Eli was born on 14 November 2003 in Clare, Australia. He was last seen on May 3, 2007, in Lambert, Richland County, Montana in the company of his mother and grandmother as described elsewhere herein. Eli holds Australian Passport M3281653. The above photograph was taken on 11 November 2005.
Faith was born on 10 August 2005 in Clare, Australia. She was last seen on May 3, 2007, in Lambert, Richland County, Montana in the company of her mother and grandmother as described elsewhere herein. Faith holds Australian Passport M3305648. The above photograph was taken on 11 November 2005.
Robin Gail Battistessa
Her maiden name is Robin
Gail Cooper and she was born on 5 March 1980 in Williston, North Dakota. She is
a female Caucasian who holds US Passport number 075115234 issued in Seattle,
Washington on 10 December 1998 - expires 9 December 2008. The above photograph
was taken in 2000. She has since grown her hair longer. She is 5' 8" tall,
about 145 lbs, with Hazel eyes and brown hair. She wears eyeglasses. She is the
mother of Faith and Eli Battistessa, the missing children.
If the children or their mother are located please immediately provide a copy of the
Warrant to take Children into Protective Custody
to your local law enforcement agency and contact the Law Offices of Mr. Christopher J. Gillette, 11 East Main Street, Suite D, Bozeman, Montana 59713 - Tel: (406) 582-7918 Fax: (406) 582-0590 - Email: Christopher J. Gillette
Karla Faye Cooper (maiden name is Mullin) is presently estranged from Sylvester A. (Butch) Cooper and is believed to be accompanying her daughter, Robin Gail Battistessa and Robin's two children, Eli and Faith Battistessa. She was born 28 December 1949 and is described as having dyed thick curly brown hair, is 5'9", solid build, brown eyes, and wears eyeglasses.
She is a medical transcriptionist by vocation and her last known residence was in Lambert, Richland County, Montana. She is known to have been last seen on 3 May 2007.
She is known to have ties to Lambert, Montana, Williston, North Dakota, and family in Fremont, California and Central Texas. She is also known to have had a small bank account in Williston, North Dakota and it is unknown whether that account is still active or not.
This is the story of a young lady who has lost her way and somewhere along that path decided to take a turn that would only spell trouble for all those involved.
It involves the unauthorized detention of two very young children who were removed from South Australia to the United States for a maternal family visit. After arriving in the US their mother called her husband at home in Australia and in a voice mail stated that she was not coming back and that the marriage was over.
There was no indication of a reason why and no evidence prior to that time that such a turn of events could take place.
The father of the children retained the services of an attorney in the State of Montana who went into Federal Court and then to Montana State Court and obtained an order for the mother to return to Australia with the children by a certain date. All of Robin's family believed that she had departed to return to Australia except for the maternal grandmother who family members thought was taking her Robin and grandchildren to the airport for the return flight to Australia.
Robin and children apparently never got on the plane and their present whereabouts are unknown to the father of the children who has not heard from them since.
The children's father is an Australian citizen, their mother is an American with permanent residency rights in Australia and the children were born in Australia making them Australian citizens.
