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| Kay | May 1 2006, 05:19 AM Post #1 |
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http://au.missingkids.com/missingkids/serv...pu0007&seqNum=1 QUANNE DIEC Endangered Missing Missing DOB: 12/05/1986 (12 May 86) Missing Date: 27/07/1998 (27 July 98) Sex: Female Age Now: 12 Height: 5'1" (155 cm) Missing City: SYDNEY Weight: Unknown Hair Colour: Black Eye Colour: Brown Missing Kids Case Number: AUCBnmpu0007 Circumstances: Quanne was last seen by her father leaving for school from her Granville home on 27 July, 1998. There are grave concerns for her welfare. |
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| monkalup | Nov 18 2006, 10:19 PM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Quanne Diec? Diec Quanne Born 12/5/86 Age at time of disappearance: 12 years Age now : 16 years Description: 155 cm tall, medium build, black hair and brown eyes. Of asian appearance. Quanne was last seen by her father leaving for school from her Granville home on 27 July, 1998. There are grave concerns for her welfare. Reported: Granville Police Station Sydney, NSW Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-year-old Sydney schoolgirl Quanne bid farewell to her parents as she headed off to catch her train to school on the morning of July 27, 1998. This was the last time she was seen. Police later confirmed the young studious, quiet girl never made it to the Clyde railway station. Quanne, who lived with her parents in the Sydney suburb of Granville, was feared to have been kidnapped very early on in the investigations. Her disappearance wasn`t reported to Granville Police Station until 10 hours after last being seen. This was because her school did not report her non-attendance as they believed she was probably sick at home and her parents had no reason to think she wasn`t at school. Her disappearance was totally out of character, with no evident tension in her home or school life. Two years after her disappearance detectives who worked on the case have not publicly stated they believe she is dead. However, according to an article in The Sunday Telegraph the opinion of highly experienced former investigators and an expert in child abduction said in all probability she was murdered, possibly even before the search for her had begun. Homicide investigators have never closely examined the case, despite the suspicious circumstances of Quanne`s disappearance. One detective described the lack of action on the case as "sickening". Source: Crimenet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.personsmissing.org/quanne.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 | Nov 18 2006, 10:20 PM Post #3 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Quanne DIEC Case Type: Missing DOB: 12/05/1986 Missing Date: 27/07/1998 Sex: Female Age Now: 19 Height: 5'1" (155 cm) Missing City: SYDNEY Weight: Unknown Missing State : Hair Color: Black Missing Country: Australia Eye Color: Brown Case Number: AUCBnmpu0007 Circumstances: Quanne was last seen by her father at 7.00am on 27 July 1998. Quanne left her Granville home to attend school. She intended to catch a train from Clyde to Strathfield. Quanne did not arrive at school and has not been seen since this time. There are grave concerns for her welfare. http://www.supernerd.com.au/~glittercot/NSWchildren.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 | Nov 18 2006, 10:20 PM Post #4 |
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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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| monkalup | Mar 18 2007, 09:47 PM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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NSW: Family still praying for Quanne s return From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: July 27, 2000 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 07-27-2000 NSW: Family still praying for Quanne s return By Judy Skatssoon SYDNEY, July 27 AAP - The brother of missing schoolgirl Quanne Diec, believed to be abducted from Granville two years ago today, is confident she is alive and being held under guard. Sunny Diec said his family had refused to give up hope for Quanne, who disappeared on her way to school. "Honestly we still believe that she's still alive," Sunny Diec told a media conference. He said his belief was based on numerous reported sightings of his sister, who would now be 14. "She's been restricted from her freedom, she's been under guard for most of the time, that's the only possible explanation we can think (of)". Detective Inspector Brad Cox, of Strike Force Lydney, said after pursuing numerous avenues and reported sightings police had exhausted all strong leads. He said they had hypnotised witnesses, set up mannequins and drained and searched a nearby waterway, Duck Creek, but failed to come up with answers. While murder was "one option", the case was still being treated as an abduction, he said. "We are still treating this as an abduction, as a kidnapping. Murder is one option, especially after two years of her disappearance it brings us to the point where we have to have absolute grave fears and concerns about her well-being. "However, there is nothing to suggest she has been murdered." According to Sunny Diec, the Vietnamese family of buddhists who immigrated to Australia during the 1970s, was being kept together by prayer. His elderly father Sam also had travelled around Australia in the hope of confirming reported sightings of his daughter. Quanne's older sister Tina said she also believed Quanne was alive. "We believe in our hearts that she is still alive and we pray she will be returned to us soon," Tina said. Quanne disappeared on her way to Strathfield Girls High School on July 27 1998. Police have been unable to confirm whether Quanne was the girl seen talking to the male driver of a white van near the intersection of Third and Factory Streets in Granville on the day of her disappearance. The girl was reportedly seen getting into the van, which then drove away. Police today also released images taken from security cameras at Australia Post on Factory Street, 400m from the Diec family's Seventh Street home, which they believe contain blurry images of Quanne. Detective Inspector Cox issued a renewed call for anyone with information regarding the case to come forward. There is a $250,000 reward for information leading to the location of Quanne or the identification of anyone related to her disappearance. AAP jjs/ah/mg/bwl KEYWORD: QUANNE LEAD http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30275717.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 | Mar 18 2007, 09:52 PM Post #6 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22308061.html NSW: Family still holding out hope for young girl s return From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: July 26, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 07-26-1999 NSW: Family still holding out hope for young girl s return By Anthony Stavrinos and John Kidman SYDNEY, July 26 AAP - The family of missing Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec still believe, a year after she vanished, that she'll be returned to them safe and well. The 12-year-old disappeared after walking out the front door of her Granville home in Sydney's west to catch the 8am train to Strathfield Girls' High School. Quanne's family, Vietnamese Buddhists who migrated to Australia during the 1970s, pray twice daily for her return and are planning to visit a Buddhist temple tomorrow on the anniversary of Quanne's disappearance. "Apparently, further information doesn't seem to have been given to police. They (police) keep on telling us is that there isn't enough information to work with," Quanne's brother Sunny Diec said today. "We still very much believe that she's still alive. When something is wrong you can often feel it inside you. No-one in the family has had those type of feelings." He said their mother had become a vegetarian since Quanne went missing, a Buddhist gesture symbolising hope. "We have had fortune tellers tell us she is safe," Mr Diec said. "Three or four have told us. They can't tell us where she is but they all say she is safe." Police at first thought Quanne was abducted at Clyde Railway Station, but they later obtained a series of photographs from footage captured by security cameras at an Australia Post depot 400 metres from her Seventh Street home. The enhanced pictures show a small blurry figure making its way along nearby Factory Street and a white vehicle pulling up alongside, but precious few identifying details. A woman who noticed a girl getting into a transit-type van that morning has been hypnotised in a bid to jog her memory of the incident but to no avail. In November last year a mystery phone call from a man with an Australian accent, alluding to intimate details about Quanne's abduction, resulted in authorities boosting the reward for information leading to her return to $250,000. The anonymous caller suggested police look in nearby Duck River and a 300-metre section of the murky waterway was drained and searched on January 12 and 13. Police found various items but none of investigative value. Strike Force Lydney (Lydney) still maintains a hope that Quanne is still alive. AAP as/it/br |
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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 18 2007, 09:55 PM Post #7 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21437287.html NSW: Missing girl s family to launch new appeal today From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 3, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 02-03-1999 NSW: Missing girl s family to launch new appeal today The family of missing 12-year-old schoolgirl QUANNE DIEC will hold a media conference in western Sydney this morning -- near where she was last seen. Police and a member of QUANNE's family will hold a media conference in Factory Street, Granville, at 7.45 am (AEDT). Police said yesterday that an anonymous caller told detectives last month they'd missed vital clues relating to QUANNE's abduction. Police suspect the male caller was involved in the child's disappearance on July 27 last year. A 300-metres section of the Duck River, a waterway near where QUANNE was last seen, was drained on January 12 after the man called Crime Stoppers with information. However the search found nothing. Police say the man called again shortly afterwards, saying police had missed vital clues and hadn't searched the correct area. A month after QUANNE's disappearance, NSW Police Minister PAUL WHELAN announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of those responsible. Three days later Sydney's Chinese community boosted the pledge by $50,000. AAP RTV shm/lm/nd/lm |
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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 18 2007, 09:59 PM Post #8 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30275641.html NSW: Family still believe girl missing two years is alive From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: July 27, 2000 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 07-27-2000 NSW: Family still believe girl missing two years is alive SYDNEY, July 27 AAP - The family of Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec still believe she is alive despite being missing for two years. Quanne disappeared at the age of 12 while walking to school from her Granville home on July 27, 1998. Quanne's sister Tina who attended a media conference today, the anniversary of her disappearance, with her father Sam and brother Sunny said the family had not given up hope that Quanne was still alive. The family renewed calls for any with information on the disappearance of the youngest daughter to come forward. "We believe in our hearts that she is still alive and we pray she will be returned to us soon," Tina said. Today detective inspector Brad Cox of Strike Force Lydney (Lydney) said after numerous reported sightings and pursuing many avenues police had now exhausted all strong leads. He said while it was possible that Quanne had been murdered police were still treating the case as an abduction. Police said they have been unable to confirm whether a child seen getting into a white van on the day of Quanne's disappearance near her home was in fact the 12-year-old. AAP jjs/sb/bdm/bwl |
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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 18 2007, 10:03 PM Post #9 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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NSW: Police appeal to mystery caller about missing girl From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 3, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 02-03-1999 NSW: Police appeal to mystery caller about missing girl SYDNEY, Feb 3 AAP - A man who anonymously rang police twice with information about missing Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec could help solve the mystery of her disappearance six months ago, police said today. The caller, a man police believed to be aged in his early 20s, might have vital information about the 12-year-old's abduction and urged him to call again, Detective Inspector Stephen Mathews said today. Two calls, the first in November and the second last month, were to Crime Stoppers by the same person, the first leading to a fruitless search of a creek near where the girl disappeared on July 27. Insp Mathews said the person appeared to have some involvement in the abduction, but seemed willing to help. Insp Mathews and a member of Quanne's family held a media conference in Factory Street at 7.45am today to correspond with the time of her abduction to again try to jog people's memories. Quanne vanished after leaving her Seventh Street home in Granville for school on July 27 last year. It is believed she was picked up by the driver of a white van in nearby Factory Street around 7.45am. A 300-metre section of Duck River, a waterway near where Quanne was last seen, was drained on January 12 after the man called Crime Stoppers with information in November, but nothing was found. Insp Mathews said last night that the man called police again just after the dredging of the creek. "The information was that we've missed vital clues," he said. "The area where we've covered is apparently not the right area." Insp Mathews said the man was "quite probably" involved in Quanne's abduction. "We believe that the person contacting us has some knowledge of Quanne's disappearance," he said. "We just think this person has got so much more information that we really could use." Quanne's family, Vietnamese Buddhists who immigrated to Australia during the 1970s, have been praying twice daily for her safe return for the past six months. "In our hearts ... we believe that she is alive. There's still a strong sense (that she is)," her brother Sunny said last month. A month after Quanne's disappearance, NSW Police Minister Paul Whelan announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of those responsible. Three days later Sydney's Chinese community boosted the pledge by $50,000. AAP jk/jo/tsm http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21437392.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 | Mar 18 2007, 10:10 PM Post #10 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21430907.html NSW: Police drain Sydney creek for missing schoolgirl From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: January 12, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 01-12-1999 NSW: Police drain Sydney creek for missing schoolgirl SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - Police investigating the abduction of Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec began draining a creek in the city's west this morning. The 12-year-old went missing from suburban Granville on July 27 last year and was last seen leaving home for school. Less than a month later Police Minister Paul Whelan announced a $100,000 reward for any information leading to her recovery or the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance. Detectives from Strike Force Lydney had begun searching Duck Creek at South Granville around 8am (AEDT) today, a police spokeswoman said. The operation would continue for most of today and tomorrow, she said. AAP jk/jd/sco |
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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 18 2007, 10:13 PM Post #11 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45938278.html NSW: Police appeal for information on girl's disappearance From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: July 27, 2001 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 07-27-2001 NSW: Police appeal for information on girl's disappearance There's been another public appeal for information about the disappearance of 12-year-old Sydney schoolgirl QUANNE DIEC, who went missing three years ago today. Police say QUANNE'S fate remains a mystery. QUANNE, then aged 12, disappeared while walking from her home at Seventh Avenue, Granville, in Sydney's west, to Clyde railway station on July 27, 1998. Detective Inspector BRAD COX from Strike Force Lydney, set up to investigate QUANNE'S disappearance, says she left home at 7.30am that day for her usual trip to school. They say her usual movements took her along Factory Street to the railway station where she caught a train to Homebush from where she would walk to Strathfield Girls' High School. Police inquiries indicate QUANNE never made it to the station that day because she was not seen buying her usual weekly rail ticket, her friends did not see her on the train and she failed to arrive at school. Det Insp COX says a girl had been seen talking to the male driver of a white van near the intersection of Third and factory streets that morning. That girl, who might have been QUANNE, had got into the van which was seen travelling south on Factory Street. He has pleaded with the public to contact police if they have any information about the girl, saying her fate remains a mystery. AAP RTV mk/psm/ |
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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 18 2007, 10:17 PM Post #12 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21431352.html NSW: Items found during river search for missing girl From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: January 13, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 01-13-1999 NSW: Items found during river search for missing girl By John Kidman, Crime Reporter SYDNEY, Jan 13 AAP - Police searching for clues to the fate of missing Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec recovered a set of car registration plates, a crowbar and clothing from a muddy creek bed today. It was too early to tell if the items were of investigative value but they would undergo thorough scientific analysis, Detective Inspector Stephen Mathews said. "We don't know if they're directly linked," he told reporters at the scene. "However, they'll be taken away and examined and hopefully something will come of them." Following an anonymous phone call to Crime Stoppers, 50 police and emergency workers began pumping several million litres of murky water from a dammed section of the Duck River on Tuesday morning. About a kilometre downstream, the polluted waterway runs past the 12-year-old's suburban Granville home - the last known place she was seen, while heading to school last July 27. Just before lunchtime today, divers entered the remaining soupy liquid hopeful of finding solid evidence embedded in the sludge. The search was in the process of being wound down by mid-afternoon. "We're fairly confident that everything has been found here," Insp Mathews said. "Our examination of this area is now complete but our line of inquiry is not." Little was known about Quanne's disappearance until detectives received the tip-off several weeks ago. Police would continue to follow up other details gleaned during that conversation, Insp Mathews stressed. "Investigators are desperate to speak to that person again," he said. "We believe there are certain parts of their information that is vital." Any relationship between the registration plates found today and a white transit van spotted in the neighbourhood on the day Quanne vanished has all but been discounted. Insp Mathews said there appeared not to be a connection but detectives were also keen to speak with the owner of the vehicle, which featured the registration numbers PAQ or PAO. AAP jk/sb/gl/de |
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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 18 2007, 10:22 PM Post #13 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21437184.html NSW: Clues were missed in girl s abduction mystery caller From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 2, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 02-02-1999 NSW: Clues were missed in girl s abduction mystery caller By Scott McFarlane SYDNEY, Feb 2 AAP - Police missed vital clues relating to the abduction of a Sydney schoolgirl, an anonymous phone caller has told detectives. Police suspect the male caller is involved in the disappearance of 12-year-old Quanne Diec who was abducted as she walked to school on July 27 last year in Granville. A 300m section of Duck River, a waterway near where Quanne was last seen, was drained on January 12 after the man called Crime Stoppers with information. But the search yielded no major clues. Detective Inspector Steve Mathews told AAP tonight that the man called police again just after the dredging of the creek was called off. "The information was that we've missed vital clues," Insp Mathews said. "The area where we've covered is apparently not the right area." Insp Mathews said the man was "quite probably" involved in Quanne's abduction. "We believe that the person contacting us has some knowledge of Quanne's disappearance," he said. "We just think this person has got so much more information that we really could use." Insp Mathews and a member of Quanne's family will hold a media conference in Factory Street, where the girl disappeared, tomorrow at 7.45am to correspond with the time of her abduction - exactly six months from the day of her disappearance. Little was known about Quanne's disappearance until detectives from Strike Force Lydney received the first phone call from the man. It was initially thought someone had lured her away at nearby Clyde railway station or approached her during the five-stop journey to Strathfield. But police now know she never made it past Factory Street which she walked along just minutes after stepping out the front door of her home. The search of the weed-infested waterway turned up a set of car registration plates, a crowbar and clothing but none of the items could be "tied back" to Quanne's abduction after scientific analysis, Insp Mathews said. Detectives were keen to speak with the owner of a white transit van with the registration beginning PAQ or PAO which was spotted in the neighbourhood on the day Quanne vanished, Insp Mathews said last month. Quanne's family, Vietnamese Buddhists who immigrated to Australia during the 1970s, have been praying twice daily for her safe return for the past six months. "In our hearts ... we believe that she is alive. There's still a strong sense (that she is)," her brother Sunny said last month. For her father Sam, the agony of waiting had been the most difficult to endure. "It's taken too long already," he said. "I just want to know, yes or no." A month after Quanne's disappearance, NSW Police Minister Paul Whelan announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of those responsible. Three days later Sydney's Chinese community boosted the pledge by $50,000. AAP shm/cfm |
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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 18 2007, 10:26 PM Post #14 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21437699.html NSW: Mystery call leads to doubling of abduction reward From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 3, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 02-03-1999 NSW: Mystery call leads to doubling of abduction reward By John Kidman, Crime Reporter SYDNEY, Feb 3 AAP - A mystery phone call alluding to intimate details about the abduction of a Sydney schoolgirl has led to authorities boosting the reward for information to $250,000. The anonymous information, offered by a young man with an Australian accent, is considered by detectives investigating the disappearance of Quanne Diec as their best lead yet. Strike Force Lydney (Lydney) is maintaining a hope that the 12-year-old is still alive. It has been six months since she vanished after walking out the front door of her Granville home in Sydney's west to catch the 8am train to Strathfield Girls' High School. It was first thought she was abducted at Clyde Railway Station, but police later lifted a series of photographs from footage captured by security cameras at an Australia Post depot 400 metres from her Seventh Street house. The enhanced pictures show a small blurry figure making its way along nearby Factory Street and a white vehicle pulling up alongside, but precious few identifying details. A woman who noticed a girl getting into a transit-type van that morning has been hypnotised in a bid to jog her memory of the incident but to no avail. With little else to go on, the investigation was going nowhere fast when a man rang Crime Stoppers in November suggesting police look in nearby Duck River. A 300-metre section of the murky waterway was painstakingly drained and searched by police divers on January 12 and 13. A set of car registration plates, a crowbar and clothing were recovered from its muddy bed but none of the items were of investigative value. Inspector Stephen Mathews revealed today the fresh lead arrived in the days following, with the same caller ringing back to say police were looking in the wrong place. "We believe that the person contacting us has some knowledge of Quanne's disappearance," he told reporters this morning. "We just think (he) has got so much more information that we really could use." Hours later, Police Minister Paul Whelan announced that the government had doubled its pledge for information leading to a conviction to $200,000. Sydney's Chinese community has also offered a $50,000 reward. Quanne's parents have preserved her bedroom exactly the way it was the day she went missing. However, her sister Tina said today the sleeping space they once shared was now "empty and quiet". "Everybody makes mistakes in this life and this person (who made the call) has made a very big mistake," Quanne's brother Sunny added. "But they can still come forward and show some mercy and we will forgive them." AAP jk/sb/cjh/br |
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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 18 2007, 10:29 PM Post #15 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21437386.html NSW: police appeal to mystery caller about missing girl From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 3, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 02-03-1999 NSW: police appeal to mystery caller about missing girl Police have appealed to an anonymous person who's made two calls to police with information about missing Sydney schoolgirl QUANNE DIEC to come forward. Inspector STEPHEN MATHEWS says the caller, a man believed to be aged in his early 20s, might have vital information about the 12-year-old's abduction. QUANNE vanished after leaving her Seventh Street home in Granville for school on July 27 last year. Police believe she was picked up by the driver of a white van in nearby Factory Street around 7.45am. A section of Duck River -- near where QUANNE was last seen -- was drained on January 12 after the man called Crime Stoppers with information but the search yielded no major clues. Inspector MATHEWS says the man called police again just after the dredging of the creek was called off and said police missed vital clues relating to the abduction of the girl. AAP RTV jk/jo/tsm/cmm KEYWORD: DIEC (SYDNEY) |
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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 18 2007, 10:38 PM Post #16 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21431288.html NSW: River search for schoolgirl winds up From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: January 13, 1999 | More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 01-13-1999 NSW: River search for schoolgirl winds up SYDNEY, Jan 13 AAP - Police today wound up their search for missing schoolgirl Quanne Diec at Duck River in Sydney's west. Divers spent most of the day combing a murky section of the river at Granville after fire brigade pumps were used to drain millions of litres of water. A set of car number plates, a crow bar and some articles of clothing were among the items retrieved from the river. They were taken away and examined but it was too early to assess their investigative value, Detective Inspector Stephen Mathews told reporters at the scene. Quanne, 12, vanished on her way to school on July 27 last year. AAP jk/sco |
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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 | May 4 2008, 10:27 AM Post #17 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22360365.html NSW: Police minister misses missing person s phone in launch From: AAP General News (Australia) Date: August 2, 1999 More results for: Quanne Diec AAP General News (Australia) 08-02-1999 NSW: Police minister misses missing person s phone in launch SYDNEY, Aug 2 AAP - New South Wales Police Minister Paul Whelan went missing from a missing persons launch in Sydney today. Mr Whelan had been due to speak at today's launch in Sydney of the annual missing person's phone-in, Operation Safe and Well. But minutes before the event was to start, the media were told Mr Whelan would not be attending. "Mr Whelan sends his apologies," master of ceremonies Nola Watson told the media-packed audience. "The police minister is unable to be with us this morning." The launch followed opposition calls today for Mr Whelan to stand down over allegations he encouraged MPs to book official trips through a travel agency associated with his wife Colleen. Mr Whelan has taken defamation action over the allegations and declined to comment today. Operation Safe and Well is an annual phone-in campaign conducted by the Missing Persons Unit to locate missing people. The phone-in runs in conjunction with National Missing Persons Week, which began yesterday and runs until Saturday. Police deputy commissioner for specialist operations Ken Moroney said 22 people went missing in NSW each day. "Statistically, the incidence of missing persons is higher than the number of fatal car accidents or suicides, with around 8,000 people reported missing n NSW every year," Mr Moroney said. "While the majority of these will be located within a week, police are still investigating more than 300 missing person cases that are more than 12 months old." One such case is that of 12-year-old schoolgirl Quanne Diec, who disappeared more than a year ago after walking out the front door of her Granville home in Sydney's west to catch the 8am train to Strathfield Girls' High School. During the launch, Quanne's brother and father made emotional pleas for public information about her whereabouts. "We are heartbroken. We pray for the safe return of my daughter," Quanne's father Sam said. "I miss her very much. Can anybody (who) knows anything contact the police to help us to find her." Anyone with information about a missing person or anyone who may have left home without informing anyone should ring Operation Safe and Well until 11pm tonight on 1800 025 091. AAP km/sb/rsm |
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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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