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MISSING AMY’S FAMILY LOOK TO UNITED KINGDOM FOR ANSWERS

The family of missing seventeen year old Amy Fitzpatrick are extending their search efforts to British shores. It is thought that Amy could now be in England and her family are desperate for any information.

Amy Fitzpatrick left her friend’s house in Mijas Costa, in Spain, at 2200 on New Year’s Day 2008. Amy should have arrived at her home on the urbanisation Riviera del Sol in Mijas Costa, near Fuengirola, at about 2210, as it was only a short walk away. But she never arrived home and has not been heard from or seen since that night.

The Lucie Blackman Trust is providing free of charge a number of 24 hour message hotlines both in UK and overseas where people can leave information, anonymously if they wish, as part of their Missing Abroad project which specialises in helping families with loved one’s missing overseas. The project has successfully reunited a number of families. Operations Manager Matt Searle says:

“One of the most important things in cases such as this is giving people the ability to pass on any information they have. People often think they may have seen something but think it is insignificant. We ask anyone with any information, however small it seems, or possible sightings to call the anonymous hotline.”

Amy was 15 at the time of her disappearance; she has black hair, (it could be dyed blonde again), blue eyes and has a pale complexion. She is 1.65m tall and was wearing dark coloured crushed velvet tracksuit bottoms and a black T-shirt with the word “DIESEL” in various different colours when she was last seen.

Several of Amy’s friends have moved back to the UK and the family urge anyone who anything to get in touch. Amy’s mother Audrey refuses to give up:

“We have not given up hope that new information will come to light, despite the time elapsed. We are calling on the public to provide information: It could be residents in the area, it could be anyone who was on holiday there at the time, it could be anyone at all. Please keep your ears and eyes open. Please send us any information you have no matter how insignificant it may seem. There has to be one person somewhere who knows something.”

People with any information can call 02380 988899 in confidence and leave a message. Alternatively emails can be sent to amy@missingabroad.org.
A missing persons poster can be downloaded from www.lucieblackmantrust.org.
EDITORS NOTES:

Interviews are available with Amy’s family and Lucie Blackman Trust’s Operations Manager. All press enquiries and interview requests should be directed to matt@lbtrust.org.
Photographs and copies of Missing Person posters are also available.

For further information  and interview requests please contact Matt Searle on 0207 047 5060

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