Missing grave marker makes mourning difficult

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Each May 14th is an emotional day for Christine Little. This year, 2013, marks 29 years since she buried her then seven-month-old daughter.

"Today is her birthday so we came out to tell her happy birthday," said Little.

Little's daughter was buried in Restlawn Memorial park.

"It is right up in here," she said, "right up in here somewhere."

She knows the general area of the grave, but not the exact location and that's the problem.

"I cry, I just feel bad," said Little, "it is crazy!"

The problem is the marker or headstone, with a special design, is missing. She described it. 

"It was made of a heart shape with the wings sticking out of the heart and it was flat," said Little. "It had her name engraved on it the day she was born and the day she died."

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Disaster training becoming big business

PERRY, Ga. -- After nearly three decades of working with Bell South, Geoff Burkart was ready to do his own thing.

But instead of starting the typical "small" business, he decided to open something a bit different.

"The idea for Guardian Centers was spawned by [Hurricane] Katrina," he said. "How did we as a country muck up the Katrina response effort?" 

And answered with his own theory: that there was no coordination between all the entities, both government and private, coming in to help.

That's where he's found the need for his venture, an 830-acre disaster training facility in Perry, Georgia.

"There is nowhere like this where you can bring all agencies together and train in a real cityscape," he said.

The massive center is essentially its own town, with a Main Street, stores, parking garages and infrastructure.

"We've got our own power, gas and water," Burkart said.

When can you cancel your lease?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Tenants break their leases for a number reasons. Reasons range from disliking their landlord to noisy neighbors. But when tenants try to break their lease most discover the lease isn't very flexible.

So when can you break your lease agreement?

A look at underground Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- At the height of downtown Jacksonville's booming banking days, underground tunnels leading to vaults were built, partly in order to keep money out of the public eye.

Now, with banks steadily moving out of downtown to the online universe, the need for actual vaults and tunnel systems has disappeared.  

The tunnels are now more of a tourist attraction and a novelty, as opposed to a necessity. 

But, there are still businesses below Forsyth Street. 

A florist, barber shop and even a couple restaurants sit below the pavement.

Benny's is one of those still serving food, despite the offices above steadily emptying out.

"I used to have five people working here," said owner Sarah Bateh, who now works with one other person. 

She opened the restaurant with her husband back in 1985.

"I said, 'In the tunnel? Who's going to see us in the tunnel?' but it worked out just fine."

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Sudden death cancels cruise and possible refund

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. -- Carnival Cruise Lines has seen its share of problems this year, but that did not stop Frances Prince and Mollie McCall from booking a seven day cruise.

"She wouldn't go without me and I wouldn't go without her," said Prince. 

But on May 9 Herb Green, McCall's fiance', was killed in an accident on State Road 16 near Starke. Prince is still trying to cope with the loss. 

Prince, McCall and Herb Green were good friends. 

"Tragedies happen," she said. "You can't schedule them."

On May 10, the day before they were to set sail, they contacted their travel agent with the bad news.

"Their big suggestion was see if you can find somebody else to take your place," Prince said.

Prince said she also called Carnival Cruise to try and reschedule the cruise.

Prayers poured out for Ben Bowersox


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Since First Coast News first aired the story of 5-year-old Ben Bowersox, prayers for him and his family have poured in.

On Sunday morning, thousands of people at their home church, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, continue to rally behind the family in support.

Service began with Ben Bowersox's 5-year-old Sunday school class praying for him.

"We pray for all of his fingers," Sunday school teacher and family friend, Shelly Taylor said in front of the class.

Ben is at the Duke University medical center in North Carolina. He recently spent time in a hyperbaric chamber to help his fingers stay alive.

Several of his fingers were completely cut off when he grabbed a cable on a motorized airplane hangar door at Craig airfield this week.

Sibling sexual abuse hurts a Jacksonville father

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It is still one of society's greatest taboo but because no wants to talk about it, doesn't stop sibling sexual abuse. According to the Pandora Project studies have shown that between 2% and 4% of people have been sexually victimized by a sibling.  

"What is a father to do?" asked Reggie Thomas.

Thomas, 36, is a divorced father who is worried about his two children now living with their mother.

"I did all the right things I call JSO I took my child to the hospital," he said. 

Earlier this year Thomas made an ugly discovery. Court records show his children's older half-brother, a 15 year old, was charged with sexually abusing his younger siblings. Thomas' two children are eight and nine years of age.

"My daughter said this was going on for three years straight," he said. 

The State Attorney's office prosecuted the teenager.