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Brittany Mae Smith Missing - As the massive search continued Tuesday for missing 12-year-old Brittany Mae Smith of Salem, and an autopsy was being conducted on her mother, Tina Louise Dyer Smith, relatives and friends in South Boston prayed fervently for the young girl’s safe return and questioned whether this tragic turn of events somehow could have been prevented. Roanoke County Police found the body of the 41-year-old former Halifax County resident Monday when they were called to her Fort Lewis Circle home in Salem. While at the scene, police obtained information indicating Smith’s 12-year-old daughter was missing. An Amber Alert was issued Monday afternoon for the young girl who had called South Boston home up until four years ago prior to her parents’ divorce. Her father, Benjamin H. Smith, is a South Boston Police officer. The series of tragic events have left the community reeling as relatives and friends of the family anxiously await any word of Brittany’s whereabouts...