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In June 1991, 12-year-old Jimmy Hendrickson went to stay with a family friend while his mother and sister went out of town.

The next morning, Jimmy was gone from the home in the 700 block of West Paris Promenade Street. He reportedly decided to go get breakfast on his own, Jimmy's sister, Tammy Tacho, said. He never made it back home.

Tucson police said at the time it was unlikely that the boy had run away.

Investigators talked to all of Jimmy's friends and checked tunnels and abandoned homes in the area where he was last seen, but found nothing, according to Arizona Daily Star archives.

His mother made and distributed 200 fliers with Jimmy's picture on it.

Today, Jimmy would be 30 years old. On his birthdays, May 15, his family releases yellow balloons, Tacho said. This year, Jimmy's mother couldn't bring herself to do it.

Jimmy is listed on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Web site.

The missing person case on Hendrickson was last reviewed in April by the cold case unit, said Sgt. Diana Lopez of the Tucson Police Department.

Police have no new leads or persons of interest in the case.

No articles of clothing or anything belonging to Jimmy were ever found, his sister said.

"If my mom didn't have a birth certificate and pictures of Jimmy, it would be like he never existed," Tacho said.

Four months after Jimmy's disappearance, his mother moved to Michigan. She couldn't handle being in Tucson, her daughter said. She has since returned.

Tacho, who is now 35 and has two children of her own, said her brother's disappearance has left her with fear and an emptiness.

"When I'm walking down the street, I always wonder 'What would he look like?'" Tacho said. "My son is a spitting image of my baby brother and I'm always so scared something is going to happen to my kids."

The family moved out of the house Jimmy last lived in, Tacho said.

A year ago, Tacho went back to the neighborhood to remind the residents about her brother and asked them to call 911 if they saw him.

Only one person, she said, remembered when Jimmy went missing.