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Family & Friends Hold Prayer Vigil For Missing Mother

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) - Dozens of people gathered in Longmont for a prayer vigil for Rita Gutierrez-Garcia.

She disappeared March 18 after going to some bars in downtown Longmont.

Her family and police are now pleading for any information about where she could be.

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On Sunday, family, friends and the public joined in prayer at Thompson Park near Main Street.

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Diane Romero (credit: CBS)

"It just shows people are here for us. They're concerned and they love Rita just as much as we do," said Diane Romero, Gutierrez-Garcia's mother.

On Saturday, search teams came up empty-handed after looking through Golden Ponds Park - a few miles from where Gutierrez-Garcia was last seen.

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Rita Gutierrez-Garcia (credit: Longmont Police Department)

Gutierrez-Garcia was described as being 5-foot-7 and weighing 140 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with black leggings. If anyone has information about where she might be, they are asked to contact the Longmont Police Department at (303) 651-8501.

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