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Title: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 10, 2014, 10:47:34 PM
The father of Chloe Campbell says "we blame ourselves" after he awakes to find his daughter missing from the family home.

(http://i.imgur.com/Ss9eGk7.jpg?1)

Chloe Campbell disappeared with her toy dog and sleeping bag.

A three-year-old girl has been snatched in an Australian town, prompting a major police hunt.

Chloe Campbell went missing at around 7am local time on Thursday morning from a home in Childers, Queensland.

She is described as white, with light brown shoulder-length hair and around 3ft 3in (1m) tall.

Police, who have issued a child abduction alert, say she was wearing orange shorts and a yellow shirt with butterflies and bees on the front.

Her father, Garth Campbell, told Australian Associated Press that Chloe, who normally sleeps in the living room, had vanished along with her sleeping bag and stuffed, blue toy dog.

He said a window was open and that there was an adult-sized footprint on the family's car outside.

"I don't think there's any possible way she's wandered off," he said.

"She wouldn't leave the yard by herself."

He added that they normally closed the windows at night, but that one of them must have failed to lock properly.

"That’s why we are blaming ourselves," he said.

"I think it's got to be someone who knows me, in how they got in, where she sleeps. They knew she was sleeping in front of the TV."

Bundaberg Police Inspector Kev Guteridge said: "Shortly after 7am Bundaberg Police were contacted by a distraught mother of a three-year-old girl to advise that her daughter was missing.

"We do hold very serious concerns for the safety of the girl as we do with every missing person reported."
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 10, 2014, 10:54:03 PM
This is already being labelled as a "Maddie Copycat Kidnapping" by the usual London culprits.

Strange isn't it that the sleeping bag went too? 
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Anna on April 10, 2014, 11:01:37 PM
Oh no! Please No more abductions of babies. She was sleeping in the Parlour with her sisters apparently. Wandered off?
Her family must be frantic  8(8-)) Hopefully she will be found soon.



http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/frantic-search-find-missing-three-year-old-girl/2225921/

Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 10, 2014, 11:02:57 PM
(http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/4/10/301668/default/v1/star-1-329x437.jpg)
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 10, 2014, 11:12:32 PM
UPDATE 6.33AM FRIDAY: The frantic search for missing three-year-old Chloe Campbell is continuing this morning, almost 24 hours after the tiny girl  was reported missing.

 Police yesterday said they had grave concerns for the safety of Chloe, amid fears she had been abducted.

The search yesterday widened to bushland, open paddocks and cane fields on the edge of Childers. 

Chloe's father, Garth Campbell, pleaded with whoever had his daughter not to harm her. He believes whoever has her is known to the family.

Chloe is described as being Caucasian in appearance, with light-brown shoulder-length hair and around 100cm tall.

She is wearing orange shorts and a yellow-coloured shirt with butterflies and bees pictured on the front.



 

UPDATE 7.51AM FRIDAY: Kevin Savage, who lives just four doors down from the Campbell family, said he was surprised his neighbourhood had been turned into a wide-scale police investigation.

"In this town it doesn't happen," Mr Savage said.

He said the Campbells seemed like a normal family and he would often see Chloe and her sisters playing in the neighbourhood - but they never ventured far from home.

He said while he hoped nothing sinister had happened, he felt that it wasn't just a simple case of a young girl who had wandered off.

"Being three years old, she's not one to wander very far," Mr Savage said.

"This is all a bit spooky, really."

 Police vowed to continue to search as long as they needed to, and appealed to the public for any information that might help them in their investigation.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: icabodcrane on April 10, 2014, 11:13:28 PM
(http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/4/10/301668/default/v1/star-1-329x437.jpg)

Sickening isn't it  ? 

This  little girl has been missing since early this morning  ...   and the name above her picture is,   Maddie  with the obligatory  'lookalike' label added

As if who this little girl   actually  IS is merely incidental ...  a supplementary  almost...  to  the   Madeleine McCann story
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: gilet on April 10, 2014, 11:22:57 PM
(http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/4/10/301668/default/v1/star-1-329x437.jpg)

What a cynically disgusting front page from that newspaper, a front page designed solely to boost the profits of the paper.

If you enlarge it, you will see that they don't even mention on that front page that the child went missing on the other side of the world and the case has probably no connection at all to the McCann case.

Another example as to why the press should be controlled more rigorously, such money-grabbing cynicism is of no journalistic value at all.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: gilet on April 10, 2014, 11:25:35 PM
Sickening isn't it  ? 

This  little girl has been missing since early this morning  ...   and the name above her picture is,   Maddie  with the obligatory  'lookalike' label added

As if who this little girl   actually  IS is merely incidental ...  a supplementary  almost...  to  the   Madeleine McCann story

It is truly sick that this newspaper is trying to boost profits by referring to Madeleine McCann in this way and being totally disrespectul to the actual missing child.

No doubt there will be some fools who believe that the McCanns themselves are controlling the work of this paper's editor and insisting that he post such headlines and thereby improve his profits.

Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: sadie on April 11, 2014, 02:47:43 AM
The father of Chloe Campbell says "we blame ourselves" after he awakes to find his daughter missing from the family home.

(http://i.imgur.com/Ss9eGk7.jpg?1)

Chloe Campbell disappeared with her toy dog and sleeping bag.

A three-year-old girl has been snatched in an Australian town, prompting a major police hunt.

Chloe Campbell went missing at around 7am local time on Thursday morning from a home in Childers, Queensland.

She is described as white, with light brown shoulder-length hair and around 3ft 3in (1m) tall.

Police, who have issued a child abduction alert, say she was wearing orange shorts and a yellow shirt with butterflies and bees on the front.

Her father, Garth Campbell, told Australian Associated Press that Chloe, who normally sleeps in the living room, had vanished along with her sleeping bag and stuffed, blue toy dog.

He said a window was open and that there was an adult-sized footprint on the family's car outside.

"I don't think there's any possible way she's wandered off," he said.

"She wouldn't leave the yard by herself."

He added that they normally closed the windows at night, but that one of them must have failed to lock properly.

"That’s why we are blaming ourselves," he said.

"I think it's got to be someone who knows me, in how they got in, where she sleeps. They knew she was sleeping in front of the TV."

Bundaberg Police Inspector Kev Guteridge said: "Shortly after 7am Bundaberg Police were contacted by a distraught mother of a three-year-old girl to advise that her daughter was missing.

"We do hold very serious concerns for the safety of the girl as we do with every missing person reported."

Oh no, not another one.  How sad

I agree, John. it does seem strange that her sleeping bag went with her.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: pegasus on April 11, 2014, 03:37:01 AM
Sounds to me like the child might have gone into another room possibly the second bedroom and curled up to sleep with sleeping bag and toy in some odd place like in a cupboard under a pile of clothes for example
Hope aussie police actually searched the house fully.
See the case in Durham North Carolina where even after police searches of the residence and after five hours of amber alert, there was a happy ending, and guess where the child was? http://www.wral.com/durham-police-missing-4-year-old-boy-fell-asleep-in-closet/12701129/
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 03:57:08 AM
Reminds me of the Tia Sharp case Pegasus where police missed her body on three separate occasions.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tia_Sharp
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 04:01:25 AM
UPDATE 11.08AM FRIDAY: Forensic crews have spent the morning examining the Campbell family's Ridgeway St home for clues on the disappearance of three-year-old Chloe Campbell.

SES volunteers and police officers could still be seen in the street today as the search continues to find the missing child.

The search area extended to the back of the Childers Woolworths store this morning, with crews also moving in on more bushland and paddocks. 

At the scene, SES volunteers told Isis Town & Country reporter Melinda Bradford they were determined to find little Chloe, and would not give up.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 04:02:10 AM
UPDATE 11.48AM FRIDAY: Police are continuing an urgent appeal for public assistance following the suspected abduction of three-year-old girl Chloe Campbell from a Childers residence yesterday morning.

An extensive land and air search is continuing in the Childers area today involving police and SES volunteers.

Chloe was reported missing after disappearing from the Ridgeway Street address sometime before 7am yesterday.

She is described as being Caucasian, about 100cm tall with fair shoulder-length hair.

Chloe was last seen wearing a white shirt with butterflies and bees pictured on the front and yellow pants with love hearts.

A blue soft toy and a grey blanket are also missing from the home.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 04:05:36 AM
UPDATE 11.56AM FRIDAY: Bundaberg Police Inspector Kevin Guteridge has pleaded with the public to give police any information they might have on the disappearance of little Chloe Campbell.

Insp Guteridge said an infra-red camera search last night failed to find any sign of the young girl.

Another air search was carried out at first light this morning. 

Seventy SES volunteers have now joined the search, with community volunteers on motorbikes and horses looking for Chloe.

Insp Guteridge told Isis Town & Country reporter Melinda Bradford that some items had been identified at the scene, but he was not privy to what they were and said they would be subjected to analysis at a later time.

Insp Guteridge reiterated how vital it was for the public to come forward with any information whatsoever, no matter how small or meaningless they might think it was.

He said police were carrying out routine investigations and were using every resource available and not ruling anything out in the search for Chloe.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: pegasus on April 11, 2014, 04:15:56 AM
Reminds me of the Tia Sharp case Pegasus where police missed her body on three separate occasions.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tia_Sharp
Tia Sharp
Zyia Turner
Ari Yanitan Aguilar-Castillo
In all three cases Police searched residence , found no child, even though child was in the residence.

It may be interesting to note that in two of those cases, the child was under a pile of clothes in a cupboard DURING police searches of the residence.
 
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 04:16:06 AM
Father of missing girl interviewed on 9NEWS.

(https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/140410/embedchloeweb-still-chloe-friday-2_11-28_11-4-2014.png)

(http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2014/04/10/5339378/dad_729-620x349.jpg)

Garth Campbell, the father of missing three-year-old Chloe Campbell. Photo: Nine News


www.news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/04/10/09/51/young-qld-girl-feared-kidnapped
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 04:22:10 AM
Latest Report > www.https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/a/22551864/family-in-shock-after-chloe-goes-missing/

(http://i.imgur.com/1cMGyZG.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: pegasus on April 11, 2014, 04:24:21 AM
I see lots of people searching everywhere except in the residence.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 05:09:58 AM
I see lots of people searching everywhere except in the residence.

Been a police SOCO team in the house apparently and have taken certain items for examination.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Wonderfulspam on April 11, 2014, 08:00:59 AM
The father of Chloe Campbell says "we blame ourselves" after he awakes to find his daughter missing from the family home.

(http://i.imgur.com/Ss9eGk7.jpg?1)

Chloe Campbell disappeared with her toy dog and sleeping bag.

A three-year-old girl has been snatched in an Australian town, prompting a major police hunt.

Chloe Campbell went missing at around 7am local time on Thursday morning from a home in Childers, Queensland.

She is described as white, with light brown shoulder-length hair and around 3ft 3in (1m) tall.

Police, who have issued a child abduction alert, say she was wearing orange shorts and a yellow shirt with butterflies and bees on the front.

Her father, Garth Campbell, told Australian Associated Press that Chloe, who normally sleeps in the living room, had vanished along with her sleeping bag and stuffed, blue toy dog.

He said a window was open and that there was an adult-sized footprint on the family's car outside.

"I don't think there's any possible way she's wandered off," he said.

"She wouldn't leave the yard by herself."

He added that they normally closed the windows at night, but that one of them must have failed to lock properly.

"That’s why we are blaming ourselves," he said.

"I think it's got to be someone who knows me, in how they got in, where she sleeps. They knew she was sleeping in front of the TV."

Bundaberg Police Inspector Kev Guteridge said: "Shortly after 7am Bundaberg Police were contacted by a distraught mother of a three-year-old girl to advise that her daughter was missing.

"We do hold very serious concerns for the safety of the girl as we do with every missing person reported."

Seems a bit iffy IMO


"When he awoke on Thursday morning, Chloe, who usually sleeps in the lounge, was missing."

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/04/10/09/51/young-qld-girl-feared-kidnapped


She confirmed that Chloe and her siblings had slept in the family's lounge room on Wednesday night because it was the school holidays.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/chloe-campbell-mother-tammy-odonnell-pleads-for-daughters-return-20140411-36hxp.html#ixzz2yYrYVIz8


(Clip) Are you serious... take her out of bed like..

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/04/10/09/51/young-qld-girl-feared-kidnapped
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Wonderfulspam on April 11, 2014, 01:29:46 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601244/Parents-horror-three-year-old-Australian-girl-snatched-bedroom-intruder-case-chilling-similarities-Madeleine-McCann-case.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602207/Distraught-mother-missing-three-year-old-says-trapped-living-nightmare.html


An abductor, whom the family must have known, knew that Chloe would be sleeping in front of the T.V, he was lucky enough that they left the window unlocked, he climbs through that window via the car roof then takes her, her sleeping bag, soft toy & blanket, back out of the window without waking her.  All that without waking the other 2 girls who are sleeping in the same room also.


I just aint buying that story I'm afraid.


(http://i.imgur.com/3IMQ2G2.jpg?1-chloe_campbell-abducted-missing)
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Mr Moderator on April 11, 2014, 02:27:12 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601244/Parents-horror-three-year-old-Australian-girl-snatched-bedroom-intruder-case-chilling-similarities-Madeleine-McCann-case.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602207/Distraught-mother-missing-three-year-old-says-trapped-living-nightmare.html


An abductor, whom the family must have known, knew that Chloe would be sleeping in front of the T.V, he was lucky enough that they left the window unlocked, he climbs through that window via the car roof then takes her, her sleeping bag, soft toy & blanket, back out of the window without waking her.  All that without waking the other 2 girls who are sleeping in the same room also.


I just aint buying that story I'm afraid.

All sounds a bit iffy.  No kid could have been taken out of that window without alerting her siblings.

(http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3397336.ece/ALTERNATES/s510b/Chloe-Campbell-Disappearance-3397336-abduction-missing.jpg)

Depicted: Cordoned off.  The Campbell family home in Childers, Queensland, Aus.
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Wonderfulspam on April 11, 2014, 02:52:38 PM

"We were letting them sleep out on the mattress in the lounge room because it's school holidays, so they were just all laying on the mattress together and one by one slowly dozed off while they were watching telly," she said.

She says she locked the house but did not check if the windows were latched like she usually would have.

One was found open after Chloe disappeared.

"I'm just thinking if I had have checked them, she'd still be with [us]," she said.

Ms O'Donnell is convinced that someone who knew her little girl must have taken her while she was sleeping because she did not yell or scream.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/22545894/chloe-campbell-crime-scene-established-at-childers-home-of-missing-3yo-girl/
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: John on April 11, 2014, 03:18:52 PM
The missing girl is a half sister so quite possibly there are issues which we are not being told about.

"Late Friday afternoon, tensions flared over the girl's disappearance.

Her father was taken to hospital after he was punched in the main street of Childers.

He is in a stable condition.

Earlier on Friday, Chloe's mother, grandmother and half sister went to Childers police station for questioning.

About six family friends have also been interviewed by police."


https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/22545894/chloe-campbell-crime-scene-established-at-childers-home-of-missing-3yo-girl/
Title: Re: Three-year-old Chloe Campbell disappears from home in Childers, Queensland, Australia.
Post by: Wonderfulspam on April 11, 2014, 03:19:10 PM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/security-footage-provides-new-clue-in-hunt-for-toddler-chloe-campbell-missing-from-childers-home/story-e6frg6n6-1226881448599