UPDATE:Â Thursday evening, after seeing the Journal Star's story online, the mother of the girls reached out to claim the photos. She did not want to be named.
A broken picture frame sat at the bottom of a plastic tote from a Lincoln warehouse. Pictures of two young girls with their names yet to be known and wide smiles across their faces as their story awaits to be discovered.
Cameo Williams saw a Facebook post advertising a warehouse cleanout near 32nd Street and Cornhusker Highway. Among the plastic totes was furniture, pillows, a toddler bed frame and miscellaneous items. Mike Bretta, who was clearing out his warehouse, said he participates in storage unit auctions and couldn't recall where all the different items came from. He didn't recognize the photographs either.
Williams stopped by on Tuesday to pick up the plastic totes and later found a broken frame inside. By Wednesday, she shared the photos on  with hopes of finding their home.
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“The pictures are of two young ladies and as a mother, I would want my pictures of my children returned to me if somebody found them,†Williams said.
There wasn't anything written on the pictures to hint as to who the girls are nor are there any defining places in the photos to indicate a location.
Thursday evening, after seeing the Journal Star's story online, the mother of the girls reached out to claim the photos. She did not want to be named.
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