Annette Margaret GREEN aka Zanita GREEN
Annette Margaret GREEN aka Zanita GREEN
A $100,000 reward is on offer for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person responsible for the suspected murder of Annette Margaret Green.
Annette Green - also known as Zanita Green - was born on 21 October 1973 and was last seen on 30 July 2005 in Newcastle, NSW.
She was reported missing to Police on 14 November, 2005 by her brother, Darren, after he was unable to contact her for some time.
During Ms Green's last contact with her brother, she expressed concerns for her own safety.
Ms Green has a troubled criminal past and known associations with various criminal elements.
Records from Ms Green's principal bank account indicate that no funds have been withdrawn since July, 2005.
Her last confirmed sighting took place at Newcastle Clinic where she was enrolled in a methadone program.
Investigators from Newcastle City Local Area Command believe there is a high probability that Ms Green is now deceased, and she has been the victim of foul play.
Anybody who has any information about Ms Green's murder should contact Newcastle Police or report information using the methods shown below.
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IT IS almost five years since Hamilton South woman Zanita Green went missing and police are no closer to explaining her disappearance despite re-interviewing every witness and offering a $100,000 reward for information.
Ms Green was 32 when she disappeared in late July 2005, but she was not reported missing until more than three months later.
She is presumed dead, probably murdered.
A $100,000 reward for information was offered in August 2006, but it has failed to attract any useful leads for Newcastle detectives.
An inquest into Ms Green's death is scheduled for next month.
Detective Sergeant Matthew Faber said he had re-interviewed every witness in recent months.
"We've taken it as far as we can go," Detective Faber said.
"We've spoken to everyone we wanted to speak to and no new information has come to light."
Ms Green was battling a heroin addiction and had expressed concern for her safety to her brother, Darren Green, before she went missing.
When he attended her Hamilton South flat on November 14, 2005, he found her belongings strewn across the floor and clothes still hanging on her clothes line.
Ms Green's last confirmed sighting was at a Newcastle clinic on July 29 and her telephone records indicate that she made her last phone call that day.
Ms Green had changed her name from Annette to Zanita.
Anyone with information about Ms Green's disappearance is asked to call Newcastle detectives on 4929 0999 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
INVESTIGATORS say they have absolutely nothing to go on in the hunt for what happened to Zanita Green in 2005.
The 32-year-old had not been seen or used her phone for more than three months before a family member reported her missing.
Deputy State Coroner Elaine Truscott last year found that Ms Green had died in 2005, but could not take it much further.
Countless theories and rumours floated through Newcastle’s seedy drug scene in the years after the disappearance.
And the fact that the majority of the players’ reputations were sullied and any of their tales tainted, made it almost impossible for police to get to the truth.
But what is known is that Ms Green was released from jail about five days before she went missing and had expressed fears for her safety.
She was last seen by two friends about 11pm on July 30, 2005, and another friend was to tell last year’s inquest that she had received a phone call from Ms Green about 3am the next morning.
It is suspected Ms Green, who had worked the Maitland Road ‘‘strip’’ as a prostitute, met with foul play in the early hours of July 31 and her body disposed of.