SAPOL – National Missing Persons Week

Melissa Trussell (aged 15 years) and her mom, Rosemary Brown (aged 33 years) had been final seen leaving their residence in Blair Athol at about 2.30 am on Saturday, 13 May 2000. Rosemary’s purse was found later that day in Stirling Street, Northfield, though it was not handed to police till 23 May 2000 following a media attraction in relation to the lacking girls. On Sunday, 2 July 2000, Rosemary’s physique was found within the mangroves at Garden Island, however no-one has been charged together with her homicide. Melissa has by no means been discovered and can also be suspected to have been murdered.

As a part of this yr’s National Missing Persons Week marketing campaign, Melissa’s sister has described the expertise of getting somebody you like go lacking as:

“No answers, no closure, no way of truly saying goodbye. The uncertainty and confusion tears you apart. It is soul destroying.”

A reward of as much as $1,000,000 is on provide for data that results in the conviction of the particular person or individuals liable for the suspected homicide of Melissa and/or resulting in the placement and restoration of her stays.

Additionally, a social media marketing campaign is working all through the week with all states and territories’ profiling circumstances that includes on the AFP National Missing Persons Coordination Centre and AFP Facebook pages.