyle, and that if she wasn’t a threat to herself or others, there was nothing that [law enforcement] could do,” her sister Kathie said in a statement released by the sheriff on Wednesday.
“As the internet expanded, I took to searching the NamUs National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website when I was missing her, scanning for mention of her tattoo and searching through the pictures of the Jane Does. She was dearly loved.”
The sheriff’s office said it is now working with the family to have Cummings’ remains released so she can finally come home.
