This is a video that I got via YouTube from Phil Steel on how to find missing images and how they occur in the first place. I have seen many people on here ask or complain about this and we have attempted to explain it but the video does a much better job.
http://www.steeletraining.com/tutorials/lightroom-missing/Note: this was a free video sent to my email and not a paid subscription.
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