Qld: Chances slim for missing boy says family

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2004
Qld: Chances slim for missing boy says family

The father of a missing Sunshine Coast teenager says there's little chance his son
will be found alive.

BRUCE MORCOMBE has told Channel Nine that although he and his wife DENISE keep telling
themselves their son DANIEL is alive, they have to be realistic.

DANIEL, who would have turned 14 this year, went missing on December the 7th last year
as he waited for a bus on Nambour Connection Road at Woombye on the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Police fear two men seen with a blue old model, four-door sedan near the bus stop abducted
the teenager.

They believe the car had New South Wales registration plates, but have few additional
leads despite an extensive investigation.

Queensland Police Commissioner BOB ATKINSON and DANIEL'S mother are now launching a
$250,000 advertising campaign funded by donations from the public and free airtime from
media outlets.

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KEYWORD: MORCOMBE (BRISBANE) WITH AUDIO

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