Date missing
: 1 March 2001
Sex : Female
Hair : Auburn
Eyes : Hazel
Weight : Slim
build
Missing from
: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Age now :
5 years old
The Australian
Federal Police is seeking help from the public to locate Kristi Mae De
Jong , aged 5, who has not been seen since she and her mother, Karli Morrow,
disappeared in March this year.
On Thursday
the 1st of March this year, Kristi was collected from school by her mother
to commence a contact visit over the weekend. Ms Morrow did not return
Kristi to her father at the end of that weekend and the mother and Kristi
have not been seen since.
Kristi is Caucasian,
slim build, with auburn hair, hazel eyes and tall for her age.
Kristi attended
school in Wagga Wagga until the 1st of March this year.
A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Ms Karli Jane Morrow.
Any information
on their whereabouts can be provided to the AFP (Australian Federal Police)
on 02 9286 4000 (24 hours) or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 in any state.
Any information
which may assist in locating any of these persons should be called in to
Crimestoppers on 1800333000
Info from The
Family Law Court (2001)
http://www.familycourt.gov.au/missing/html/dejong.html
"Dear Melissa,
Up to now
I have not been aware of you, this I find maddening because while Kristi
was missing I tried every which way to find places to put her abduction
on.
Kristi was
returned to her father, Tony on the 2nd Feb 2002, 2 days after the story
was in "Take 5"
It took
9 months to get permission from family court to ask the public's help,
very frustrating, the Federal police would not put a letter into family
court to the effect that they had "used up all their resources" although
they told us they had they wouldn't tell family court.
Then trying to get publicity was another problem, locally it was easy,
nationally it was very difficult, ACA did their bit but TV images wiz by
quickly and people don't remember them.
As far as you seeing no report on Kristi's being found, that is quite bizarre
as well , the family court order to ask the publics help ends with the
recovery of the child, and so ACA was faced with and angry about the fact
that they couldn't tell their public that she had been found.
"Take 5"
persevered until their legal people said they were satisfied that they
couldn't be sued, and printed the story of Kristi's return some 3 weeks
later.
There were
more incredible things happen around the country, the federal police apparently
didn't let their people know, and state police all over were receiving
both hoax and genuine calls that had to be looked into, they found that
on ringing the NSW Federal police they were told that no one knew anything
about the case,so much time was wasted by police already on overload, we
found all this really weird.
Sorry this
has become a bit long winded but you did ask. I went into your site.....when
I saw Kristi named as a missing person. So, could you please clear this
up and say she has been returned and is living happily with her dad. Keep
in touch, I will watch your site from now on."
Thanks,
Elaine De
Jong
(Kristi's
Grandmother)
