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Missing/ Feared Abducted

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe please phone Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
Last Seen: approx 2.10pm Sunday the 7th of December 2003, Under the Kiel Mountain Road overpass on Nambour Connection Road (UBD 66L15) adjacent to the Christian Outreach Centre Woombye, Queensland.

Missing- Daniel Morcombe



Pedophile Link to Missing Daniel Morcombe Case


THE disappearance of Daniel Morcombe seems closer to being solved today as one of Australia's most vicious pedophiles was named a "person of interest".
Channel 7 last night named child rapist Douglas Brian Jackway, 32, as a person who could hold key information about the disappearance of the 13-year-old.
More than 300 calls were made to police last night before the reward expired at midnight.
Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Ross Barnett told Seven Sunrise this morning every call would be analysed and police urged the public to keep providing information.
"We haven't had the chance to fully analyse or investigate all the information that came in last night," Assistant Commissioner Barnett said.
The investigation is now in its sixth year but Daniel's parents, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, are believed to have renewed hope the case will be solved.
Queensland police chief superintendent Mike Condon has refused to confirm or deny that police are actively investigating Jackway.
However, police have urged anyone who may have information on Jackway's movement on December 7, 2003, the day of Daniel's disappearance, to contact them.
Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart says Jackway, who is serving time for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, is one of the most terrifying sex offenders in the nation.
"He is a truly frightening, evil psychopath," Coulthart said.
The journalist stressed he was not suggesting Jackway was a suspect in the case but a person of "prime interest".
A former friend says Jackway left the house he was living in near Ipswich the day of the disappearance and could not be accounted for over several hours.
Jackway's criminal history shows he tried to abduct a young boy on the central Queensland coast in the 1990s.
Jackway stalked two boys riding their bikes under an overpass, punched one of them and abducted the other, dragging the boy into mangroves and attempted to rape him.
Locals and police happened across the attack as it was in progress and detained Jackway.
He was released from jail a month before Daniel disappeared.
A Sunshine Coast mother also identified Jackway as having similar facial features to a suspicious man she saw near Daniel's school before his disappearance.
A $1 million reward for information on Daniel's disappearance lapsed at midnight last night, but a State Government $250,000 reward remains, with police receiving dozens of new leads in recent months.
Mr Morcombe said at the weekend that he always believed someone saw something on the day of Daniel's disappearance but didn't realise its importance.
He hoped the "powerful and extensive" story run last night on TV would help unearth new leads into the fate of Daniel. Information to Crime Stoppers.

Courier Mail (1-6-2009)
Michael Madigan
pic: Douglas Jackway



Daniel Morcombe reward hits $1m after business contributions

BUSINESS leaders have joined with police to offer a record $1 million reward for information that helps find missing Queensland boy Daniel Morcombe.
Daniel was 13 when he vanished from Palmwoods, on the Sunshine Coast hinterland north of Brisbane, on the afternoon of December 7, 2003.
He had planned to catch a bus on Nambour Connection Road to go shopping at Maroochydore and has not been seen since.
Four years ago, police set a $250,000 reward.
Today business leaders chipped in an extra $750,000 - on offer only for the next six months - taking the total to $1 million.
Police Minister Judy Spence said the reward was available for information that leads to the apprehension and conviction of the person or people responsible for Daniel's suspected abduction and murder, or the location of Daniel's body.
"After five years of not knowing, his family deserve to find Daniel and know that those responsible have been brought to justice," Ms Spence said.
Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said a team of investigators was ready to follow-up any new information.
He said accomplices could receive indemnity from prosecution.
Daniel's father Bruce Morcombe welcomed the renewed focus on the case.
"This increased reward, announced just six days before the fifth anniversary of Daniel's disappearance, is offered in the hope we can finally find Daniel," Mr Morcombe said.

AAP (1-12-2008)

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Sketches Of Man Seen With Daniel Morecombe


POLICE have released three sketches of a man seen at a bus stop with missing Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe before he was abducted.
The man is described as aged between 25 and 35 years, with lean to muscular build, about 175cm tall, with a gaunt face and dark brown wavy hair.
The release of the artist's sketches is the biggest development in the investigation into Daniel's suspected murder since his disappearance on December 7 last year.
The sketches are of a man who was seen standing behind Daniel at a bus stop at Palmwoods on the Sunshine Coast on the day of his disappearance.
Daniel was 13 when he was abducted while waiting for a bus at the Kiel Mountain Overpass on the Nambour Connection Rd, Palmwoods, between 1.40pm and 2.15pm.
Detective-Inspector Mike Condon said yesterday the release of the sketches was a significant step in the investigation.
Insp Condon said the man had not come forward to police and they were asking the public for information on his identity.
"This is a likeness of the person seen under the bridge," he said.
"Clearly that person has not come forward to date. Of course we would like to speak to this person.
"What we are asking is simply this - have a look at the sketches and say to yourself, 'Do I know this person? Is this person associated with the Sunshine Coast area? Does this person have a blue car or a white van?' and if you have an answer to those questions or you believe you can answer one or two of those questions, please contact Crime Stoppers or the Homicide Squad," he said.
Insp Condon said to ensure the accuracy of the images, it had taken police 11 months to put together the sketches.
Insp Condon said police had received about 8600 pieces of information and he expected more leads with the release of the three sketches.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers

AAP

An email (below) is currently circulating with information about Daniel. Please copy the information and send it to as many people as possible.



Help Find Daniel Morcombe

Name: MORCOMBE, Daniel James
D.O.B: 19 December 1989
Height: 150 cm
Complexion: Fair
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Build: Proportionate
Tattoo(s)/Marks: Nil
Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 (free call within Australia).
crimestoppers@police.qld.gov.au
A chain email worth forwarding...
Hello everyone,
Many of you will have seen reports or ads about a missing schoolboy Daniel Morcombe from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Daniel has been missing for five months today.
He's my nephew, and my brother Bruce and his wife Denise, have raised over $100,000 to fund an advertising campaign which is currently underway, in an attempt to solve Daniel's abduction, and hopefully to capture the person or persons involved.
There has been wonderful coverage of this tragic event, including "Australian Story" on the ABC, and a major article in the current edition of "The Australian Women's Weekly", but still the crime is not solved.
The police now think two men were probably involved, together with a "blue car" as per the composite photo below.
Sending out emails may hopefully trigger someone's memory, or someone's conscience, and makes the image of Daniel and the "blue car" below available for longer than is available on an ad.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could forward this email on to all your email contacts, friends, relatives and business contacts, in the hope that someone will be able to provide the missing clue that the police are looking for.
If everyone has just five email contacts, who each have five email contacts, who each have five email contacts, who each have five email contacts etc., we'll reach well over a million people eventually.

Thanks a lot - it's really appreciated.

Perry Morcombe
Managing Director
Seniors Holiday Travel
7-5-2004
Daniel Morcombe

Composite image of vechicle

www.danielmorcombe.com.au


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HOUSE SOLD TO FUND SEARCH

THE family of a missing Queensland schoolboy has auctioned off an investment property to continue to fund the search for him.
Daniel Morcombe, 12, disappeared six months ago while waiting for a bus near his home at Palmwoods on the Sunshine Coast.
About $1 million already has been donated to the fund to find the youngster. His parents, Denise and Bruce Morcombe, say more money is needed.
The couple yesterday sold their investment property for $350,000, which will be directed into a radio, print and television campaign.


AA- (19-7-2004)

Daniel Morecombe's Mother Speaks About Her Loss


DENISE Morcombe hasn't seen her son Daniel since he vanished near a Queensland highway overpass in 2003, but she prefers to think he's dead.
As the first anniversary of the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann approaches, Mrs Morcombe spoke to NEWS.com.au about the torment of having a child simply disappear.
Daniel was last seen at a bus stop on the Nambour Connection Rd on the Sunshine Coast on December 7, 2003.
Then aged 13, he was going to catch a bus to a local shopping centre to get a haircut and buy some Christmas presents.
A massive police hunt and community campaign to find Daniel came up empty, but Mrs Morcombe and her husband, Bruce, are still working full-time to find their beloved son.
While the family - including Daniel's twin Bradley and older brother Dean - still live in the Sunshine Coast town of Palmwoods, they now move in different circles.
“We’ve got a new group of friends,” Mrs Morcombe said.
“It was difficult being around some of our old ones (because) it would be hard seeing their kids grow up.”
When asked if she thought her son was still alive and whether she still might get the chance to see him grow older, Mrs Morcombe said: “I wouldn’t think so”.
“I would hate to think what he has been through (if he is alive).”
When he disappeared, Daniel was wearing a red Billabong T-shirt and dark cargo pants and carried a distinctive fob watch engraved with the word “Dan”, as well as a brown wallet.
'Closer to finding him'
Mrs Morcombe said she was still optimistic she'd one day discover what happened to her son.
“After all these years, I think we could only be closer (to finding him)," she said.
“You’d think someone must know the answer.”
In the wake of his disappearance, passing motorists reported seeing a man leaning against a the wall of an underpass near where Daniel was waiting for the bus.
Witnesses described the man as aged 25-35, about 175cm tall, with a lean to muscular build, gaunt face, weathered complexion, dark brown wavy hair and a goatee beard.
The Morecombes have since set up a foundation in the hope of finding Daniel and to assist other victims of crime.
Mrs Morcombe said the Daniel Morcombe Foundation had received plenty of phone calls and emails, but said anyone with information should contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

NEWS.com.au (29-4-2008)
Mark Schliebs

Pedophile Network In The Know


POLICE investigating the disappearance of Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe have been buoyed by another spike in public information following fresh appeals on Thursday.
Senior Sergeant Julie Elliott said father Bruce Morcombe's questions about 13-year-old Daniel's abduction and suspected murder three years ago had prompted "a significant number" of phone calls to Crime Stoppers overnight and yesterday and the information was being checked by police.
Officer in charge of the Maroochydore CIB, Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Schmidt, said that up to 20,000 pieces of information had been received from the public since Daniel vanished on December 7, 2003.
Mr Morcombe used the three-year anniversary to reveal the family's shocking belief that his son had been referred to by the pet name "Christmas cake" by a pedophile network which knew what had happened to him and he appealed for someone to come forward and help solve the crime.
North Coast Regional Crime Coordinator Detective Inspector John Maloney said that Daniel's case was still of the highest priority and his disappearance would continue to be investigated.
"The response from the public has been unprecedented and that, combined with the tireless work of police, will help us find those responsible," he said.
"While we are yet to get the final breakthrough on Daniel's case, we have methodically built up a massive amount of information and intelligence.
"We have had a number of people of interest in our sights and I want to make it clear we will not be stopping this investigation and the team working on this case is as determined today as it was three years ago."
Insp Maloney said someone was "sitting" on information which would bring the case to a close.
"I urge that person to make contact and help the Morcombe family cope with the burden they carry every day."
Information can be given anonymously to Crime Stoppers.

Courier Mail (8-12-2006)
Glenis Green

Still Hope For Breakthrough


THREE years on, police are still working tirelessly in the hunt for Daniel Morcombe, his father Bruce says.
Daniel vanished on December 7, 2003, while waiting to catch a bus on the Nambour Connection Rd.
Police believe he was abducted and murdered.
Mr Morcombe said the family was constantly briefed by police on any developments.
The Queensland Government has offered a $250,000 reward and indemnity for the person who provides the vital breakthrough.
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers.

Courier Mail (6-12-2006)

Grieving Family Moves


THE pain is still evident in their eyes but three years after the abduction of their teenage son Bruce and Denise Morcombe are trying to move on with life.
They will mark today's third anniversary of 13-year-old Daniel's disappearance with a fresh public appeal for information. But they also are busy with plans to sell their Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, acreage property.
And Mrs Morcombe is looking forward to walking the rugged Milford Track in New Zealand's South Island next March. It will be a "girls only" trip with police officer Senior- Sergeant Julie Elliott, who has become a family friend during the prolonged investigation.
Looking slim and trim after losing about 10kg in training for the big walk, the petite Mrs Morcombe said yesterday she found walking up to 10km a week therapeutic.
Mr Morcombe said the family had decided to sell their Palmwoods home and 2ha property after October's "Day for Daniel" because their oldest son Dean,19, had left home and was running his own Jim's Trees franchise, while Daniel's twin brother Bradley would be turning 17 next week.
The Morcombes said it would be a race to see whether Bradley would get his pilot's licence or driver's licence first.
"We're not so far removed from pretty well every other family that, as the kids reach their high teens and start moving out and get their own careers, you start to look at the place and say, 'it's too bloody big'," Mr Morcombe said.
The Morcombes said when they sold their home of the past 6½ years they planned to live between Palmwoods and Maroochydore.
They had also recently purchased "a rural retreat" interstate.
"But we'll live here – we can't leave Daniel up here," Mrs Morcombe said.
Mrs Morcombe said even if they moved they would always keep Daniel's pony "Bullet" and that she still had all Daniel's clothes packed up and stored away.
"There's even stuff of his still in the ironing basket that I haven't been able to face

Courier Mail (6-12-2006)
Glenis Green

New Lead On Missing Teen


A MAN believed to have been involved in the disappearance more then two years ago of Daniel Morcombe regularly stalked a school close to where the Queensland teen went missing, a new police report reveals.
Six mothers witnessed a suspicious-looking man scanning the Sunshine Coast primary school on several occasions but did not report their concerns until months after Daniel disappeared, according to police.
Queensland Homicide Investigations superintendent Mike Condon said the man was seen in a blue 1980s-model sedan at Woombye State Primary School eight times before Daniel went missing from nearby Nambour Connection Road on December 7, 2003.
"The investigation has gathered information with a number of parents of children at the school saying they saw a blue sedan and a man sitting in it in the 10 weeks leading up to the abduction," Supt Condon said.
"They stated that their attention was drawn to the car because the man never appeared to pick any children up," he said.
"We are asking other parents or others in the area to recall whether they saw this vehicle."
Daniel, who was 13 when he went missing, was last seen talking to two men in a car similar to the one described by the women.
Police have released new composite images of the suspect created from their statements. They reveal a scruffy man with blond surfer-style hair, who is probably in his late 20s or early 30s.
Police and Daniel's parents have waged a nationwide publicity campaign since the teen went missing.
Investigators regularly travel interstate to check out possible leads on the case, including people arrested on pedophilia charges.




AAP (24-6-2006)

Morcombe Family Offer Help

THE parents of missing Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe are preparing to help the family of another abducted teen, who was rescued by police after three weeks.
Daniel, from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, disappeared in December 2003 while out Christmas shopping.
He was 13 at the time, and although his body has never been found, police believe he was abducted and murdered.
Yesterday Queensland police ruled out a link between his disappearance and the kidnapping of Perth teenager Blake Edwards.
Fourteen-year-old Blake was held in a rundown house in south-east Perth for 20 days until Monday, when Western Australian police freed him.
Police have charged two men with deprivation of liberty.
Meanwhile, Daniel?s mother Denise said her family - through the Daniel Morcombe Foundation set up to help victims of crime - wanted to help Blake.
She said she may try to contact him in a couple of months.
The Morcombe family is also planning a child safety awareness day, to take place in Queensland schools in November.


AAP (22-9-2005)

Police Hunt New Leads In Morcombe Case


POLICE searching for missing Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe have started sifting through hundreds of pages of information received in the state's biggest doorknock operation.
More than 100 detectives visited more than 900 homes and businesses on Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland at the weekend in the hunt for clues to the 13-year-old boy's disappearance. Daniel was last seen on December 7, 2003, waiting for a bus at Palmwoods to go shopping.
"There is an enormous amount of information to go through," police spokeswoman Senior Sergeant Julie Elliott said.
Senior Sergeant Mike Dwyer, who was in charge of the weekend's operation, said although no specific leads had turned up, information gathered through questionnaires would be followed through, especially in relation to the time Daniel waited for the bus.
The bus Daniel had intended to catch failed to arrive because it broke down, while a second bus did not stop because the driver was running late.
By the time a third bus arrived the bus stop under the Kiel Mountain bridge was deserted.
"We've been able to tighten up the timeframe of when Daniel was waiting for the bus because of the information we have received," Sgt Elliott said.
She said police were also keen to turn up any information on Daniel's fob watch.
"Although it was a fairly common style of watch and a lot were made, his was distinctive because it had Dan inscribed on it," Sgt Elliott said.
"If someone has found it and thought they had a lucky find it might be lying in a drawer somewhere."
Police investigations have also centred on a late-model blue car reported near where Daniel was waiting for the bus and on a white courier-style van also seen in the area.
A reward of $250,000 has been posted for information about Daniel's disappearance that leads to a prosecution.

AAP (23-5-2005)
Cath Hart

Police Doorknock For Morcombe


POLICE have doorknocked more than 900 homes and businesses on Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland in their continuing investigation into the disappearance of teenager Daniel Morcombe.
Daniel, 13, was last seen on December 7, 2003, waiting for a bus at Palmwoods to go shopping.
Police investigations have centred on a late model blue car reported near when Daniel was waiting for the bus and a white courier-style van also seen in the area.
A police spokeswoman said today more than 100 detectives had spent the weekend knocking on every door in the hinterland town of Woombye, close to where he was last seen, seeking any new information on Daniel's disappearance.
She said the doorknock had been successful and police had received some new pieces of information that would be fully investigated.
"We are very pleased with the results and this doorknock is a message that we are not giving up the search for Daniel despite the 18 months that have passed," she said.
A reward of $250,000 has been posted for information, including possible indemnity from prosecution for any accomplice who did not actually have a hand in Daniel's disappearance, which leads to a prosecution.

AAP (22-5-2005)

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