By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:27 EST, 30 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:35 EST, 30 September 2013 Mystery: Kidnap victim Carrie Lawson, who was abducted 22 years ago from her home, was never found Carrie Smith Lawson has been missing since someone abducted her from her home 22 years ago. Relatives paid a $300,000 ransom, but the prime suspect killed himself as police closed in and no one ever found a trace of the woman. Lawson's family are now opposing parole for the suspect's cousin, who received a life sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping but never provided any clues to lead authorities to the victim.
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Carrie Lawson's relatives paid her abductor $300,000 ransom for her safe return
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She was never released by suspected abductor Jerry Bland who killed himself as police closed in
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No trace of Carrie or her body have ever been found
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Her family are opposing parole for Bland's cousin Karen McPherson
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She maintains she left Carrie in her cousin's custody and never saw them again
Family affair: @placeholder, left, is up for parole after she pleaded guilty to helping her cousin Jerry Bland, right, abduct Carrie Lawson in 1991