It looks REALLY bad for sweet Kiesha.
A six-year-old girl at the centre of a major police search in western Sydney has not been at school for at least a week.
Kiesha Abrahams's mother told police she last saw her daughter when she put her to bed on Saturday night at her Mount Druitt unit.
She said she noticed that the six-year-old was missing from her bed about 9:00am on Sunday and that the front door of the unit was unlocked.
The girl lives in the unit with her mother and stepfather and two siblings.
Police say they are aware the girl had been absent from school and they are trying to find out when she last attended.
Police will not say whether anyone other than the girl's mother has seen her in the last three weeks.
About 40 police and more than 100 SES volunteers spent yesterday searching for the girl.
Today they have extended the search to include bushland and drainpipes in the nearby suburb of Bidwill.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/02/2970870.htm?section=justin
Family members have said it is out of character for the little girl to wander off on her own.
She is described as being about 140cm tall, with a slim build, blonde hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen wearing pink pyjamas and a purple Pumpkin Patch jacket.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7938131
Ms Abrahams told police Kiesha was probably barefoot and wearing her pink pyjamas and lilac Pumpkin Patch jacket, police said.
Kiesha's biological father, who lives nearby, is helping police with their inquiries.
Police yesterday said he was not considered a suspect but Mount Druitt police Commander, Superintendent Wayne Cox, stopped short of saying the same today.
She was reported missing 12 hours later on Sunday morning after her mother discovered the front door was ajar.
There was no sign of forced entry and Ms Abrahams told police the door may have been left unlocked overnight.
Kiesha had her own bedroom in the unit she lived in with her mother, stepfather Robert Smith, three-year-old sister Brianna and three-week-old brother Levi.
Her bedroom was just metres away from the front door.
Supt Cox said Kiesha's biological father was not considered a suspect.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/fears-grow-for-missing-girl-keisha-20100802-111oy.html
The stories vary about the unit door. Some say it was closed but not locked, but in this one they say it was ajar in the morning.
There's
major hink in this case. Am trying to find the link to the media report that said that the parents have their phones turned off and cannot be contacted. WTH?
Wouldn't you keep your phone on, desperately awaiting a call from police?
It's also a lil odd that she was wearing a pumpkin patch jacket when going to bed. It
is cold here atm, but those PP jackets are usually really bulky, and I can't imagine a 6 yr old wearing one to bed. But it might have been new, and a favourite....who knows?
The mum has not spoken publicly at all pleading for her daughters return, and when interviewed by detectives said she didn't know if her daughter was wearing shoes or not. HUH? Isn't that pretty easy to figure out? Any shoes missing?
I have a very bad feeling about how this case will end.
You're in my prayers Kiesha.
JMO