Australia Australia - Rose Howell, 18, New South Wales, 11 April 2003 *reward*

[imstilla.grandma]

Police are offering $750,000 for information that leads to an arrest over the 2003 disappearance of New South Wales teen Rose Howell.

Howell was just 18 at the time she vanished, and though a coroner found that "it's likely" she died, the circumstances surrounding her death remain unknown.

She was last seen at approximately 6.15pm on Friday April 11, 2003, walking east along Perrys Road in Repton, in the general direction of her home in Bundagen - about 25km south of Coffs Harbour.

Howell's mother, Malila, understood the teen had plans to meet friends in Bellingen that evening.

It wasn't uncommon for her to spend the night at a friends' house and Howell "was excited" to celebrate her upcoming birthday party.

Two days after she was last seen, Howell was officially reported missing after she failed to return home and meet her mother for an appointment

$750k reward offered for information over 2003 disappearance of NSW teen Rose Howell

Rose Howell was just 18 at the time she vanished, and though a coroner found that "it's likely" she died, t...

www.9news.com.au

 

[HinterlandObserver]

Glad to see a thread for Rose!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Glad to see a thread for Rose!

Please won’t you tell us a little about her to get us started. Do you know of the old articles you can post?

 

[HinterlandObserver]

Australian missing persons register

Rose Rain HOWELL

Coronial inquest

https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/findings/2013/findings_-_howell.pdf

 

[HinterlandObserver]

Rose Rain Howell, 18, Missing Since April 2003, From Bellingen, North Coast, NSW

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mydeathspace.com

This page has a lot of interesting discussion about her case

 

[HinterlandObserver]

Rose lived in a commune accessed through Repton at the time called Bundagen.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

'It hurts still 20 years later': mum's anguish

A $750,000 reward is on offer to anyone who can help police solve the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl on the NSW north coast more than 20 years ago.

thewest.com.au

Behind a paywall. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Police offer $750,000 reward for information on teen who disappeared 20 years ago, days before birthday

Rose Howell was last seen walking along a road south of Coffs Harbour on a Friday evening in 2003. Her family and friends remain desperate for answers.

www.abc.net.au

Not behind paywall

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Malila last saw Rose on April 11, 2003, when she left their home at Bundagen, south of Coffs Harbour, to go to Bellingen and reported her missing two days later after she failed to return for an appointment.

In 2012, a coronial inquest came to the conclusion she had most likely died, but it was unclear how her death had occurred.

“There could be people 20 years later who could possibly know what happened to the girl with the mohawk,” she said on Monday at the announcement of the reward.

“People around here knew who she was, even if they didn’t know what her name was. She kind of stood out.”

Howell’s father died six years ago without knowing what happened to his daughter.

“It hurts still 20 years later,” Malila said.

“I see somebody I go, oh, that could be Rose. I still have this kind of feeling that she’s just going to walk around the corner one day and reappear. That’s a hope I have deep inside, it’s quite hard to accept that. All the time there’s this anguish in life.”

‘Girl with the mohawk’: Police announce $750,000 reward over 20-year cold case

Teenager Rose Howell disappeared from the state’s north in April 2003.

www.smh.com.au

 

[T-dawg420]

I’ve done a bit of reading into Roses case. It’s tragic. One of the most interesting aspects I gathered from the coroners inquest report was the last known sighting of rose According to the coroner.
I think it was a person called Mr Robb who was picking his daughter up in Raleigh, and around 5pm he saw who he believed was Rose sitting on a wooden bench next to Perry’s Hill Lookout. I believe this bench to be an non marked bus stop for the bus into Repton (which I think only went sporadically on weekends, not weekdays).

over an hour later Mr Robb was driving back with his daughter And saw a car parked at the lookout. He then drove around 100 meters and saw the same girl as earlier from the bus stop, again, he believed this was rose. He said she didn’t look like she was seeking a lift and he drove around her and kept going.

it’s interesting because he saw her walking easterly from the wooden bench, that’s the direction towards Bundagen where Rose lived. Now, obviously there’s a car within a short distance of rose that wasn’t there an hour earlier. could this mean something? Maybe, maybe not, certainly suspicious.

but if it had nothing to do with Roses disappearance, i assume rose was attempting to walk back to bundagen from there.

now it was past 6pm when Mr Robb saw Rose for the second and last time. It was April so it was after sunset at that time (I have attached historical data from that time from Repton with sunset Times etc).

looking at google maps, it’s a huge walk, and pretty dangerous, esp after dark! It’s well over an hour walk from the bench to get too bundagen. I’ve attached some pics to show these locations and what they look like.

theres 2 pics of the lookout and wooden bench/bus stop. As well as two pics of one of the roads she would have walked down in the dark going to bundagen.

apologies for the super long post.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Searching for Bernard Cooke and Rose Howell | Two Missing Persons Cases | Outback Coroner​

 

[Andieinsyd]

Thanks Tootsie for this video, very interesting and I really respected the two coroners that were featurEd. They had a lot of humanity which I didn’t quite expect.

So sad about Rosie. Glad Rosie is getting this attention and hope someone comes forward.

 

[dotr]

Aug 6 '24 rbbm

‘Her family deserve answers’: Significant developments over teen’s disappearance

Rose Howell vanished on the Mid North Coast days before her 19th birthday. Police have searched a property near where she was last seen alive, 21 years ago.

www.smh.com.au

''Last year NSW Police announced a $750,000 reward for information about Howell’s disappearance, and launched a re-investigation into the cold case dubbed Strike Force Chelonia.''

Howell was last seen alive nine days before her 19th birthday.Credit:NSW Police
''The operation has led to significant developments in the case, with police revealing a crime scene search warrant had been executed on June 4 at a Repton property near where Howell was last seen.
Ground penetrating radar technology and NSW Police’s dog and mounted units were used to search two external areas at the property.
On July 8, a Ford Falcon believed to be connected to Howell’s disappearance was seized and forensically examined.''

 

[lolz]

NSW Police conduct forensic searches in 20-year missing person case

NSW Police conduct forensic searches in 20-year missing person case​

Homicide detectives have conducted forensic searches as part of a 20-year investigation into the suspicious disappearance of a teenager from a NSW Coastal town.
Rose Howell, who was 18 at the time, was last seen at 6.15pm on Friday, April 11, 2003 as she headed east along Perry's Road in Repton, about 20km south of Coffs Harbour.
She was walking in the direction of her home in Bundagen, which was 7km away from Repton, NSW Police said.

Rose Howell, who was 18 at the time, was last seen at 6.15pm on Friday, April 11, 2003. (NSW Police Force)

Homicide Squad detectives have conducted a number of forensic searches as part of a re-appeal for information into the suspicious disappearance of Rose Howell from the state's north over 20 years ago. (NSW Police Force)
Her mother understood that Rose was meeting up with friends in nearby Bellingen, and it was not unusual for her to sleep at her friend's house.
Howell was reported as missing on Sunday, April 13, after she did not return home to meet her mother for an 11am appointment.
Rose was excited for her upcoming birthday party, police were told at the time.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks Tootsie for this video, very interesting and I really respected the two coroners that were featurEd. They had a lot of humanity which I didn’t quite expect.

So sad about Rosie. Glad Rosie is getting this attention and hope someone comes forward.

Thanks @Andieinsyd.
The video seems to be no longer there, but I found it again on another Youtube channel.