News
March 27-31st
Missing
tourist's family looking for more clues
The family
of a British tourist who disappeared on Queensland's Fraser Island has
returned to the place he was last seen, almost one year after he vanished.
David Eason
was 46 years old when he disappeared on March 29 last year.
Police found
no trace of him despite a massive air, sea and land search.
Inspector
Pat Ryan from Maryborough police says Mr Eason's disappearance remains
a mystery.
"We are hopeful
that with his anniversary coming up that some member of the public, with
the media campaign that is going on, that it may jog their memory to give
us some other lead that we can follow to try and provide some answers to
the family who are out here," he said.
"That's the
thing, they're going through a lot of grief at the present time just not
knowing what's occurred with Mr Eason."
Source: ABC
News (Australia)
Posted: Thur,
28 Mar 2002 9:02 AEST
What
Happened on Fraser Island?
Family want
answers.
Source: The
Sunday Mail, Sunday March 31st p24
Couple
ordered home to face charges over son's breakout
A Brisbane
court has given the parents of mentally ill killer Claude John Gabriel
until the end of next month to return to Australia to face charges over
their son's disappearance.
John Johnas
Gabriel and his wife, Alessandra, were summonsed to appear in the Western
Districts Magistrate Court this morning.
The couple
faces charges of knowingly assisting Claude Gabriel to abscond from a Brisbane
mental health facility between last November and February this year,
They did not
appear in court today but were represented by a Victorian law firm.
Gabriel's
parents were granted a five-week adjournment to allow them to return to
Australia.
Outside the
court, their lawyer, Greg Lee, said the charges would be defended.
Source: ABC
News (Australia) Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:31 AEST
Police
continue probe into possible double murder
Ian Hogg,
46, has not been seen since March 10
Police divers
will return to the Tweed River todayin a bid to find clues to a possible
double murder.
New South
Wales and Queensland detectives are investigating the disappearance of
a Tweed Heads liquor store manager and the murder of a man on his property
in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Ian Hogg,
46, has not been seen since March 10 and Charles Johnston, 70, was shot
dead on March 14 at his Mount Nathan home.
Police divers
searched part of the Tweed River yesterday but failed to find any clues.
Source: ABC
News (Australia) Thur, 28 Mar 2002 7:41 AEST
Police
Fears for Missing Teenage Girl
On March 27,
18-year-old Niamh Maire Maye told her mother she was leaving Batlow to
travel by bus to Sydney, expecting to arrive on March 31. On Wednesday
April 3, the teenager's mother contacted police, concerned for her daughter's
welfare. Niamh was last seen carrying a backpack, tent, sleeping bag, and
a metre-long stick. She is white, 170-175cm tall, slim with shoulder-length
brown hair, blue-grey eyes and freckles. A missing persons investigation
has released an image of a vehicle Niamh may have been travelling in.
"The car is
a black Holden HT station wagon, described as bearing Victorian number
plates," said Detective Inspector Gae Crea of Tumut Police. Anyone with
information about the vehicle or Niamh is urged to call (02) 6947 7199
or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source: ABC
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