Eve ASKEW

     

                                                    Above - image of a man Police wish to speak to in relation to Eve's disappearance

                                    Above - images  of what Eve may look like today, photo has been digitally aged.

 

Name: 
Age at time of disappearance: 14 years
 Build: Slim
 Height: 157 cm
 Hair: Red/Ginger
 Eyes: Unknown
 Distinguishing Features/Other:
Eve's thumbs are distinctive: described as though they have been pushed down and haven't quite grown back to their full length.
 Circumstances:
Eve went missing from her family's residence at Fitzgerald, TAS sometime during the night of the 16 November 1991.

She had moved to Tasmania from NSW in January 1989. Eve left a note indicating her intention to leave home after being grounded by her parents for smoking. There has been no contact since her disappearance. Tragically Eve is unaware that her parents have both since died. She has also become an Aunt.

**Eve would now be 34 years old

New technique to aid in missing persons cases

Updated August 10, 2008 12:05:00 - ABC

Tasmania Police is using new techniques to help try and solve long standing missing person cases.

Age Enhancement Technology has been used on three photos of missing people.

The technology creates an image that shows how the person might look today.

15 year old school girl Eve Askew went missing from her Derwent Valley home in 1991. The new photo shows what she might look like today, aged 32.

Craig Taylor was nine when he disappeared in 1993.

Constable Jessica Reidy from Tasmania Police says the new image of him shows him as an adult.

"People who are very well meaning still ring up reporting sightings of Craig looking as though he would as a nine year old boy," Constable Reidy said.

"But he'd now be a 25 year-old man. So we find that that would be particulary helpful in helping people to know what to look for," she said.

 

Cold case re-opened

Updated November 26, 2011 11:45:26 - ABC

Tasmanian police have re-opened the investigation into the disappearance of 14 year old Eve Askew 20 years ago.

The teenager disappeared from her family home in the state's south on the 17th of November, 1991.

In 2001, police used an excavator to dig around the old Askew home at Fitzgerald, near Maydena, but did not find any new material.

Detective Inspector Colin Riley says the decision to re-open the case comes after a review of a number of cold cases.

"We believe that there's a member of the public or members of the public that have information and haven't come forward to police and that's why there's a reward of up to $100,000 for relevant information that results in a conviction of an offender in relation to the disappearance," he said.

"We are confident that there are members of the public who have something to tell us about this and they haven't told us previously."

Anyone with any information on Eve Askew's disappearance or whereabouts is asked to call a special investigation hotline on 0418 589 544.

Lead in missing teen case

   ZARA DAWTREY   |   December 14, 2011 12.01am - The Mercury

THERE has been a breakthrough in the disappearance of a Tasmanian teenager 20 years ago.

Eve Askew was 14 when she vanished from her family home in Fitzgerald, near Maydena, one night in November 1991.

A large-scale investigation at the time and a second a decade later failed to uncover any significant evidence as to the Glenora District High School Year 8 student's fate.

But since announcing late last month that the file would be revisited, Eastern CIB detectives have now produced an image of a person of interest.

Detective Inspector Colin Riley, who is heading up the investigation, is so far refusing to elaborate on what police believe the man's alleged role was in Eve's disappearance. However, it is clear the case is being treated as a murder investigation.

It is the first time a "person of interest" has been identified in relation to Eve's disappearance and the photo-fit picture released by police is of a high quality.

"We have received a steady stream of information since we announced the case was being revisited last month," Insp Riley said yesterday.

"Some of that information has produced strong new leads."

Police are appealing for the person pictured to come forward or for anyone who thinks they might know the man, believed to be between 60 and 65 years old, to contact police immediately.

He is understood to have been living in the New Norfolk area at the time of Eve's disappearance.

"This person may have information that will assist us and we need to speak to him," Insp Riley said.

He described the production of the photo image as "a major leap forward".

"We have a dedicated team of detectives working on this case and the information is coming in via letters, emails, phone calls and in person," Insp Riley said.

"Add the huge amount of community interest in what has long been a very troubling case to the fact we now have state-of-the-art forensic technology available, and we're hoping the outcome of this investigation might be very different to the previous two."

Eve's eldest brother Jake Askew recently told the Mercury his sister deserved to be at peace.

"If anyone out there knows something, consider how this must feel, please contact police," Mr Askew pleaded.

A reward of up to $100,000 has been offered for information leading to the apprehension of an offender, or to the recovery of Eve's body.

Information should be provided directly to investigators by phoning 0418 589 544.