Urban Legend Zeitgeist: Penny Brown Is Missing

Synopsis	9 year old Penny Brown is missing. See the email and picture here.
Is it true?	No.
Why?	No report of Penny Brown was found at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. No reports of Penny Brown's disappearance were found in searches of news and newspaper archives. Several versions of the email plea exist placing Penny Brown's disappearance to different locales.
When?	September 2001
Comments	The Penny Brown plea bears a close resemblance to the Kelsey Brooke Jones is missing plea.
See also	National Center for Missing and Exploited Children "Hoaxes" from the Child Alert Foundation "Just who is Penny Brown?" from the Namibian "Penny Brown Hoax" from the CIAC/U.S. Department of Energy Missing Child: Penny Brown"" from About.com

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