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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1022 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY January 6, 2026: ‘See Me, Hear Me: We Watched Our Child Disappear’ Photography by NPPF 2024 Alan Hagman Grant Recipient multiple award winning ZUMA Press contract photojournalist ROBIN RAYNE. Chris Castillo, now 18, was diagnosed with autism after developmental changes emerged around age two. In the months that followed a routine vaccination appointment and a high fever, his mother, Lionela noticed unsettling shifts: words he once spoke disappeared, eye contact faded, and the energetic toddler who sang ‘Happy Birthday’ with his sister and played kickball seemed to retreat. ‘It was traumatic,’ she says. ‘It was like watching our child disappear.’ That moment marked the beginning of a long and often painful journey for the Castillo family, one shaped by grief, fear, guilt, anger, and cultural reckoning, but also by growth, advocacy, and resilience. Years later, when Chris was abused at school, Lionela found her resolve hardening into purpose. ‘Because of you, because of what happened to you, we will always make sure no other child goes through this,’ she tells him. The path forward, she knows, is imperfect. But it is no longer without hope. Welcome to ‘See Me, Hear Me: We Watched Our Child Disappear’

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January 4, 2026, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: As part of the 25th anniversary of the Montreal International Mosaiculture, three giant garden sculptures permanently installed at the Jardins des Floralies on Notre-Dame Island continue to attract public attention. Made up of nearly half a million flowers and plants, these living artworks were covered in snow this week as Arctic cold temperatures affected Montreal. The severe winter conditions created an unusual scene in the park. (Credit Image: © Serkan Senturk/ZUMA Press Wire)

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January 4, 2026, Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina: A crester caracara (Caracara plancus) takes flight from a post in a field near Firmat, Argentina. The crested caracara is considered one of the most intelligent and adaptable birds of prey and often behaves more like a crow than a hawk. (Credit Image: © Patricio Murphy/ZUMA Press Wire)

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January 5, 2026, New York, New York, USA: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City (Credit Image: © Starmax/Newscom via ZUMA Press)

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January 4, 2026, Washington, Dc, United States: President Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 4, 2025. The President took no questions on arrival, but did speak with the press on Air Force One on the flight up from Florida where he spent the last two weeks. (Credit Image: © Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire)

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JESSICA LANGE, young. (Credit Image: © Album/Entertainment Pictures via ZUMA Press)

JESSICA LANGE 2024. (Credit Image: © Future-Image via ZUMA Press)

MATT DAMON, 2021. (Credit Image: © Serge Arnal/Starface via ZUMA Press)

RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON as MacGyver, 1994. (Credit Image: © IFTN via Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com)

RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON, 2019. (Credit Image: © Marijan Murat/DPA via ZUMA Press)

DAVID LYNCH, 1980. (Credit Image: KPA/United Archives via ZUMA Press Wire)

DAVID LYNCH, 2017. (Credit Image: © Visual via ZUMA Press)

LESLIE MANN, 2025. (Credit Image: © Image Space/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

RENEE ZELLWEGER, 2025. (Credit Image: © Andrea Staccioli/Insidefoto via ZUMA Press)

AUSTIN BUTLER, 2024: (Credit Image: © Marco Provvisionato/IPA via ZUMA Press)

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NATALIE WOOD. (Credit Image: © Album/Entertainment Pictures via ZUMA Press)

RIVER PHOENIX (Credit Image: © Warner Brothers/Entertainment Pictures via ZUMA Press)

SHARON TATE and ROMAN POLANSKI (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/ZUMA Press Wire)

PAUL WALKER (Credit Image: © Armando Gallo/ZUMA Studio)

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January 4, 2026, Brooklyn, New York, USA: Nicolü¡s Maduro, the ousted President of Venezuela, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, following a dramatic US military operation to capture him and his wife from their home in Caracas. They arrived on Saturday night/early Sunday morning to face charges, prompting international reactions and protests, particularly as the MDC is a notorious federal facility. (Credit Image: © Krista Kennell/ZUMA Press Wire)

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January 4, 2026, New York, New York, USA: Anti-war and Anti-Trump protestors picket in front of Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. Nicolas Maduro, the ousted President of Venezuela is being held, following a dramatic US military operation to capture him and his wife from their home in Caracas. They arrived on Saturday night/early Sunday morning to face charges, prompting international reactions and protests, particularly as the MDC is a notorious federal facility. (Credit Image: © Krista Kennell/ZUMA Press Wire)

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