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Post  Guest Tue 11 Nov - 10:54

There are 200 children currently missing in Spain
By h.b. - Jan 18, 2008 - 8:40 AM




A spate of recent high profile cases has drawn attention to the problem

Police in Spain are looking for as many as 200 missing children across the mainland and the islands. Among those currently being searched for are Yeremi Vargas, Amy Fitzpatrick, Mari Luz Cortés, Sara Morales, and Juan Pablo Martínez.

The number of 200 is the number of open cases currently to be found in the archives of the National Police, Civil Guard, and the regional police forces La Ertzaintza and Los Mossos. When adults are included there are currently 11,936 people reported missing.
Each year some 8,000 disappearances are reported to the police but most of these turn out to be temporary cases, often of children running away.

The so-called ‘high risk’ cases are those where a crime has taken place and the child was taken against his or her will. These are often cases of kidnap, rape and even murder, police sources told the 20 minutos newspaper.

Police have also noted of late that there are more cases of a custody dispute between divorced parents, and that the numbers show that mixed marriages where one of the partners is foreign, have a greater possibility to end in such an outcome.
As an example of this they say in March last year the police found two brothers aged 8 and 6, who had been kidnapped by their father two years before.

The cases such as Yeremi Vargas or Sara Morales are those which unfortunately are more likely to end badly, and over the past ten years in Spain as many as 15 missing youngsters have been found dead. The last one was 15 year old, Fernanda Fabiola, who vanished in Tenerife in July last year and was found dead a month later. She had been raped by her killer, a Colombian man who has since been arrested.

Gran Canaria is the area of Spain most affected of late with the two high profile cases of Yeremi Vargas and Sara Morales. Just last week a local construction worker Marcos J.R.C, was arrested on the island accused of sexual abuse. He’s now being held in prison on remand.
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Post  Guest Tue 11 Nov - 19:16

If there are 200 then why do we only hear of the odd few names over and over? Are the others just forgotten or poor children whose parents dont deserve a chance at finding them?
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Post  Guest Tue 11 Nov - 19:49

fruitcake wrote:If there are 200 then why do we only hear of the odd few names over and over? Are the others just forgotten or poor children whose parents dont deserve a chance at finding them?


I will find as many people as possible and upload them here, There arnt that many on the spanish missing persons site but I will upload what is there
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http://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/14379.html


• 26 Mar 2009 •


Spain registers some 8,000 cases of missing minors per year, many of which are resolved quickly

By Alfredo Bloy and Jennifer Leighfield

THE mother of missing Amy Fitzpatrick, the 15-year-old Irish girl who disappeared from Mijas-Costa on January 1, 2008, has joined forces with two other mothers from Gran Canaria, whose children, Yeremi Vargas and Sara Morales, are also missing.

Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones. Throughout Spain, police currently have 200 open files on children who have disappeared over the years.

Spain registers some 8,000 cases of missing minors per year, but fortunately many are youngsters who, after an argument with their parents, run away from home for

a few days and, when they return, their parents fail to withdraw the missing person’s report.

In many instances, it is a case of one of the parents having taken the child, as a result of a custody issue, and fleeing the country - a phenomenon which is rising due to the number of mixed marriages in Spain.

In this week’s special report, the Euro Weekly News has included children, some of whom would now be adults, who have disappeared without a trace in cases where there was no custody battle.



Missing since: January 1, 2008

From: Calypso Urbanization, Mijas Costa, Malaga

Age at time of disappearance: 15

Description: Was wearing brown tracksuit trousers, a dark top with a hood, and a t-shirt with the word ‘Diesel’ in different colours. False nails and belly button piercing. Thin, 1.65m tall, with straight, dark hair; big, blue eyes.

Spoke to her friend at 10pm on January 1 and was last seen leaving the house where she had been babysitting
to return to her home, 1.5km away.



Missing since: July 30, 2006

From: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Age at time of disappearance: 14

Description: Was wearing a denim skirt and yellow strappy t-shirt, silver shoes and glasses with metallic frames. Long dark hair, brown eyes, 1.55m tall. Disappeared when walking from her home to the nearby ‘La Ballena’ shopping centre.



Missing since: March 10, 2007

From: Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).

Age at time of disappearance: 6

Description: 1.25m tall, light brown hair and eyes. Last seen at 1.30pm playing with his two cousins on some wasteland near his home.



Missing since: August 20, 2006

From: The Melilla to Malaga ferry (Ciudad de Valencia)

Age at time of disappearance: 16

Description: 1.80m tall, 74kg, light brown, curly hair, dimple in right cheek when smiles, large mole on right arm. Speaks French and English. Very shy. Wearing black Adidas trousers, black and white striped Adidas t-shirt, black trainers, silver bracelet, necklace and ring. He disappeared from the ferry he was travelling on with his parents.



Missing since: April 10, 2006

From: Dos Hermanas, Sevilla

Age at time of disappearance: 13

Description: 1.60m tall, thin, light brown hair, green eyes, has an earring with a feather in one ear and a zirconium stud in the other, wearing a grey tracksuit, blue sweatshirt and red shoes. He was carrying a backpack with clothes and had 30 euros. Very shy. Last seen with a silver coloured BH bike when he left his house to visit a friend at 4.30pm. His father disappeared two weeks later and is a suspect in the case.



Missing since: June 25, 1986

From: Madrid

Age at time of disappearance: 10

Description: Black hair and eyes. Was travelling in a lorry with his parents when it was involved in an accident in Somosierra; they died and the boy disappeared. Witnesses claim to have seen him near a van. The driver and two women who were with him are suspected to have taken him.



Missing since: October 30, 1992

From: Alfaz del Pi, Alicante

Age at time of disappearance: 17

Description: 1.74m tall, light brown hair and eyes. Disappeared from Torres de San Luis Clinic where she was receiving treatment for depression.



Missing since: August 18, 2000

From: Motril, Granada

Age at time of disappearance: 18

Description: 1.70m tall, thin, long, blonde hair. Was wearing dark red trousers and a dark blue strappy t-shirt. Last seen by her father when he left her at a bus stop in Avenida de Andalucia. She was planning to join her friends for the local fiestas. Several witnesses place Robert Graham, a friend of Tony King (accused of the murders of Rocio Wanninkhof and Sonia Carabantes) in Motril in 2003 one day after being released from prison.



Missing since: September 5, 1988

From: Manresa, Barcelona

Age at time of disappearance: 17 and 5 respectively

Description: Both have light brown and eyes. Both disappeared from the San Juan de Dios Hospital.



Missing since: May 7, 1993

From: Algorta, Vizcaya

Age at time of disappearance: 18

Description: 1.81m tall, light brown hair and eyes, strong complexion.



Missing since: April 6,

1987

From: Malaga

Age at time of disappearance: 14

Description: Light brown hair and green eyes. Left home to catch a bus to an art exhibition. Seemed nervous during the day of his disappearance. Many sightings have placed him in Portugal. He was known as “the painter boy”.



Missing since: March 10, 1997

From: Cornella de Llobregat, Barcelona

Age at time of disappearance: 17

Description: 1.60m tall, thin, light brown hair and eyes, has a beauty spot on the right side of her forehead. Wearing jeans and a black leather jacket. Last seen by her boyfriend, ten years older, when she went for a walk with some friends. He is a suspect.



Please report any information regarding Yeremi, Sara or Amy, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, by calling 617 561 319. If you believe to have any information on any of the other missing persons, contact the Guardia Civil on 062.
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Post  Guest Tue 31 Mar - 20:55

Why arent the other children named Antoinette?
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Post  Guest Wed 1 Apr - 8:54

Jennifer wrote:Why arent the other children named Antoinette?

I don't know jennifer. That's the way the article was written. I was thinking the same thing myself when I read it.
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Post  Guest Wed 1 Apr - 23:46

there seems to be stories behind some of these cases, suspects with just not enough evidence, family disputes and what about that poor child taken when his parents were killed in a car crash! Yet some like Amy and Yeremi just disappear into thin air, where can they be?? The various cases shows that stranger abduction is indeed very rare, if you take out the ones that seem to have something behind them or more known than is revealed here. It's so scary to think you could leave your daughter to a bus stop and never see her again. It would kill you inside if you thought the police knew something about someone who they believe involved and not be able to prove it. How can a parent ever live a life again dealing with this? It frightens me, it really does.
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Post  Guest Fri 3 Apr - 15:10

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• 26 Mar 2009 •


Spain registers some 8,000 cases of missing minors per year, many of which are resolved quickly

By Alfredo Bloy and Jennifer Leighfield

THE mother of missing Amy Fitzpatrick, the 15-year-old Irish girl who disappeared from Mijas-Costa on January 1, 2008, has joined forces with two other mothers from Gran Canaria, whose children, Yeremi Vargas and Sara Morales, are also missing.

Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones. Throughout Spain, police currently have 200 open files on children who have disappeared over the years. Spain registers some 8,000 cases of missing minors per year, but fortunately many are youngsters who, after an argument with their parents, run away from home for a few days and, when they return, their parents fail to withdraw the missing person’s report.

In many instances, it is a case of one of the parents having taken the child, as a result of a custody issue, and fleeing the country - a phenomenon which is rising due to the number of mixed marriages in Spain. In this week’s special report, the Euro Weekly News has included children, some of whom would now be adults, who have disappeared without a trace in cases where there was no custody battle.

There are 200 children currently missing in Spain Main2010

Amy Fitzpatrick


Missing since:

January 1, 2008

From: Calypso Urbanization, Mijas Costa, Malaga

Age at time of disappearance: 15

Description: Was wearing brown tracksuit trousers,a dark top with a hood, and a t-shirt with the word ‘Diesel’ in different colours. False nails and belly button piercing. Thin, 1.65m tall, with straight, dark hair; big, blue eyes. Spoke to her friend at 10pm on January 1 and was last seen leaving the house where she had been babysitting to return to her home, 1.5km away.



Sara Morales
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Missing since: July 30, 2006

From: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Age at time of disappearance: 14

Description: Was wearing a denim skirt and yellow strappy t-shirt, silver shoes and glasses with metallic frames. Long dark hair, brown eyes, 1.55m tall. Disappeared when walking from her home to the nearby ‘La Ballena’ shopping centre.



Yeremi José Suárez

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Missing since: March 10, 2007

From: Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).

Age at time of disappearance: 6

Description: 1.25m tall, light brown hair and eyes. Last seen at 1.30pm playing with his two cousins on some wasteland near his home.



Talhaqui Zacharias Nadif

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Missing since: August 20, 2006

From: The Melilla to Malaga ferry (Ciudad de Valencia)

Age at time of disappearance: 16

Description: 1.80m tall, 74kg, light brown, curly hair, dimple in right cheek when smiles, large mole on right arm. Speaks French and English. Very shy. Wearing black Adidas trousers, black and white striped Adidas t-shirt, black trainers, silver bracelet, necklace and ring. He disappeared from the ferry he was travelling on with his parents.



Josué Monge García
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Missing since: April 10, 2006

From: Dos Hermanas, Sevilla

Age at time of disappearance: 13

Description: 1.60m tall, thin, light brown hair, green eyes, has an earring with a feather in one ear and a zirconium stud in the other, wearing a grey tracksuit, blue sweatshirt and red shoes. He was carrying a backpack with clothes and had 30 euros. Very shy. Last seen with a silver coloured BH bike when he left his house to visit a friend at 4.30pm. His father disappeared two weeks later and is a suspect in the case.



Juan Pablo Martínez Gómez

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Missing since: June 25, 1986

From: Madrid

Age at time of disappearance: 10

Description: Black hair and eyes. Was travelling in a lorry with his parents when it was involved in an accident in Somosierra; they died and the boy disappeared. Witnesses claim to have seen him near a van. The driver and two women who were with him are suspected to have taken him.



Gloria Martínez Ruiz

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Missing since: October 30, 1992

From: Alfaz del Pi, Alicante

Age at time of disappearance: 17

Description: 1.74m tall, light brown hair and eyes. Disappeared from Torres de San Luis Clinic where she was receiving treatment for depression.



M. Teresa Fernández Martín

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Missing since: August 18, 2000

From: Motril, Granada

Age at time of disappearance: 18

Description: 1.70m tall, thin, long, blonde hair. Was wearing dark red trousers and a dark blue strappy t-shirt. Last seen by her father when he left her at a bus stop in Avenida de Andalucia. She was planning to join her friends for the local fiestas. Several witnesses place Robert Graham, a friend of Tony King (accused of the murders of Rocio Wanninkhof and Sonia Carabantes) in Motril in 2003 one day after being released from prison.



Dolores & Isidro Orrit Pires


There are 200 children currently missing in Spain Dolore11
There are 200 children currently missing in Spain Isidro10

Missing since: September 5, 1988

From: Manresa, Barcelona

Age at time of disappearance: 17 and 5 respectively

Description: Both have light brown and eyes. Both disappeared from the San Juan de Dios Hospital.



Álvaro de Andrés Díez

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Missing since: May 7, 1993

From: Algorta, Vizcaya

Age at time of disappearance: 18

Description: 1.81m tall, light brown hair and eyes, strong complexion.



David Guerrero Guevara

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Missing since: April 6, 1987

From: Malaga

Age at time of disappearance: 14

Description: Light brown hair and green eyes. Left home to catch a bus to an art exhibition. Seemed nervous during the day of his disappearance. Many sightings have placed him in Portugal. He was known as “the painter boy”.



Cristina Bergua Vera

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Missing since: March 10, 1997

From: Cornella de Llobregat, Barcelona

Age at time of disappearance: 17

Description: 1.60m tall, thin, light brown hair and eyes, has a beauty spot on the right side of her forehead. Wearing jeans and a black leather jacket. Last seen by her boyfriend, ten years older, when she went for a walk with some friends. He is a suspect.



Please report any information regarding Yeremi, Sara or Amy, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, by calling 617 561 319. If you believe to have any information on any of the other missing persons, contact the Guardia Civil on 062.
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