Family of Louisiana toddler feared dead in 1984 house fire claim they saw her being kidnapped as home burned - and are adamant that she is still ALIVE

The family of a Louisiana toddler who was feared to have died in a house fire forty years ago claim they saw her being kidnapped.

Ramona Brown, who was three, was thought to have perished in the flames during the 1984 blaze at her family home in New Orleans.

The March 6 inferno killed her two siblings Kevin, two, and Aubrey Jr, four, but firemen said they could find no trace of her ashes in the rubble.

Now her family is claiming they saw her getting into a gold Cadillac with a bi-racial couple as the house was razed.

Ramona Brown was three-years-old when she mysteriously vanished in a house fire. The photo is an age-progression image of her today at 43 

Ramona's sisters: (pictured left to right) Tiffany Brown Nickerson, Simona Brown and Pamela Brown Harry appeared on Banfield|News Nation this week 

Her sister Simona, who was six at the time, along with sisters Tiffany and Pamela, appeared on Banfield|News Nation this week to talk about the mystery.

Host Ashleigh Banfield asked Simona what prompted her to speak out now, with her replying 'it has been heavy on her mind'.

Last week, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the New Orleans PD released a new image of what Ramona would look like today at 43.

The age progression image was created by a NCMEC forensic artist. The police encourage the public to share her missing person poster.

Ramona had a distinct birthmark but they are not revealing where it is located since the family said there have been a number of people who came forward claiming they are related.

Tiffany said 'she couldn't tell me where her birthmark is than there is nothing to talk about it.'

Simona, along with sisters Tiffany Brown Nickerson and Pamela Harry, appeared on Banfield|News Nation on Tuesday to talk about the mystery surrounding their sister

During the show, Pamela Brown said that her grandmother got some suspicious calls after the fire that she was certain was her granddaughter Ramona.

Pamela Harry said that when her grandmother asked the little girl where was she, the phone call ended and they never heard from her since.

The sisters also spoke about the next door neighbor, who Simons said 'didn't get along well with us'

She said: 'From my understanding, they did not like black people. Tiffany added: 'At that time we were the only black folks in the neighborhood.

Simona told Banfield that the day of the fire, 'she actually saw the man himself - who set the home ablaze.'

She said there have been no leads. 

Ramona was one of nine siblings; two of her brothers died in the house fire 

The family are pictured in front of their new house following the horror fire in 1984

'We know that our images can work, even in a missing case like this when many decades have passed,' said Angeline Hartmann, Director of Communications at NCMEC. 

'We ask people to take just a moment and really look at this image. We just need the right person to see the image and make that call. You never know when you might be the person who can help investigators pull the missing pieces together.'

On March 6, 1984, Ramona Lynn Brown vanished after an unexplained fire ravaged her home on Memorial Drive in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans where she lived with her parents, Johnnie Mae and Aubrey Brown, and nine siblings.

Her siblings, Kevin, 2, and Aubrey, 4, who died in the blaze were later found by fire investigators in an embrace, but there was no trace of her remains in the ashes and rubble, according to NOLA.

Ramona's sister, who was six-years-old at the time, believes that Ramona survived. 

She said that she vividly remembers holding Ramona's hand outside the house in the aftermath of the blaze, and an older biracial couple, - a white woman, and a black man - in a gold car stopped to help during all the chaos of that night. 

Simona told the police that she saw Ramona get into their car.

Ramona's disappearance is a cold case that remains active.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said: 'The NOPD welcomes the assistance from NCMEC and their forensic artist.'

'We are hopeful that this image will help generate new leads or information that can ultimately bring Ramona home.'

Anyone with information is asked to contact the NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678.

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