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POLICE have found a shallow grave site and skeletal remains where they believe the body of missing girl Kiesha Abrahams is located. The unidentified remains were found at about 8am (AEST) "at a number of locations" on land off Stoney Creek Road, at Shalvey in Sydney's west. "The remains, which have yet to be positively identified, will be taken to Glebe Morgue for forensic examination," Police said. "A post mortem will also be conducted to establish the cause of death." A crime scene has been set up at the site. Scores of officers have been searching the area around the grave. The mother and step-father of missing Mt Druitt girl Kiesha were charged with her murder this morning, on what would have been her seventh birthday. Kristi Anne Abrahams, 28, and Robert Terry Smith, 31, were arrested in a laneway in Freya St, Shalvey at about 1am this morning and taken to Mt Druitt police station to be questioned by homicide detectives. They have been formally charged with the little girl's murder and have just faced Parramatta Bail Court today. They did not appear on screen when the matter was mentioned briefly. Their solicitor told the Magistrate Ms Abrahams was "immensely distraught this morning". Neither of them applied for bail and it was formally refused, meaning they will remain in custody until their next appearance in Penrith Local Court next Friday. Court documents say police allege the pair murdered Kiesha at Mount Druitt between July 20 and July 27 last year, about a week before she was reported missing. The remains, which are yet to be identified, will be taken to Glebe Morgue for forensic examination, police said. A crime scene has been established and forensic officers have been scouring the area today. An emotional Detective Inspector Russell Oxford, from state crime homicide squad, said he was proud of police efforts in this case. He said it had been a long and arduous investigation More than a dozen locals have converged on Mt Druitt police station to shout abuse at the pair. Several officers were forced to go into the alleyway to control the growing crowd and stop them chasing after a paddy wagon. Robert Smith's mother Rebecca is in Mt Druitt hospital after experiencing chest pains early this morning. Six-year-old Kiesha was reported missing from her home in Woodstock Avenue last August, and since then Ms Abrahams and Mr Smith have been interviewed by police on at least two occasions. Police set up a task force named Strike Force Jarocin last year to investigate her disappearance. The pair issued a plea for information just days after they reported Kiesha missing, with a tearful Ms Abrahams begging people "anyone that's seen her can they please go to the police''. Mr Smith also said during their appeal that he had no idea where his stepdaughter was, saying "If I had any idea we'd be there looking.'' 
AAP (22-4-2011) Amy Dale/ Clementine Cuneo Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/two-arrested-in-case-of-missing-kiesha/story-e6frfkvr-1226043191911#ixzz1KDqWDDfJ |
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The mother and stepfather of Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams have been refused bail after being charged over her murder. The matter was briefly mentioned on Friday in Parramatta Bail Court after they were arrested in the early hours of the morning. Lawyer Alexander Reetov, representing Kristi Anne Abrahams, 28, Robert Terry Smith, 31, told the court neither wanted to appear on screen in the court by video-link. The pair did not request bail and registrar Ross Lawton formally refused it, meaning they will remain in custody for now. According to court documents the pair were arrested just after 1am (EST) on Friday on Freya Street at Shalvey, in Sydney's west. They were taken to Mount Druitt police station and each was later charged with the murder of the child. Kiesha, who would have turned seven on Friday, was reported missing from her bed at her Mount Druitt home on the morning of August 1 last year. According to court documents, police allege she was murdered between July 20 and July 27, 2010. The case will be heard again on April 29 at Penrith Local Court. Meanwhile, police said they could not confirm reports a shallow grave had been found during a search of bushland at Shalvey. Police had on Friday set up a crime scene in the area. Detective Inspector Russell Oxford, of the State Crime Command Homicide Squad, told reporters outside the court forensic officers were "there at the moment conducting examinations". "I can't give you the results because I don't have the results at the moment," he said. "Suffice to say we will remain out there until we find what we're looking for." The investigation into the girl's disappearance began in earnest on August 1. Police had pursued thousands of potential leads amid a groundswell of support from the local community. "We had tremendous community support all along the way," Det Insp Oxford said. "It was simply the case that we never wanted to give up on this matter." He said it was a coincidence that charges were laid on the day which would have been Kiesha's seventh birthday. At Mount Druitt, community members were expected to gather on Friday in Woodstock Avenue where the child had lived AAP (22-4 2011) |
| Pictures: Missing girl Kiesha Abrahams | Couple face girl murder charges | Sydney: Hundreds mourn Kiesha at vigil |
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IT IS the conclusion Police hoped they would never have to reach. Six months after six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams disappeared, officers will tell the coroner the missing western Sydney schoolgirl is dead. Police had refused to rule out the possibility Kiesha was abducted from her Mt Druitt home during the night, or that she wandered into the hands of the wrong person. Now homicide detectives said they were treating her disappearance as a murder. Head of the investigation, Detective Inspector Russell Oxford, yesterday said all other theories had been ruled out, leaving police with the harsh reality of informing the State Coroner that they believe Kiesha was dead. "It's a hard call to have to make, and a pretty big decision, but we have had six months of exhaustive investigations into that little girl's disappearance, and that is where we are at," Insp Russell said. Startling information revealed Kiesha had not been seen alive for three weeks before her mother Kristi Abrahams and step-father Robert Smith reported her missing on the morning of August 1, saying the little girl had been abducted from her bedroom during the night. That was six months ago today. Insp Oxford said the last time Kiesha was seen alive was on July 11, at a birthday party for one of Mr Smith's relatives held at a property at Londonderry. "That is the last time we have someone who physically saw her alive, other than her mother or step-father," Insp Oxford said. Claims a female neighbour saw Kiesha playing in the yard about a week before she was reported missing have been ruled out. An extensive forensic examination of the family's unit failed to reveal any trace of an intruder. It is understood an amount of blood, which matched Kiesha's DNA, was found in her bedroom. A team of police has trawled through thousands of pieces of evidence, interviewed dozens of people including paedophiles, and investigated whether she had been smuggled out of the country. Once the Coroner is notified about Kiesha's suspected murder, a date will be assigned for an inquest. Insp Oxford said there would only be an inquest if no one was charged in the meantime. "I am confident we will get a result here," he said. The Daily Telegraph (31-1-2011) http://www.news.com.au/national/all-hope-is-gone-as-police-reveal-kiesha-abrahams-is-dead/story-e6frfkvr-1225997737760#ixzz1KDse2mvK |
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Police investigating the disappearance of six-year-old Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams said her immediate family were all being treated as suspects as they called off their ground search for the missing girl, the ABC reported. Inspector Russell Oxford described the search as exhaustive, after seven days of police combing areas around her family's Mt Druitt unit. Detectives have interviewed the girl's mother Kristi Abrahams, stepfather Robert Smith and father, who have all denied involvement in her disappearance. But Inspector Oxford said everyone was still considered a suspect. The physical search has concluded, but Strike Force Jarocin will continue to investigate Kiesha's disappearance, police said. Earlier, a witness emerged with fresh information about Kiesha, saying she saw her near her Sydney home a week before she went missing. Kiesha was last seen about 9.30pm (AEST) last Saturday when her mother, Kristi Abrahams, put her to bed at their Mount Druitt unit in Sydney's west. It was previously thought she had not been seen by anyone, outside her immediate family, since July 7, about three weeks before she vanished. But police are investigating reports from a female neighbour who says she saw Kiesha with a relative near the Abrahams's home on July 23 or 24 - a week before she went missing. Investigators are now appealing for anyone who may have seen Kiesha on or after those days to come forward. Kiesha was reported missing last Sunday morning after her mother discovered her bed empty and the front door ajar, although it showed no sign of forced entry. Detectives yesterday refused to confirm if they had any suspects following claims by the child's stepfather, Robert Smith. Mr Smith yesterday said that police had accused him of killing Kiesha and had told him to "lead us to her body". Mr Smith, Kiesha's mother and the girl's biological father, Christopher Weippeart, were all interviewed by police on Wednesday. Mr Weippeart, who is separated from Kiesha's mother, was taken to the Mount Druitt Hospital at 1.35pm vomiting blood and mucus after his mother Liz found him in a dire state. Mr Weippeart, who has had type 1 diabetes for 10 years, had been "extremely stressed" over his missing daughter and it badly hit his health, his mother said. "He just wants closure," she said. "He was just feeling so terrible. He just wants her to come home. It's not fair and whoever has her should just give her back." Information can be provided via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. AAP (8-8-2010) |
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A TRAGIC picture of little Kiesha Abrahams' life was emerging yesterday as homicide officers joined the search for the missing six-year-old. Police sources revealed that, as a toddler, Kiesha was admitted to a western Sydney hospital with a bite wound inflicted by an adult. The injury suffered by the pretty blue-eyed girl was yesterday described by a source as a "significant bite wound". It has also emerged that Kiesha was known to numerous government departments, such as education and health. But most of the harrowing details of her life cannot be reported for legal reasons. Kiesha was last seen at 9.30pm on Saturday when her mother, Kristi Abrahams, put her to bed in pink pyjamas and a purple Pumpkin Patch jacket at their apartment block unit on Woodstock Ave at Hebersham. She was reported missing on Sunday morning after her mother discovered her bed empty and the front door ajar, although it showed no sign of forced entry. Relatives yesterday speculated Kiesha may have been abducted while playing with stray cats. Facing the media, Kiesha's mother howled as she begged for her "beautiful" girl's safe return. "If anyone has seen her, can they please tell the police," Ms Abrahams said. Step-grandfather Rodney Jones said Kiesha loved the cats which lived near the family's unit. "Kiesha is always playing with cats ... maybe she had got up and gone out to play with the cats and someone got her there," Mr Jones said. He said the family had watched a movie on Saturday night, then Kiesha was put to bed about 9pm. Police yesterday confirmed Ms Abrahams and her partner Robert Smith were the only two people to see the child in the three weeks leading up to her mysterious disappearance. "It's been a living hell," Mr Smith said. Kiesha had not attended school for the past week. She had only been to school for five days this year. Detective Inspector Russell Oxford said police still held hope Kiesha would be found alive. A massive search of the surrounding area continued until 10pm yesterday, with SES workers knocking on doors in the area and requesting access to backyards. The search will resume this morning. Forensic officers also returned to the family home, searching for clues. The police media unit yesterday admitted bungling the first information release about Kiesha's disappearance after the number for a Blacktown car yard was left for people to call if they had information. Six subsequent information releases carried the correct number for Crime Stoppers. Staff had given callers the correct number, a police media spokeswoman said. The Daily Telegraph (4-8-2010) Clementine Cuneo/ Gemma Jones |
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