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Friday, September 07, 2012  Zinah Jennings will spend the next 10 years behind bars.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Jurors are delaying their deliberations in the Zinah Jennings trial. A judge is allowing jurors to return Friday morning to begin discussing the case against Jennings.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  The grandmother of a missing South Carolina toddler expressed worry and confusion about the boy's whereabouts during jailhouse phone calls with her daughter.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  Thursday is Amir Jennings’ second birthday, but the little boy isn’t around to celebrate it.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Jocelyn Jennings Nelson told The Associated Press recently that she continues to hold out hope that her grandson, Amir Jennings, will be found safe and sound.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Jocelyn Jennings Nelson says she still thinks her grandson, Amir Jennings, is alive and she prays that wherever he is, he is being cared for.

Friday, January 06, 2012  A Columbia family is pleading for the safe return of 18-month-old Amir Jennings in its first public statements since the boy's disappearance.