Search for missing Calgary girl Taliyah Marsman stirs up pain of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette's killing

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A Calgary family's public anguish as police search for missing five-year-old Taliyah Marsman is churning up painful memories for another southern Alberta family.

An Amber Alert has been in effect forthe five-year-oldsince early Tuesday. It camehours after shewasdiscovered missing andher mother, SaraBaillie, wasfound deadin their Panorama Hills home.

Policewant tospeak with a family seen talkingwith themissinggirland her motherat a restaurant over the weekend, potentially the last timeMarsmanwas seen.

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It's been nearly 10 months sinceHaileyDunbar-Blanchette, 2, was abducted from her home in theCrowsnestPass and killedfollowing the deathof her dad, 27-year-old TerryBlanchette.

Hailey'sdisappearance also triggered an Amber Alert.

News broke that her body had been found on the second day of anextensive search just as friends and family gathered inBlairmore, Alta., for a vigil.

Derek Saretzky, 23, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of the toddler and her father.Histrial is set forMay2017.

Close family friend Corette Harrington says it was heartbreaking to hear the news in Calgary about Taliyah's abduction.

"I know what it's like to be in their shoes. And you hang on to all hope and you wait for that minute when she's going to walk through that door," she said.

Prayers forTaliyah

"For us the outcome wasn't good and I just pray that they get to celebrate their homecoming."

Harrington's oldest daughter, Rebecca who was Hailey's godmother said the hardest part was not knowing what happened.

"Who and whyI think was my hardest thing.Who would take a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and who would do something like that to her dad?" she said.

"And to this day I can't comprehend it through my mind."

Previouslyaffected families are instantly transported back intimeevery time another child goes missing, saysCalgary-based Missing Children Society of Canada CEOAmanda Pick.

"It opens up the emotionsall of themlike immediately," she said.

"We don't use the word closure, because we understand that it's a lifelong experience for every family and every community that's affected by a missing child."

Pick says communities reliving a missing child experience should not bottle up their feelings.

"This is not a time where we should be feeling alone, or feeling isolated or feeling that we don't want to talk about it," she said.

People who are feeling overwhelmed should take advantage of the support services offered on the Missing Children Society of Canada website, Pick says.

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