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| Chau, Elizabeth 16 April 1999; West Ealing London UK 19 YO | |
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| monkalup | Nov 30 2006, 07:48 AM Post #1 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Elizabeth Chau Age at disappearance: 19 Elizabeth is 5ft 2ins tall, slim with dark shoulder length hair and brown highlights. She is missing from West London. Elizabeth has been missing from her home in West Ealing since the 16 April 1999. She attended college as usual but did not return home and has not been seen since. Elizabeth's disappearance was very out of character, so her family are desperately worried. On the day she disappeared Elisabeth attended Thames Valley University as usual and completed an assignment for her Business and Law course. After handing in her assignment, Liz went for a quick drink with a friend at the Student's Union. Liz and her friend left the bar together and said goodbye at about 5.50pm. Liz was last seen walking down Uxbridge Road towards West Ealing. Elizabeth is Chinese/Vietnamese but speaks perfect English, 5ft 2ins tall, slim with dark shoulder length hair and brown highlights. When last seen Elizabeth was wearing a dark purple v-neck jumper, a sleeveless black body warmer, jeans and brown boots. If you have seen any of these missing people, please call 0500 700 700 or email us |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Nov 30 2006, 07:49 AM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| Ell | Dec 5 2006, 07:54 PM Post #3 |
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Heart of Gold
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miss her every day’ By Benedict Moore Bridger Comment Elizabeth Chau, top, as she was when she disappeared in 1999 and, below, an impression of how she might look now. THE DISAPPEARANCE of an Ealing teenager more than seven years ago is the subject of a new television documentary which aims to uncover the mystery. Thames Valley University student Elizabeth Chau vanished on April 16, 1999, after handing in an assignment then going for a drink at the student union bar. She was last seen by a friend walking down the Uxbridge Road towards her house in West Ealing at about 5.30pm and later spotted on CCTV cameras walking past Ealing police station just after 6pm. Despite extensive enquiries and appeals for news of the 19-year-old, she has never been found. Bic Chau, Liz's sister, has never given up hope of seeing her again. She told the Ealing Times: "We want Liz to know that we love her and miss her very much. Advertisement continued... "Whatever reasons caused her to leave us simply don't matter any more and we would welcome her back with open arms. "Please Liz, if you see this, let us know you're ok." Now a BBC3 series, Runaways, documents the work of the National Missing Person's Helpline (NMPH), whose continued efforts to solve the mystery have, so far, been unsuccessful. In a hope to get fresh information concerning Liz's disappearance, a forensic artist at NMPH created an "age progression" image to suggest how Liz might look today, aged 27. Teri Blythe, head of NMPH's ID and reconstruction department, who created the new image for the programme, said: "Producing any age progression is a combination of art and science and requires photos of the missing person and reference photos of the family. "As Liz would have turned 27, her appearance may have altered significantly since she disappeared, but she would still retain her unique likeness." Liz's mother, Phung, hopes this new image will bring new clues and may just be the key to finding out where she is now. She said: "I'm still looking for Liz every day, it's really difficult for me, I miss her every day. I need to find out what happened to her." Her disappearance has always been linked by police to that of another Ealing resident, Lola Shenkoya, a 27-year-old who vanished from Perivale on January 3, 2000. Police believe Miss Shenkoya returned home sometime between 4pm and 4.30pm from Entertainment UK where she worked as a temp. She was unable to get into her house in Swyncombe Avenue, Ealing, because her sister, who had the only key, was not at home. It is believed she then caught the E2 bus from Northfield Avenue where she got off outside the Burger King on Ealing Broadway. She too has not been seen since. On May 18 this year police searched wasteland behind a row of shops on the Uxbridge Road looking for the bodies of the two girls. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police leading the search, said: "Searches have been ongoing for the last couple of days, beginning on the 18th. "It is part of the investigation into the missing girls Elizabeth Chau and Lola Shenkoya. There have been no significant developments in the search and nothing has been found as yet." Runaways will be broadcast on Thursday, December 7 and 14 at 7.30pm. Anyone who has seen Liz or Lola, or has information regarding their whereabouts or wellbeing, should contact the confidential National Missing Persons Helpline on Freefone 0500 700 700 or email sightings@missingpersons.org. 1:03pm Tuesday 5th December 2006 http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnew...r_every_day.php |
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Ell Only after the last tree has been cut down; Only after the last fish has been caught; Only after the last river has been poisoned; Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:45 AM Post #4 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5238757.html 'Police refuse to help us find missing Elizabeth' From: Evening Standard - London Date: May 28, 1999 Author: Chris Morris More results for: Elizabeth Chau THE FAMILY of a missing Chinese student have accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to take her disappearance seriously, nearly six weeks after she was last seen in Ealing. The family of 19-year-old Elizabeth Chau say police should have started searching earlier, instead of assuming that she had run away from home and would turn up after a few days. They also claim police may have misread vital clues about Elizabeth's state of mind because she is Chinese and detectives don't understand the subtle cultural differences which influence her family life. Elizabeth's sister, Bic Chau, 22, said: "For the first crucial days, they refused to do anything at all and now they make us feel like troublemakers for pushing them to look for my sister. They treat us like she has only run away, but we are certain that something else has happened." Law and business student Elizabeth was last seen by friends on 16 April when she left Thames Valley University to go home. She was filmed on security cameras outside Ealing police station at about 6.15pm, but there have been no positive sightings since. Friends say she enjoyed going out and having fun, but had an inherent sense of responsibility. They say the police theory that she ran away is offensive and the suggestion is out of character. Jean Heaven, head of Drayton Manor Sixth Form in Hanwell where Elizabeth took her A-levels last year, said: "There are some teenagers who would go away for a while without telling their parents, but Elizabeth Chau wasn't that type of girl." A team at Ealing police station was assigned to the case. But Elizabeth's close friends say they were not interviewed at all, and none was contacted in the first few days of the investigation. From an isolated entry in her diary almost a year ago, the family says detectives concluded she had run away, and because she was over 18, there was no pressure on them to act. Bic Chau says a detective told her the case was low priority and the onus was on Bic herself to prove a crime had been committed if she wanted police to investigate further. She said: "They kept insisting we should sit and wait. They didn't check the CCTV footage for days and they didn't keep in touch with us. My brother Minh and I both took time off work but there wasn't anything we could do but worry. "It's impossible to think Elizabeth ran away. She didn't take any clothes, money or her passport. Her bank account hasn't been touched." Bic and Minh Chau have now launched an independent search. They say they were advised that if they cannot find another sighting or piece of evidence, police will be forced to take the case more seriously. They have put up posters and distributed leaflets with the freephone number of a local campaign group, as well as the police number. Last week they organised a search of local parks and wasteland. Two hundred friends, neighbours and Thames Valley students helped. A bigger search is planned and the family hopes their MP will get involved. "If the police won't search for Elizabeth, we will have to," said Bic. "I'm hopeful that we'll be able to persuade them to step up the investigation." The family has been assisted by The Monitoring Group, a legal advice service specialising in race-related cases and police harassment. The group helped Bic Chau to lodge a formal complaint with the Police Complaints Authority about the police investigation, and has provided the family with a lawyer to handle the complaint. Javish Patel, a lawyer for The Monitoring Group, does not think police were racist in this case, but says significant cultural differences were overlooked. A Scotland Yard spokesman denied claims that police had not done what they could. "We want to reiterate our appeal for any information - any leads will be followed up," he said. "If somebody says they saw somebody of that description we will follow that up." The family declined a police offer of help with a search of Ealing Common last weekend, he added. Anyone with information should contact Ealing police on 0181 246 9425 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:46 AM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5272733.html Killer link fear over women who vanished From: Evening Standard - London Date: May 2, 2000 Author: JUSTIN DAVENPORT More results for: Elizabeth Chau AT 6PM on 16 April last year closed-circuit TV cameras caught a grainy image of 19-year-old student Elizabeth Chau walking quickly past Ealing police station in London. It was the last time anyone saw her. Earlier this year on 3 January Lola Shenkoya, 27, was spotted near Ealing Broadway Tube station, only 600 yards away. It was also the last time she was seen. Both women's bank accounts have not been touched, they took nothing with them and they have made no contact with friends or relatives. After exhaustive inquiries detectives could find nothing to explain the women's reason for leaving. It is now thought likely that they have been murdered. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Hobbs, who is leading a joint inquiry into the women's disappearance, said: "My fear is that both women have been murdered, not necessarily by the same person, but that remains a distinct possibility." Today detectives announced they are widening the search for similar cases of women going missing across Britain to see if there is a link. Police are also examining the murder of 15-year-old school girl Hannah Detterville who disappeared from her home in Paddington in January 1998. Her body was found three weeks later in woodland in Greenford, not far from where the two women disappeared. She had been stabbed 20 times. The unsolved case has some similarities with the two missing women who also come from ethnic minority backgrounds and were last seen on the streets. In addition, Elizabeth and Lola were both of frail build, used email frequently to contact to relatives abroad and disappeared at the same time of night. Both women were also religious and there have been unsubstantiated reports of connections with cults. Vietnamese-born Elizabeth has real-itves in California and detectives travelled there to see if they could find any clues without success. Lola, who has American nationality but whose parents live in Nigeria, disappeared after taking a bus to Haven Green near Ealing Broadway Tube. Criminal psychologists have been employed to give profiles of both women in an effort to find a reason for them to go missing but they could not. One theory is that they were abducted after being tricked into going with someone - or were simply bundled into a waiting van. Police want to know if any other women have been approached in a suspicious way because they do not believe an abductor would have been successful every time. Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8358 1799. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:46 AM Post #6 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5269225.html Missing women probably murdered say police From: Evening Standard - London Date: April 13, 2000 Author: LUCY LAWRENCE More results for: Elizabeth Chau TWO women who "disappeared off the face of the earth" in west London were probably murdered, police said today. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Hobbs was launching an appeal for information a year after 19-year-old Elizabeth Chau disappeared, but less than four months after Lola Shenkoya, 27, vanished. Ms Chau, a Thames Valley University student, was last seen on CCTV walking past Ealing police station just after 6pm on Friday, 16 April, last year. Ms Shenkoya went missing on Monday, 3 January, this year, after returning to her home in Swyncombe Avenue, Ealing, between 4pm and 4.30pm to find she had been locked out. Witness reports suggest she then took a bus to Haven Green where she got off outside Burger King, within 100 yards of Ealing Broadway train station, where Ms Chau was last seen alive by a friend. Mr Hobbs, leading a team of 24 officers on a joint investigation, said there were striking similarities between the cases. He said both women were from ethnic minority backgrounds: Elizabeth was born in this country to Vietnamese parents, and Lola was Nigerian. He said: "Both were quite serious girls. Lola had a degree in computer studies and Elizabeth was in her first year of a business studies course. They were both last seen between 4 and 6pm on a weekday in busy locations within 100 yards of each other. "Lola suffers from sickle cell anaemia and without medication can become very ill," he added. Mr Hobbs also revealed both women were keen users of the internet and detectives had flown to the US headquarters of Microsoft to follow up this lead, but had met with "no success". Mr Hobbs admitted there was little hope of finding either woman alive. He said: "Both girls just appear to have vanished off the face of the earth at busy times, in busy places, near Ealing Broadway Tube station. "In both cases neither made any preparation to leave home. Both families have come to this conclusion, that both girls were murdered," he said. But he appealed to women in the area, saying if they "have been approached in the street or received unwelcome attention in recent months that made them uncomfortable or concerned, please let us know". He said: "We believe Elizabeth and Lola would not have gone off with someone they didn't feel comfortable with and we want to hear from women who have been approached by someone who tried to trick them or tempt them away with them, or perhaps into a car with a bogus story." Tomorrow 35 officers and detectives will walk Ms Chau's route home between 4.30pm and 7.40pm, handing out 2,000 posters and interviewing members of the public en route. Anyone with any information is urged to call the incident room on 020 8358 1799. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:46 AM Post #7 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5290976.html YARD QUIZ MAN OVER 'SERIAL KILLINGS' 'TV researcher' is held after strangling bid From: Evening Standard - London Date: December 22, 2000 Author: JOHN STURGIS; PAUL PICKETT More results for: Elizabeth Chau A MAN alleged to have posed as a television researcher is today being questioned about the disappearance of two women, feared to be victims of a serial killer. The 55-year-old man was arrested over an attack on another woman in Ealing - where the two women have gone missing. In the attack for which he was arrested the victim was almost strangled to death in her own home. Today it emerged that the suspect is also being quizzed about the two disappearances. Elizabeth Chau, 19, and Lola Shenkoya, 27, both vanished in Ealing at the same time of day in similar circumstances nine months apart. Police have been treating both cases as murder inquiries and set up a special squad to investigate. Miss Chau, a student at Thames Valley University, went missing on 16 April 1999. American-born computing graduate Miss Shenkoya disappeared on 3 January 2000. Neither has been seen since and their bank accounts remain untouched. At one point last month the cases of Miss Chau and Miss Shenkoya were being linked with the disappearances of two other women, Polish student Iwona Kaminska, 20, who vanished from Hammersmith in July, and Sinead Healey, a 26-year-old Irish woman, last seen in Fulham in October. Both are still missing but detectives are understood to be no longer linking the four cases. The 55-year-old man today being questioned at an unnamed London police station was originally arrested in connection with an attack on a woman in her home in Windermere Road, Ealing, last month. In that incident a man had already called once at the woman's home on 31 October, pretending to be trying to find a room to rent for his daughter. He then returned two weeks later and this time told her he worked for a television company and was researching a programme about people who rent out rooms. For an hour the man distracted her by faking an interview and even offered a fee, 250 an hour, if her home was used in the documentary. He operated a tape recorder. It was when he asked to look around the house, that the victim made the near fatal mistake of turning her back. As she walked towards the kitchen the man pulled a net curtain chord from his pocket, wound it round her neck and attempted to strangle her. However, the woman managed to fight him off and then ran for help. The families of both Miss Chau and Miss Shenkoya regard their disappearances as profoundly out of character. Members of both families appeared on the BBC's Crimewatch earlier this month to appeal for help. The family of Miss Chau have always feared that she was abducted. On the day she disappeared she left them in West Ealing at noon and went to college, where she handed in an assignment. The last sighting was by some of Miss Chau's friends about one mile away from her home outside HMV in Ealing Broadway at 6 pm. Her sister Bic Chau said: "She would never put herself in a dangerous situation." Nine months later, Lola Shenkoya, who had been temping in nearby Perivale, got off a bus outside Burger King, near Ealing Broadway Tube station, where the driver remembered her as the only passenger to wish him a happy New Year. This is the last thing that she is known to have done. After appeals for information, a number of other women told of attempts to lure them into cars or vans in the Ealing area. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:47 AM Post #8 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5289715.html Cab drivers join ranks in search for missing woman From: Evening Standard - London Date: November 9, 2000 Author: LUCY LAWRENCE; RICHARD ALLEN More results for: Elizabeth Chau THE face of a 19-year-old woman who is missing, feared murdered, is being shown on two black taxis in a last-ditch attempt to trace her or her killer. Elizabeth Chau, a law and business student at Thames Valley University, disappeared as she walked along the Uxbridge Road to the house she shared with her Vietnamese parents in Ealing 18 months ago. She said goodbye to a friend outside the HMV shop and turned towards West Ealing. She was last spotted on CCTV near Ealing police station on 16 April 1999 at 6.18pm. Since then her family has retraced her last footsteps over and over again, putting up posters and interviewing anyone she might ever have met. Hundreds of reported sightings have come to nothing. Now the National Missing Persons Hotline has chosen Miss Chau to be the first missing face advertised on a taxi. The next could feature Lola Shenkoya, whose case has been linked to the disappearance of Miss Chau. On 3 January, Miss Shenkoya, 27, returned home at about 4.30pm to find she had been locked out. She was later spotted near Ealing Broadway Tube station. It was the last time she was seen. The charity's spokeswoman, Angela Holland, said: "As a charity we don't have the resources to pay for that kind of advertising, so we were absolutely delighted when the space was donated to us. It's a brilliant way of getting a message across the city. "Although there are lots of other worthy cases, we had to make a choice. The offer is open all over the Christmas period, so we are hoping all the shoppers will notice the adverts and people might be encouraged to call at a time when they are thinking about their families." Miss Chau's sister, Bic, said she fears her younger sister is dead. She said: "She would never leave home without letting someone know. I fear the worst." Neither Miss Chau nor Miss Shenkoya have used their bank accounts since they disappeared. They were not depressed and had made no known contacts with fanatical groups. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Hobbs, leading the investigation, said: "It is a distinct possibility that the girls have been murdered, although not necessarily by the same person." If the campaign manages to trace Miss Chau, her face will be replaced by someone else. A third woman, Polish student Iwona Kaminska, 20, vanished in Hammersmith in July under similar circumstances, although the three cases have not yet been linked. London Taxi Promotions, which sells advertising space on a fleet of 250 cabs, approached the National Missing Persons Hotline with the offer of advertising on two spare taxis. Marketing manager Carl Newbury said: "With 22,000 licensed taxis in London, cab drivers really are the eyes of the city." |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:47 AM Post #9 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85055253.html Teenagers among 20,000 people missing in Britain; Body in Thames. From: The Evening Standard (London, England) Date: April 24, 2002 Author: Davenport, Justin More results for: Elizabeth Chau Byline: JUSTIN DAVENPORT THE DISCOVERY of the unidentified body found in the Thames highlights the problem of the thousands of people who go missing in Britain. Each year, about 210,000 people are reported missing, the vast majority of them being found safely within 72 hours, according to Home Office figures. About 100,000 are teenagers who have run away from home. Most are girls between 13 and 17 who are often the victim of family disputes or problems at school. Girls from the age of 14 are estimated to be twice as likely to run away as boys. Most are found but the National Missing Persons Helpline currently has 20,000 missing people on its records who are still outstanding. In London, police estimate there are about 200 missing teenagers at any time. Among those causing police and the charity most concern are the following 10 girls who are believed to be at high risk. Anyone with information should call the charity helpline on 0500 700 700. Lucy Pickford, 14, walked out of her home in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, on 22 March. Lucy, who has gone missing before, has never been away for so long. Police believe she may be with an older teenage boy. Danielle Jones, 15, who disappeared last June in Tilbury, has still not been found. Danielle was last seen near her home walking to catch a bus to Stanford-le-Hope on 18 June. Her uncle, builder Stuart Campbell, 43, of Grays, has been charged with her murder. Ruth Wilson, of Bletchworth, was 16 when she disappeared in November 1995. She was last seen at the Hand In Hand pub near Boxhill at about 4.30pm when a taxi dropped her there. No one has seen her since. Sarah Benford was 14 when she went missing from her home in Northampton in March, 2000. She has not been seen since. Alla Manakova, 12, a Russian girl, went missing from the Streatham area in March, 2000. She is believed to be with an older man. Elizabeth Chau, 19, vanished in Acton in April, 1999. She attended college as usual but did not return to her West Ealing home. She was last seen walking down Uxbridge Road. Police fear she has been murdered. Nicola Payne, 19, disappeared during a shopping trip near her home in Wood End, Coventry, in December, 1991. Vicky Hamilton was 15 when she disappeared in February, 1991, after being seen waiting for a bus from Bathgate, West Lothian, to her home in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Carmel Fenech was 16 when she went missing from her home in Crawley in May, 1998. She may have travelled to Paddington. Arlene Arkinson, 15 when she went missing from her home in Tyrone in 1994, has not been heard of since. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:47 AM Post #10 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85072797.html Nine other missing girls whose relatives endure agony of uncertainty. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) Date: April 25, 2002 More results for: Elizabeth Chau THE Milly Dowler case is far from isolated. Every day, around 200 youngsters under the age of 16 go missing in Britain. Thankfully, the vast majority of them get home sooner rather than later. But police believe these figures could be only the tip of the iceberg. Here, we detail some of the most worrying missing persons cases from the last few years. In many, police fear the worst. Nevertheless, families naturally cling to the hope that one day their loved one will turn up safe and well. If you have any information on any of these cases please call the National Missing Persons Helpline 0500 ELIZABETH CHAU, age 19. Disappeared on April 16, 1999, as she walked from university to the house she shared with her Vietnamese parents in Ealing, West London. Elizabeth, a law and business student, is 5ft 2in with shoulder-length hair. She comes from a loving family and detectives said it was ' completely out of character' for her to disappear. RUTH WILSON, age 16. From Betchworth, Surrey, she was last seen on November 27, 1995, when she should have gone to school but never arrived. Two days after she disappeared, a bouquet was delivered to her parents. A local florist said they had been ordered by Ruth on the day she went missing. DINAH McNICOL, age 18. Has been missing since August 1991. She had been to the Liphook festival near Brighton. On the last day, she told friends she was going to Portsmouth but has not been seen since. Between August 8 and 26, her cash card was used in Hove Havan, Brighton, Portslade, Margate and Ramsgate. Each time, [pound] 250 was withdrawn. MARYAMAH BOAKYE, age 15. Has been missing from Northumberland Park, North London, since July 5, 2000. She left home at 6.50pm, saying she would be back by 10pm but never returned. It is thought she could be in Tottenham or Hackney. Maryamah speaks English with a strong Ghanaian accent. SARAH BENFORD, age 13. She has been missing from her home in Kettering, Northamptonshire, since April 2000. No one has heard from her since she disappeared. She may have travelled anywhere in the country, possibly to London. Sarah has mediumshort dark hair and blue eyes. NICOLA PAYNE, age 18. Disappeared on December 14, 1991. She popped out to pick up baby clothes from family home in Coventry. She left her sevenmonthold son Owen to make the ten-minute walk across foggy parkland but never reached her destination. Since then, Nicola's parents have waited for news. CARMEL FRENCH, age 16. Has been missing from home in Crawley, Sussex, since May 1998. It is thought she may have travelled to Paddington and could be in Peckham. Her mother says: 'If you don't want anyone to know where you are, that's fine - we just want to know that you are safe. Please pick up the phone. All you need to say is "Hi mum, its me".' NICOLA DUMPHY, age 16. Has been missing from home in Portrush, Northern Ireland, since she set off to go to college in a taxi last June. She never arrived. The teenager has twice contacted her parents, but they have not seen her, and do not know where she is - although they believe she may be in Dublin. ARLENE ARKINSON, age 15. Has been missing from her home in Tyrone, Northern Ireland, since August 13, She left her sister's house about 11pm and went to a disco with friends. They left the disco about 2.30am but Arlene never arrived home. Her family say they just want to hear that she is safe and are desperate for news. 1994. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:48 AM Post #11 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2370604.html Missing without any trace From: Evening Standard - London Date: November 4, 2003 Author: PAUL PALMER More results for: Elizabeth Chau THEIR faces are a roll call of heartbreak. To this day, their families have no idea what has become of them. Later this month, these poignant photos - a tragic kaleidoscope of missing people, snapshots which we will see every day on our way to work - will form part of a groundbreaking campaign launched by the National Missing Persons Helpline. These simple images will be on display at all of London's main railway stations in the hope that someone, somewhere, might know something about them. As Janet Newman, cofounder of the National Missing Persons Helpline, said today: "These photos, unremarkable when they were taken, are now of vital significance and often the last image that families have of their loved ones." And behind each one of these images is a tragic story of families left asking one simple question: where are you now? KEVIN HICKS was a popular 16-year-old Croydon schoolboy. One Sunday evening, he went out to buy half a dozen eggs for a cookery exam he had the next day - and has never been seen since. Both his parents died never knowing what had happened to their only son. "It was just a normal, run-of-the-mill Sunday," his sister Alexandra, 32, recalls. "We had had dinner and the usual brother- sister argument about who would do the washing-up. Kevin then went to his bedroom and played some music and did his homework. About 7.45pm, he came down and took 1 off the table and said "See you in a minute". It was the last time we ever saw him." It was a bitterly cold evening on 2 March 1986. Kevin was the archetypal teenager: he loved school, had a Saturday job at the local supermarket, had friends and was part of a very close family. His father Derek was a computer company manager; his mother Terry worked on the reception of a nearby college. The walk to the local shop should have taken Kevin less than five minutes; it was so close that he did not bother to take his bike with him. Within 15 minutes of him not returning, Alexandra began teasing her mother. "I told her that if I had been this long, she'd have been moaning at me when I got back. My dad was at work that day and when he returned home, and Kevin was still out, my mum told him 'Don't lock the door, Kevin's not back yet'." At 10.45pm, Derek Burns drove to Croydon police station to report his son missing; but because Kevin was 16, he was told that the police could not start investigating the case until he had been missing 24 hours. CCTV tapes at nearby shops yielded no evidence; shop staff could not recall having seen Kevin. One family friend believed he may have seen the teenager walking along a busy road about 10 minutes away from his home at around 10.30pm - but the lead came to nothing. Alexandra says that her parents - who both had cancer - died still believing that their son was alive somewhere. "They really did think he was alive. When my mum was dying in a hospice nine years ago, she made a last appeal: 'Kevin, if you are out there, just get in touch. Just let us know where you are and that you are safe'. But she died three weeks later, never knowing what had happened to him." is among the most tragically predictable of missing person cases: the product of a broken home, a truant from school who fell in with a bad crowd and began a swift, and perhaps fatal, descent into drugs and crime. Everyone failed her: the police, social services, the courts, and all that remains of her is a mother - an eloquent, caring woman, who could not truly cope with her daughter but who grieves for her every single day. "Was she murdered? Was she abducted by someone?" asks Deidre Fenech, breaking down in tears. "I just don't know, I don't know what's become of my wonderful, lively daughter." Carmel was only 16 when she disappeared from a police station in south London, where she had been waiting to be taken into social services care. She was a troubled teenager and yet, on that day in May 1998, she was allowed to simply vanish. "Of course, as her mother, I take responsibility," says Deidre. "Carmel needed help and she wanted help. She wanted to get off drugs, she wanted to go back to college and study but, instead, she was abandoned by a system which just didn't seem able to help her." Her family describe her as "very funny, confident but not arrogant" but she had become something of a drifter: a bright young girl - one of a family of four from a working-class, south London background - who drifted into literally hanging around street corners: "Lots of teenagers get in with the wrong crowd and Carmel was one of those," her mother says. Hers was a rootless, listless existence - eventually fuelled by crack cocaine - but Carmel's family are adamant that she was determined to pull herself together. Deidre Fenech spent weeks after her daughter went missing searching for her, walking the streets of Peckham and Brixton where she used to hang out. It was a fruitless quest. Carmel, a girl who lived on the streets, simply disappeared back onto those streets, never to be heard of again. RICHARD EDWARDS is, perhaps, the most famous of contemporary missing-person cases. As Richey James, he is the former rhythm guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers, whose abandoned car was found by the Severn Bridge in February 1995. But what is often forgotten is that Richey, then 25, actually went missing in London - from a Bayswater hotel where he had been staying with lead vocalist James Bradfield before they were to depart on a promotional tour. Today, Richey's younger sister Rachel, 32, repeated her plea for anyone to come forward who might know something. "People see this as a case of a rock star," she told me, "but to me and to my mother and father it's a case of where's our Richard?" On the day before he went missing, Richey and Bradfield had arrived at the Embassy Hotel. "He stayed in that night," Rachel says, "and they'd agreed to meet the next morning at 7am. But when James and the band's manager knocked on the door there was no sign of him. His luggage and passport and wallet were all there, so they assumed he had just popped out. They even sat on his bed waiting for him to come back - but he never did, of course." The hotel said he had checked out. "He didn't say anything about where he was going," Rachel says. "We knew he had taken his car - at that time, he was the only band member who could drive - but, as to where he went, we simply do not know. He had no money on him, or certainly didn't have his wallet and cards, but when the police found the car, it was strewn with Burger King wrappers, newspapers and the passenger seat had been pushed back, as if someone had been sleeping in it. That's all we know. What he did from the time he went missing in London, to the time his car was found near Bristol, is just a mystery." Richey had been suffering from depression - the most popular theory is that he committed suicide by jumping from the Severn Bridge after driving from London - but his family have always refused to declare him dead. "There is absolutely no evidence that he is dead," Rachel maintains. Meanwhile, his parents - Graham, 68, and Terry, 60 - wait for news of someone the world saw as a rock star but who, to them, was simply their son. DEREK BURNS was a strapping 19-year-old, who, his father says, "was going through that phase of maybe being a bit naive, looking for something". What is known is that Derek disappeared in Hemel Hempstead in March 1989. He had travelled from his home just outside of Edinburgh to see his girlfriend, who then worked at a hotel in London. "We think it was just a spur of the moment thing," says Derek, a retired sales manager. "That morning, he went into the local town and just seems to have decided that he'd take a trip to London. He always let us know where he was. It just looks as if he decided to go and tell us later. But we never heard from him again." His parents - his mother Diana, 64, is a retired nurse - are devastated, as is his older brother, Gordon. "It's like an ache that never goes away," he says. Elizabeth Chau: Elizabeth - a student and 19 when she disappeared - has been missing from her home in West Ealing since April 1999. On the day she vanished, she went to Thames Valley University in Reading to drop off an essay. It is known that she then went for a quick drink with a friend at the student's union and they left the bar together at about 5.50pm. She was last seen walking down Uxbridge Road towards West Ealing - and hasn't been seen since. Jane Harrison: Jane's case is a bewildering one. A popular and ebullient North London housewife and mother of two, then aged 33, she was dropped off in Highbury by a friend one afternoon in June 1995. She had said she was going to visit her mother, having spent the morning shopping at Wood Green shopping centre. She never arrived. Strangely, Jane had been preparing to go on holiday just two weeks after she had gone missing. No one has seen or heard from her. Since she went missing, she has also become a grandmother: her son Ryan simply wants his daughter to one day meet her grandmother. Lola Shenkoya: An office worker and churchgoer who moved to London from Chicago, Lola - who is Nigerian by birth - has been missing from her home in Northfields since January 2000. She was 27 when she disappeared. On the day she went missing, she had finished work at about 4pm and had called her sister, leaving a message on an answering machine saying that she had left her keys at home and would call later. No one has heard from her since. What makes her case particularly critical is that she suffers from the blood infection, sickle cell anaemia, and can become extremely ill. Her sister Yewande says: "Every night and day I pray to God to keep you and bring you home soon." James Douglas: James, known to his family and friends as Jimmy, had lived in London for more than 30 years, and was about to take early retirement from his job as a security guard. Aged 54, he was regularly in contact with his family back in Ireland but considered Kensington to be his home. He has not been heard of since April 1998. A likeable man (who was known also to be private and somewhat shy) he suffered from a heart condition and had recently recovered from a heart attack. It is thought that, around the time of his disappearance, he had visited the Brompton Hospital in west London. "Jimmy had been feeling low after a heart attack," says his niece Marie. "We would love to know that he is safe and well." Manish Popat: Manish Popat was an Asian businessman who lived with his family in North London. He was 34 when he went missing in May 1994. Every year, Manish - who his family describe as "very confident, a very thorough person" - liked to travel around Europe on his own for a two-week holiday. That May, he had taken a train to Ramsgate and the ferry to Ostend. His family last heard from him when he arrived in Ostend: he called them to say he was on his way to Brussels and then to Luxembourg. Intriguingly, his passport was found dropped on the floor at Zurich airport two days later. DEREK BURNS was a strapping 19-year-old, who, his father says, "was going through that phase of maybe being a bit naive, looking for something". What is known is that Derek disappeared in Hemel Hempstead in March 1989. He had travelled from his home just outside of Edinburgh to see his girlfriend, who then worked at a hotel in London. "We think it was just a spur of the moment thing," says Derek, a retired sales manager. "That morning, he went into the local town and just seems to have decided that he'd take a trip to London. He always let us know where he was. It just looks as if he decided to go and tell us later. But we never heard from him again." His parents - his mother Diana, 64, is a retired nurse - are devastated, as is his older brother, Gordon. "It's like an ache that never goes away," he says. The Missing Persons Freephone Helpline (confidential/24 hour) 0500 700 700. Also, www.missingpersons.org and its donations line: 020 8392 4592 |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Mar 1 2008, 10:48 AM Post #12 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5248819.html I fear my missing teenage sister may be dead From: Evening Standard - London Date: July 16, 1999 Author: Lucy Lawrence More results for: Elizabeth Chau THE SISTER of missing teenager Elizabeth Chau admitted today that she feared she could be dead. Making a new appeal for witnesses three months after 19-year-old Elizabeth disappeared, a tearful Bic-hang Chau said: "She would never leave home without letting someone know. I fear the worst." But in the hope that she is still alive, she pleaded with her sister: "Please get in touch, I love you so much and we need to know that you are safe and well. If you don't want to come home that's fine, just get in touch." Elizabeth, a Thames Valley University student from Ealing, went missing on 16 April, the day before the Brixton bombing, and police still have no leads. The teenager's savings and bank account have not been touched since the disappearance and all her clothes and her passport are still at home. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Hobbs, leading the investigation, said the last sightings of her had been on closed circuit television in Ealing Broadway at 5.30pm and then walking past Ealing Police Station at 6.15pm on the day she went missing. "I'm still trying to keep an open mind. To be realistic nothing has been heard of her for three months. There is a possibility something terrible has happened to her," he said. Elizabeth was last seen wearing a dark purple V-neck jumper, a sleeveless black body-warmer, jeans and brown ankle-length boots. She was also wearing a silver Next watch and a gold necklace with a jade Buddha pendant. She was carrying a small black shoulder bag and a blue folder. Police are still questioning friends and family and have extended the appeal nationwide. They are investigating the possibility she may have run off to stay with friends in Scotland, or that she was kidnapped. "There is a very slim chance of that," said Mr Hobbs. In the three months we have received no threats or ransom notes." They deny allegations from the Chinese community that they did not react swiftly enough when Elizabeth disappeared and that they did not take seriously the possibility she could have been kidnapped by a Triad group. Anyone with information can contact the police incident room on 0181 358 1799. |
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| monkalup | Oct 6 2009, 07:55 PM Post #13 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...es-in-prison.do Police reopen case of missing women after 'The Beast' dies in prison Peter Dominiczak and Kevin Widdop 28.09.09 The mother of a London student who went missing a decade ago hopes finally to learn the truth about her disappearance after police reopened their investigation following the death of a dangerous sex offender. Elizabeth Chau, a student at Thames Valley University, was 19 when she disappeared from Ealing in April 1999. Serial rapist Andrzej Kunowski, 52, described by police as "probably the most dangerous" of all sex offenders, was linked to her disappearance as well as that of Lola Shenkoya, 27, who went missing from Ealing just months after Elizabeth. Kunowski, dubbed "The Beast", was jailed for life in March 2004 after being found guilty of the 1997 murder of Katerina Koneva, 12, in west London. The Polish illegal immigrant came to Britain on false documents in 1996 after absconding from prison in Poland, where he had been convicted of 17 rapes and faced a total of 70 charges. Police have launched a new probe into the disappearance of the two missing girls following Kunowski's death last week in Franklin Prison, Durham. He died of heart failure. Officers are appealing for his former cellmates or anyone who knew him to come forward with information. Ms Chau's mother, Phung, today said that she believes her daughter may still be alive and appealed for people with information to contact police. She said: "The waiting is so difficult. We just want to know the truth. I want someone to come forward." She added: "The police have told us she could still be alive and that is what we have to believe. All we can do is hope that we will see Elizabeth again one day." Elizabeth ChauDetective Inspector Andy Manning, of the Met's Homicide and Serious Crime Directorate, said: "These girls lived happy lives. There was no reason for them to disappear. We're still taking the view that they're still alive and our officers are passionately pursuing the case." Police are also keen to speak to anyone with details about other crimes Kunowski may have committed. Mr Manning said: "He was a very prolific rapist and a very dangerous man. I can't believe with his past he came here and didn't carry on that same frequency of attacking people." The sex killer was found guilty of strangling Katerina after being convicted in 2002 of repeatedly raping a 21-year-old Korean tourist at his Acton bedsit. His DNA was then linked to Katerina's death. Grieving mother Zaklina Koneva said: "I had not prepared myself for this day, being told that the evil man who murdered my daughter was dead. I feel numb. I believe he has escaped his punishment. "I said in 2004 that 'I hope that this evil murderer burns in hell'. Well, I hope this is the case." Anyone with any information regarding Kunowski should call police on 020 8358 0300 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Oct 6 2009, 08:01 PM Post #14 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Police interview man in 'serial killer' inquiry By Jason Bennetto, Crime Correspondent Saturday, 23 December 2000 Share Close Diggdel.icio.usFacebookRedditGoogleStumble UponFarkNewsvineYahooBuzzBeboTwitterIndependent MindsPrintEmailText Size NormalLargeExtra Largesponsored links: Ads by Google Artery Clearing Secret Hugh Downs reports on breakthroughartery clearing secret. www.bottomlinesecrets.com NEU Online MBA Program Earn an MBA Online at NortheasternUniversity. No GMAT, Free Brochure. OnlineMBA.NEU.Edu Reverse Loan Calculator Try Our Free Calculator Today, FindOut How Much You Qualify For Now! www.ReverseMortgageAdviser.com Detectives are questioning a man about the disappearance of two women in London, who are feared to be victims of a serial killer. Detectives are questioning a man about the disappearance of two women in London, who are feared to be victims of a serial killer. The 55-year-old suspect was arrested for attempted murder over an attack on a third woman in Ealing, west London, the same area where the two women went missing. In the most recent incident the man is alleged to have posed as a television researcher to trick his way into the woman's home and try to strangle her. Officers from Scotland Yard's serious crime group are questioning the man about the disappearances of Elizabeth Chau, 19, and Lola Shenkoya, 27. Both went missing at the same time of day, nine months apart. Officers investigating the disappearance of a third woman, Iwona Kaminska, 20, who vanished from Hammersmith, west London, in July, have also been informed about the recent arrest but this case is not being linked at this time. On Friday 16 April last year Ms Chau, a student at Thames Valley University in Ealing, left her family in west Ealing at noon and went to college, where she handed in an assignment. She was last seen walking past Ealing police station just after 6pm. Since the disappearance no money has been taken out of her bank account. Ms Shenkoya, an American-born computer graduate, disappeared on 3 January. She was last seen getting off a bus outside a Burger King near Ealing Broadway Underground station, where the driver remembered her as the only passenger to wish him a happy new year. She suffers from anaemia and without medication can become very ill. Ms Shenkoya is known to visit Internet cafes in Ealing and South Kensington regularly. The family of both women regard their disappearances as profoundly out of character. The man being questioned yesterday at a police station in north London was arrested on Thursday for an attack on a woman at a house in Windermere Road, Ealing, on 31 October. The man had called once at the woman's home two weeks earlier, pretending to be looking for a room to rent for his daughter. On the second visit he said he did not want the room but that he worked for a television company and was making a programme about people who rent their rooms. He distracted the woman and faked an interview using a tape recorder, and even suggested that she could earn £250 per hour if they filmed in her home. But when she walked towards the kitchen the man put a net curtain cord around her neck and tried to strangle her. The woman managed to fight him off and ran for help. The police appealed for information about the two missing women yesterday. Ms Chau is Vietnamese and was described as 5ft 2in, slim, with brown shoulder-length layered hair and brown eyes. She has a mole on her left temple. Ms Shenkoya is black, 5ft 5in, slim with brown shoulder- length hair. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-...iry-626741.html |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jan 2 2011, 09:40 AM Post #15 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Police offer reward in missing women cases By Tom Lawrence, PA Sunday, 2 January 2011 Share Close Diggdel.icio.usFacebookRedditGoogleStumble UponFarkNewsvineYahooBuzzBeboTwitterIndependent MindsPrintEmailText Size NormalLargeExtra Large Detectives are offering a reward of up to £15,000 for information regarding the disappearance of two women who vanished from the same stretch of road more than a decade ago. Student Elizabeth Chau, 19, was last seen by friends on Ealing Broadway in west London shortly after leaving her university campus in April 1999. Nine months later, office worker Lola Shenkoya, 27, vanished from the same area following a day at work and has not been seen since. Officers from the Metropolitan Police said they have not ruled out that Miss Chau is alive and well but "fear the worse." They also described Miss Shenkoya's disappearance as "totally out of character". DI Andy Manning, who is leading the investigation by the Met's Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the two disappearances were being linked for investigative purposes only. He said: "It is 11 years since Lola went missing. Both Lola and Elizabeth went missing from the Ealing area and we would like to enlist the help of the public to see if we can get any nearer to finding out what has happened to these two young women. I am hopeful the offer of a reward will further encourage members of the public to come forward. "The Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Directorate is committed to the process of continually reviewing this and other unsolved investigations in order to establish what has happened: this is particularly important for the families of Elizabeth and Lola." Miss Chau, from Vietnam, left Thames Valley University in Ealing at around 5pm on Friday 16 April 1999. She was seen by a friend in Ealing Broadway at 5.30pm and last sighted walking past Ealing Police Station just after 6pm. She is described as 5ft 2ins tall, slim, with brown shoulder length layered hair. Police said Miss Shenkoya, who was a devout Christian, went missing from Ealing on Monday 3 January 2000 after spending the day working as a temp at Entertainment UK in Perivale. She was last spotted getting off a bus outside a Burger King near to Ealing Broadway Underground Station and is described as black, 5ft 5ins tall, slim with brown shoulder length hair. Police said her bank accounts have not been touched since her disappearance and she has no other way of supporting herself. Anyone with information should contact the Metropolitan Police on 0202 358 0300 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime...es-2174312.html |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jan 6 2011, 06:38 PM Post #16 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Family’s new appeal over student who simply vanished 12 years ago Felix Allen 5 Jan 2011 Ads by Google Next Day UK Wire Transfer Send to UK banks in 1 business day. Wire up to $2,999 for just $4.99. www.xoom.com/unitedkingdom The family of a student who vanished without trace 12 years ago have told of their daily pain at not knowing her fate. Elizabeth Chau's parents refuse to move house or change their phone number in the hope she might return, and have endured the anguish of repeated false sightings. The family spoke as Scotland Yard offered a £15,000 reward for information that helps solve the mystery of Elizabeth's disappearance and that of another young woman, Lola Shenkoya, nine months later. Detectives questioned serial rapist Andrezej Kunowski, who has since died, about both girls but no concrete evidence was found linking him to their disappearances. Elizabeth, then 19, was last seen a mile from her Ealing home after handing in an assignment at Thames Valley University in April 1999. This week her parents were once again handing out leaflets with a fresh appeal to find her. Her brother Minh Chau, 38, said her disappearance had left the family “devastated” and they needed to know her fate. He said: “We have no closure and live with the pain every day. My parents are particularly distraught. They have not changed their phone number or moved house in the hope that she may one day return. “My mother sees her in the street constantly and when she finds out that it's not her she gets very emotional. “Having a loved one go missing is about the worst thing that can happen. We are always thinking of her and can't move on.” Mr Chau said it was “baffling” no one had seen what happened to her after she was filmed on CCTV walking past Ealing police station at 6pm on 16 April. He said: “When she didn't come home that night we were immediately worried. She was a very responsible girl and would always contact us if she was going to be late. “She was a very considerate and caring young lady, an angel really. She didn't go out that much and was dedicated to her studies.” Computer graduate Ms Shenkoya, then 27, vanished from the same area on 3 January 2000. Detective Chief Inspector Lee Presland, of the Met's Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: “We are hoping that some information on either of the girls comes forward. We desperately want to provide some closure to the families. Maybe 12 years later someone will provide information that they didn't at the time, maybe their allegiances have changed and they feel they can do so now.” Kunowski, dubbed “The Beast”, died in jail after he raped a student and he was linked through DNA to the murder of 12-year-old Katerina Koneva in her west London home in 1997. He had also committed at least 17 rapes in his native Poland. Mr Presland said officers quizzed Kunowski about Elizabeth and Lola “because they are both young girls who went missing in the area he operated in. We were just never able to find any evidence to connect him”. Anyone with information should call police on 020 8358 0300. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...12-years-ago.do |
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