Mother laments lost son

Missing Persons Week focuses on those left behind

WHEN University of Tasmania student Nazrawi Woldemichael went missing last October, his family was devastated.

Mr Woldemichael’s mother, Hirut, vowed she would never stop looking for her son.

The 20-year-old University of Tasmania arts student is one of the cases the Australian Federal Police is focusing on for National Missing Persons Week, which starts today.

He has not been seen since leaving his Trinity House unit in North Hobart on October 9.

His family last spoke to him on September 22.

Mr Woldemichael is thin, about 170cm tall with curly short black hair.

The focus of National Missing Persons Week is on the families left behind.

The AFP is also focusing on young people who are missing.

Australian Institute of Criminology and state police force figures show three out of five missing person reports relate to someone under the age of 18.

Those 13-17 accounted for 19,000 of the 38,000 of all annual missing person reports.

Other Tasmanian cases being highlighted as part of the National Missing Persons Week are: ANGELA JEFFREY, 53, was last seen at her home in South Rd, Penguin, about 2pm on June 1 last year. Her vehicle was found in the state forest off Browns Creek Rd, Bakers Beach two days later. HELEN MUNNINGS was last seen at Centrelink in Burnie on July 23, 2008. Coroner Robert Pearce ruled Ms Munnings was dead but could not say if she lost her life at the hands of another. EVE ASKEW was 14 when she disappeared from her family’s home at Fitzgerald in the Derwent Valley sometime on the night of November 16, 1991. Eve left a note indicating her intention to leave home after being grounded for smoking. There is a reward of up to $100,000 for information that results in the conviction of an offender in relation to Eve’s disappearance or information of her whereabouts. CRAIG TAYLOR was last seen at his grandparents’ Conningham shack on September 3, 1993. In 2014, the Coroner said Craig had most likely drowned but there was a possibility the nine-year-old had been abducted.

All missing people reported to police can be viewed at www.missingpersons.gov.au

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Tasmania Police on 131 444.