Tuesday, January 9, 2007
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
A British couple on Tuesday offered a US$20,000 (euro15,300) reward for clues on the whereabouts of their son who disappeared from his university, turned up in Cambodia and then mysteriously vanished more than two years ago.
Eddie Gibson had just started studies at Leeds University in Britain when he vanished on Oct. 4, 2004.
His parents were contacted by the British Embassy in Cambodia later that month, with news that their son had crossed the Thai border into Cambodia.
Gibson sent an e-mail to his family Oct. 24, 2004, saying he planned to return to Britain on Nov. 1, but he never did. He was 19 at the time.
"Eddie is a loving and caring son," his father Mike Gibson, who made five previous trips to Cambodia to search for his son, said at a news conference in Phnom Penh. "Because we have not heard from him since October 2004, we fear he may not be alive. But we still have hopes that our son can be found safe."
Four senior British detectives were in Cambodia July last year working with Cambodian police to investigate the disappearance.
Gibson said the investigation was "very thorough" and "has completed a picture of Eddie's movements" up until Oct. 23, 2004.
"I think Cambodians must know through their history what it is like to lose their loved ones," said Jo Gibson, Eddie's mother. "So, if somebody knows what's happened to Eddie, please come forward, and I thank you very much for your help."
Addressing their appeal to "the people of Cambodia," the couple said they would pay the reward to anyone who could provide clues into the whereabouts of their son.
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
A British couple on Tuesday offered a US$20,000 (euro15,300) reward for clues on the whereabouts of their son who disappeared from his university, turned up in Cambodia and then mysteriously vanished more than two years ago.
Eddie Gibson had just started studies at Leeds University in Britain when he vanished on Oct. 4, 2004.
His parents were contacted by the British Embassy in Cambodia later that month, with news that their son had crossed the Thai border into Cambodia.
Gibson sent an e-mail to his family Oct. 24, 2004, saying he planned to return to Britain on Nov. 1, but he never did. He was 19 at the time.
"Eddie is a loving and caring son," his father Mike Gibson, who made five previous trips to Cambodia to search for his son, said at a news conference in Phnom Penh. "Because we have not heard from him since October 2004, we fear he may not be alive. But we still have hopes that our son can be found safe."
Four senior British detectives were in Cambodia July last year working with Cambodian police to investigate the disappearance.
Gibson said the investigation was "very thorough" and "has completed a picture of Eddie's movements" up until Oct. 23, 2004.
"I think Cambodians must know through their history what it is like to lose their loved ones," said Jo Gibson, Eddie's mother. "So, if somebody knows what's happened to Eddie, please come forward, and I thank you very much for your help."
Addressing their appeal to "the people of Cambodia," the couple said they would pay the reward to anyone who could provide clues into the whereabouts of their son.
1 comment:
I believe the reward is 15,000 british pounds, which is more than $20,000.
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