September
2002
01-07
News updated
shortly.
Discontinued.
August 2002
.
01
Adelaide:
"world murder capital"
Move over
Johannesburg, Moscow and Baltimore. Adelaide is the murder capital of the
world. Well, it is according to a documentary called 'The Trials of
Joanne Lees', which has been shown in the UK. South Australians are
furious, and the tourism industry is crying foul. More on LEES
The Australian
Federal Police is renewing its appeal for public assistance to locate two
and a half-year-old Julia Beaman
who was not returned to her mother at Kempsey, on the NSW north coast,
following a contact visit with her father in late December last year.
Police
step up search for missing toddler
Search
for missing Maryborough man Ronald Genrich
A
dangerous set of numbers. Crime statistics are political dynamite,
and the media is trying constantly to light the fuse of public alarm.
02
Australian
Federal Police in Brisbane are seeking public assistance in locating a
child who is the subject of a Family Court Recovery Order. Neil
Jeffrey Alan Threlfall 13 years old, was allegedly taken by his
mother Betty Threlfall nee Mackay, during a contact visit in Brisbane on
Monday 22 July 2002.
Concern
for missing Brisbane woman
Missing
woman located
Silence
and an empty sadness
NSW
Boy found safe and well at school
03
Famlies
Fear the Worst
Feature on
the mens group BLACKSHIRTS
04
Questions
that haunt me over my missing son (Tristan Price)
MISSING
PERSONS WEEK
Each year
over 30,000 people go missing in Australia and 12,000 in New Zealand.
That's one
person every 12.5 minutes.
A
full page on what is happening, happened and media coverage
A national
campaign, “Find a way to say you’re OK!”, "You
don’t have to call. There are so many ways to communicate with people
who may be missing you. So whether you send a postcard or letter,
an email or mobile phone text message, just find a way to let someone know
that you’re OK." Please?
05
National Launch
(of Missing Persons Week) In Canberra
06
A 40-year-old
man, Sundow Baragwi (?sp) is lost in the Victorian Ranges, Australian
TV reported today. Searches have failed to find the missing man.
Information
Sought On Missing Paddington Man Taku Umezawa
Concern
For Safety Of Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Angie Anderson
07
Hector
thieves make contact
Information
Sought On Missing Minto Man Charles
Draper,
09
Julia
Beaman and Neil Threlfall
found
10
Happy Birthday
Missing Persons Register - 5 years Old !!!
Missing person
located, Fortitude Valley
Police
Appeal For Help Locating Missing Toddler
Missing
Doonside Toddler Returned Home
11
The
family of missing nine-year-old Jack Hendry asked
police for help in locating him. (photo)
12
Police
Seek Missing Man Gilles MATTAINI
Police
Concerned For Missing 14-year-old Girl Leah Frost
17
The
Holly Wells/Jessica Chapman Case
19
Two
dead, four missing after Brisbane fire
The Missing
Persons Register appears in August 26th Issue of WOMAN'S
DAY
The Missing
Persons Register appears in the September Issue of NETGUIDE
20
Australian
hostel fire kills three people
Search
fails to find missing man after hostel fire
Search
For Silverwater Escapee Continues
21
Man
Missing in Lamington National Park
Mt
Colah NSW bushland search for missing man, Frederick Ford, missing
since 1998.
Lamington
National Park search.
Body found
in Lamington National Park (report TCN Nine)
Lees
lodges criminal compo claims.
Falconio's
dad worried by Lees claim
22
Newcastle
student's disappearance worries police. Jimi Shim, aged 19 is
missing.
23
Missing
Japanese student Masaki Kurata located
24
Dean-the-Green
(turtle) is Missing
$500 Reward
for his recovery. Details coming!
A Reunion of
all administrative and technical college staff who worked at the Queensland
Agricultural College (now the University of Queensland Gatton Campus)
during the decade of the 70s is to be held in December 2002. Contact the
reunion coordinator no later than August 30th 2002 (for catering purposes).
All details on the REUNION
DATABASE.
A reunion of
Caboolture
State High School Seniors of 1992 is being planned for 28th September.
Contact KAREN LOOSE by phone: 07-33952501 for immediate info
or watch the
REUNION
DATABASE for more details.
The Jessica
Chapman & Holly Wells Sympathy register is now enabled again (it was
closed because it was overwhelmed) so if you still wanted to sign it, just
go HERE.
Media
page updated after a very frosty email from the NSW Police.
The
Missing Persons Week page has been updated.
All those
stories and the ones above will be expanded (in detail) ASAP.
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS
Missing
US Kids banner campaign launched across the Yahoo! Network
Kidnapped
US Teenagers Saved.
13
dead, 11 missing in Ukrainian mine blast
Lover's
lane kidnap: US Girls freed
Bodies
of 13 immigrants wash up on Spanish coast
At
least two dead as Bangladesh ferry capsizes
Investigators
find mass grave in Bosnia
6/8/02 The
'Crime Wave' Against Girls, by Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post.
Is it getting more dangerous out there for young girls? Ever since Chandra
Levy and Elizabeth Smart, it seems that television is obsessing on some
crime story involving girls.
Teen Victims
tried to kill kidnapper TSM 4/8/02
L.A.
Celebrates Reunion of missing girl and parents
The
Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman Case
More international
News
Bosnia
mass grave exhumations begin
Man
claims he's a suspect in Oregon kidnappings
Parents
found slain at Virginia home, daughter missing
Girl
Nine Missing, Parents Slain In Va.
Police
report 'promising leads' in case of missing girl
Dogs
find no clues in search for Virginia girl
Post-mortem
on girls' bodies 'inconclusive'
Britain
mourns after schoolgirl murders
Schoolgirls'
murder suspect may not stand trial
Verdict
still elusive in U.S. child murder case
British
police confirm dead girls' identities
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