desperate for help

Desperate for helpCHRISANTHI GIOTISTuesday, 27 December 2005 When Lateesha Nolan's four-year-old son goes to bed at night he hides a knife under his pillow so the "bad man won't come and get me too". Almost a year after Lateesha disappeared and only a few days after Malcolm Naden, the man police most want to question over her disappearance, was believed to be holed up at Western Plains Zoo, Lateesha's children still believe their mum will come home. Members of Lateesha's family said the children were desperate for closure and have appealed for anyone with information to contact the police and for Mr Naden to give himself up. Mr Naden is Lateesha's cousin; he is also wanted for questioning by police investigating the murder of Kristy Scholes, another cousin. According to Janette Lancaster, aunty of Lateesha, Malcolm and Kristy, the situation has torn the family apart. An internet message has been posted begging Mr Naden to give himself up and family members hope a candlelight vigil planned for January 4 - a year after Lateesha's disappearance - will encourage anyone with information to listen to their conscience and come forward. "The grandparents especially want to know if he's okay. He's been missing since Kristy was found murdered - we don't even know if something happened to him and whether or not he had anything to do with Lateesha's disappearance," Mrs Lancaster said. "Some of the family don't want to believe he did it and he really has torn the family apart," she said. "Even at Christmas no-one wanted to celebrate and Lateesha's mother didn't put up any decorations. "You just don't know what it's like until you go through it - the heartache, the disruption to the family, how the kids are suffering. The kids need to know because otherwise they're just going to grow up with more anger and resentment." Lateesha was described as a devoted mother who was always with her children, now the children cling desperately to their grandmother, afraid that she too will disappear if she leaves them. The eldest child Kiesha has just finished her first year at school - Lateesha had already bought Kiesha's uniform before she disappeared on January 4 - but never got to see Kiesha wear it to school. Five-year-old Erica will start school this year. "She's stopped talking to a lot of people and really become withdrawn," Mrs Lancaster said. "Kristy's children can go and visit her grave site and look up at the stars and say mum is one of them now - but Lateesha's can't," she said. "Lateesha's children wake up every morning hoping that she'll be there and ask if they can go in to the bush and go looking for her. "The kids need to know - even if someone has information about where she's buried at least we can give her a proper grave that the kids can go to and at least they'll be able to look up at the stars. "I know somebody out there knows something and they're not saying."

zoo safe

Board insists zoo safe after search for fugitiveKIM BARTLEYTuesday, 27 December 2005 The Zoological Parks Board claims the people and creatures of Western Plains Zoo are not in danger. But it has offered little other information about the zoo's role in the manhunt for fugitive Malcolm Naden or the impact of Statewide media coverage of its closure on December 23. That day police searched the zoo hoping to find the suspected murderer. In a statement released in the 24 hours after the zoo gates were reopened, the board said police had comprehensively searched for the suspect and "the area where this person is thought to have gained access to Western Plains Zoo premises has been locked down". "At no time has there been any threat to the visitors, animals and wildlife on site at Western Plains Zoo," the statement read. "As always their care and welfare have remained at the highest standards." The board said police would continue to conduct patrols around the zoo and surrounding areas with the "full co-operation" of its staff and security personnel. Yesterday a media officer for the zoo said management was not available on public holidays to provide further information. She said visitor numbers at the zoo following the search would not be known until after they were "collated" at the end of January. Zoo staff did not like to "speculate" on any ramifications of the search to the operations of the zoo, the media officer said. Police have declared the area safe but are making "sporadic" patrols of it in their bid to question Malcolm Naden in relation to the disappearance of one of his cousins and the murder of another.

vigil to honour lateesha

Vigil to honour missing womanCHRISANTHI GIOTISTuesday, 27 December 2005 On January 4 this year Lateesha Nolan left her grandmother's house saying she would be "back in a sec", and left her wallet and cigarettes behind. By the next day the 24-year-old mother of four was missing and her car found abandoned in a parking bay near the river. A year after her disappearance relatives plan to gather at the riverbank for a candlelight vigil they hope will inspire anyone with information to come forward. Starting at 5pm on January 4, relatives and friends will gather on the eastern bank of the Macquarie River below Tamworth Street. Lateesha's aunt, Janette Lancaster, said it was terrible for the relatives to think of what might have happened there at the river. "If something did happen then she was there all by herself, we want to be there for the vigil," Mrs Lancaster said. "It's also a chance for people to remember her as well and it might trigger someone's mind or conscience," she said. Police are still appealing for any information about fugitive Malcolm Naden who is wanted for questioning over Lateesha's disappearance. Mr Naden is also the prime suspect in the murder of Kristy Scholes. Only last week he was believed to be hiding at Western Plains Zoo and police mounted a massive manhunt for the fugitive. Lateesha's father Mick Peet said he couldn't believe that Mr Naden had been hiding at the zoo for six months. "My first thoughts were that he'd realise what he'd done and go and kill himself," Mr Peet said. "But he's our only lead to finding Lateesha so she can be properly laid to rest. "I just hope we can find him soon before he does something to himself or hurts someone else. It was really hard getting through Christmas Day this year."

candlelight vigil for lateesha

Missing this is the poem in lateeshas picture


Early in every morn', when suns light the rooms of this house, you are here- here, inside pictures on the wall- here in the silence of memories. Your movements are felt inside us, and we reach out to find you against gray walls, undivided, sensing your smile all around us, when thinking your name. There are those who walk with you, as angels in the dark... angels will find you, by your whisper.And always with you, they watch over you. And sometimes in the early light of morn', they gather to the shore of every ocean, looking out to the tall white waves, that come in their calling, and together, chant prayers for the missing, that may you find a sense of comfort there. You are lost, but not far from the single quiet whisper of hope, nor from the eyes of angels, and hearts of those, who still cometo the silent waves, in wait of light's flicker...watching from the shore.You, are not alone.




candlelight vigil for lateesha


Candlelight Vigil for Lateesha Nolan - To be held on the first anniversary of Lateesha's disappearance, January 4th 2006. The vigil will be held from 5pm onwards at the spot where her car was located, in the carpark on the Eastern bank of the Macquarie River in Tamworth Street, Dubbo. Anyone who would like to support the family or those who have lost family members this way are welcome to come along and talk about their loved ones and share their grief with those who understand how they feel. Please contact nicol if you require further information - glittercot@supernerd.com.au or mick - coastmick21@hotmail.com

Family pleads with fugitive to give up

By Jordan BakerDecember 26, 2005

FOR the family of Malcolm John Naden, this was Christmas: one cousin dead, another missing, and a third on the run from the homicide squad.
Distraught relatives of Naden, the bush fugitive who prompted a huge manhunt at Western Plains Zoo on Friday, are pleading with him to hand himself in, saying it was time to "sort this mess out".
Naden, an unemployed shearer and former skinner and boner at Dubbo abattoir, has been wanted since August, when the strangled body of Kristy Scholes, the wife of one of his cousins, was found in his bedroom.
He is also linked to the disappearance of another cousin, Lateesha Nolan.
The 31-year-old has been spotted working for cash in mines near Walgett, selling opals noodled from a dump and living in Western Plains Zoo. Each time, he has managed to elude police.
Janette Lancaster, his aunt, has sent a message to Naden over the internet in the hope someone will pass it on.
"Pop [their grandfather, who has had a heart attack] is very ill and he needs to know how you are and hear your side of the story in regards to Kristy," it said.
"Pop won't get better until he knows what's going on and nan is frantic with worry and the stress of all this is making her sick as well.
"Your mother is worried and needs to talk to you and all the family wants you to hand yourself in to the police and sort this mess out."
Ms Nolan's father, Mick Peet, told the Herald: "I plead for him to come forward. I really want to find out where my daughter's body is. I still think I am in a nightmare. I am very upset for [Lateesha's children]. It is their first Christmas without their mum."
Naden is a skilled bushman who can survive off the land. Relatives say he is proficient in martial arts. Police believe he has also been stealing food and staying with contacts.

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Have you seen this man? Malcolm Naden (above left) is believed to be hiding in the area around Grawin. Kristy Scholes (above right) was found dead at Naden’s house the same night he went missing.Police search for murder suspectThursday, 22 December 2005 Homicide detectives from across the State descended on Grawin last week in a large-scale operation to catch a suspected murderer believed to be hiding in the area.
While the oblivious locals went about their business 19 undercover officers spent the days searching for Malcolm Naden, who is wanted for the murder of Kristy Scholes in June of this year.
Detective Sergeant Bryne Ruse said police have strong reason to suspect Naden has chosen Grawin as his hiding place.
"Our intelligence has been building for the last couple of months and it seems to point to him being somewhere nearby," Detective Ruse said.
There have been several sightings of the fugitive, including one as recently as last TuesdayAlthough Naden is said to be capable of living in the bush on his own it is believed he is being supported by somebody. He has several associates in the area, including some distant relatives.
"Our intelligence suggests that he may be getting an income by working for cash, perhaps in the mines, or selling opals after noodling on the dumps," Detective Ruse said, adding that anybody caught assisting Naden would face serious charges.
A warrant for Naden's arrest was issued after he disappeared following the murder of Miss Scholes, his cousin, in Dubbo on or about June 22. He is also wanted in relation to an act of indecency on a child in 2004, and for questioning over the disappearance of Lateesha Nolan earlier this year.
Miss Nolan, a mother of four, went missing from Naden's house - the same house where the body of Miss Scholes was found - on January 4 and has not been seen since.
Police are appealing for help from the local community in their search for the suspected killer.
"At the moment we're trying to keep the trail warm, and we need the public to come forward," Detective Ruse said.
Locals are being told to keep an eye out for Naden and, if they see him, make what observations they can.
"Things we need to know are what vehicle he's driving and who he's with, but any small piece of information might assist the police."
There is a reward available for anybody who assists in the capture or prosecution of Naden.
He is 31 and described as being of Aboriginal appearance, 177cm tall, 85kg, of medium build and olive complexion, with brown eyes. It is also likely that he may have grown more facial and head hair and may act in a way to disguise his appearance, such as wearing a hooded jacket in the middle of the summer heat.
Anyone with information is urged to immediately contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

From nicol morris of the missing persons register

Malcolm Naden
Lateesha Nolan


Dear Editor,

Please find following a press release regarding the first anniversary of the disappearance of LATEESHA NOLAN, a 24 year old mother of four who is missing presumed murdered from Dubbo NSW. Release also contains information about Malcolm Naden, Lateesha's cousin who is wanted for questioning in Lateesha's disappearance and also the murder of another 24 year old mother, Kristy Scholes, who was murdered in the same house Lateesha went missing from 6 months later.

at the top of this page is a photographs of Lateesha and also Malcolm Naden. I can provide further info if required including descriptions, an additional photo of Lateesha and the Wanted poster of Malcom Naden. I can also arrange interviews with Lateesha Nolan's family.

I am Nicole Morris from the Australian Missing Persons Register, a website I set up on my own to assist the friends and families of the missing in Australia and help in locating them. All text below was written by me and may be used as a base for any story you wish to put together about this case. I can be contacted on 07 4698 1926 or via e mail - http://by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=D7C1DE75-034A-41F8-AC0F-638637A0DA17&start=0&len=196962&src=&type=x&to=glittercot@supernerd.com.au&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=3f2e063ab2367aa9593d9d2a14710963ed4658781afa9fe8e851ca2d2a328989

My website is - http://www.supernerd.com.au/~glittercot/
Lateesha is on the NSW Page of this site and also on my other website -

http://www.webspawner.com/users/glittercot/lateeshanolan.html
http://www.webspawner.com/users/glittercot/malcolmnaden.html - Malcom Naden info
http://www.webspawner.com/users/glittercot/kristyscholes.html - Kristy Scholes info

Lateesha is listed as missing with NSW Police and Malcom Naden is officially on the NSW Police Wanted list. Strikeforce Durkin has been set up to deal with these crimes, based in Dubbo.

Thanks in advance,

Nicole Morris
Australian Missing Persons Register


Lateesha Nolan was a fresh faced, pretty 24 year old Mum with four children under the age of 5. She lived in the western NSW town of Dubbo and had a strong family network; she was very close to her grandmother and mother and on the night of Tuesday January 4th 2005 Lateesha went to visit her grandmother in Bunglegumbie Road, Dubbo at about 9:30pm. She asked her grandmother to watch her children and she would be "back in a sec". She left her cigarettes and purse on the table, indicating she would not be gone for long. She went outside to her car, a dark blue 1996 Ford Falcon station wagon registration number YOU 505 with green "P" plates on the car. Her grandmother thought there may have been someone waiting for Lateesha in her car, someone she was giving a lift to.

The following day, Wednesday January 5th at 5:30pm, this car was discovered by police abandoned in the carpark on the Eastern bank of the Macquarie River in Tamworth Street Dubbo. Lateesha has never been found, and one year on from her disappearance her family are appealing to anyone who may have information about what has happened to her to please come forward.

Further to this mystery is the murder of a close friend of Lateesha's, Kristy Scholes, in the same house Lateesha went missing from. Kristy, age 24 years was the girlfriend of one of Lateesha's cousins, a mother of two small children and was staying in the house while her own was being repainted. Her body was discovered inside a locked bedroom on June 22nd 2005. The bedroom belonged to another cousin of Lateesha Nolan - 31 year old Malcolm Naden.

Malcolm Naden has not been seen since June 20th, 2 days before Kristy's body was discovered in his bedroom. He has now been on the run for 6 months, and there have been various sightings of him in the Walgett area and other NSW country towns. To date he remains on the run and is urgently wanted by NSW Police.

Lateesha's family will be holding a Candlelight vigil in Dubbo on January 4th, the 1 year anniversary of her disappearance.

on the 4th of january it will be 12 months missing

Christmas is fast approaching and with christmas comes all the joy and surprises of opening up pressies and spending time with family and friends , just looking at the kids faces when they find something that santa brings them that they had always wanted its such a great feeling , this year is not going to be the same for my 4 little grandkids because this year some one has taken there mum off them , there mum lateesha nolan my daughter was abducted on the 4th of jan just after the new year and since that day the live of many have been turned upside down , Lateesha was last seen about 9:30pm Tuesday 4 January, at her grandmother's Bunglegumbie Road home dubbo nsw . Lateesha was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in her blue 1996 Ford Falcon station wagon, registration YOU-505. She was expected to return a short time later.About 5:30pm Wednesday 5 January, police located the station wagon abandoned at the western end of Tamworth Street, Dubbo. Police believe Lateesha may have been the victim of foul play and hold grave fears for her safety.
since then the police have had many leads and one lead had come as another tragedy when they found the body of Ms Scholes, the de facto wife of one of Naden's cousins, was found in a Dubbo home[ the same home lateesha was last seen] on June 22 after she was reported missing by a friend. Police said Ms Scholes' children, aged three and four, were in the house when her body, surrounded by pillows, was found lying on the floor of a room in the house.
A man is being sought in connection with the death of a woman and the disappearance of another at Dubbo in central-western NSW. Police said they had issued an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Malcolm Naden, who they believe can help them with their inquiries into the death of 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes and the disappearance of his cousin, Lateesha Nolan.
i am appealing for the public for help in finding malcom naden had anyone seen malcom with lateesha on the night of her disapearence?
Police have launched a statewide hunt for a man whom they believe has murdered one woman and may have vital information about lateesha who is missing, untill malcom is found i do not have any answers to what may have happent, there have been a number of positive sightings in the Walgett area and had been reported to police He is described as being of Aboriginal appearance, 177cm tall, 85kg, of medium build, olive complexion, brown eyes, shaved head and possibly a moustache or beard. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. any one with a computer i have a number of web sites for further informaition my main web site is http://www.webspawner.com/users/glittercot/lateeshanolan.html this web site is the australian missing persons register it is run privalty by nicol , since lateesha has gone missing nicol has been a very helpfull friend with her web site there is much information about all the people that have gone missing Feel free to sign the Guestbook - link at the bottom of the home page.
other web site are
http://www.cvsa.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2&t_id=39
http://www.crimeshots.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1671
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/aussiecrime/message/84
http://www.observationdeck.org/noel/

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HAPPIER TIMES: Mick Peet with his daughter Lateesha Nolan when she was younger.Last words to dad: I love youINGRID BOWNWednesday, 31 August 2005When Lateesha Nolan was growing up her father was "pretty strict" with his "precious girl".
He'd make sure she was home before dark and when she didn't arrive one evening, he searched all over town before finding her at a friend's place.
"I had a premonition something was going to happen to one of my children," he said yesterday.
Now Mick Peet's Queensland home is a "shrine" to his daughter, the young Dubbo mother of four who vanished eight months ago in bizarre and tragic circumstances.
"My heart stops every time the phone rings, I wake up during the night in a sweat and I've been losing my hair from stress," he said.
"Sometimes I sit at my computer until the sun comes up thinking of things I could do to try and find her."
Mr Peet remembers a beautiful girl growing up who loved fishing, camping and trips to the coast.
"She loved camping with her pop and we'd go driving to the coast, the kids loved Movieworld," he said.
"She had so much life yet to live ... and her whole future has been taken away from her.
"It's been taken away from her children, too."
The last contact he had with his "baby girl" was a phone call in the days before her disappearance.
"The last thing she ever said was, 'I love you Dad," he said.
"I hadn't seen her and the kids for five years but we had great old chats on the phone - we were still very close."
When Lateesha went missing, Mr Peet was in anguish over what to do.
"I wanted to come down straight away and look for her," he said.
"I had the car packed but the police and the family talked me out of it - they said there was nothing I could do.
"I went into shock and felt pretty useless being up here. My clothes went mouldy sitting in the car while I was waiting for news."
He said "all his heart" now went to Lateesha's four young
children.
"They haven't let go of the security blanket of having their mother," he said.
Mr Peet was on the verge of abandoning hope of ever knowing Lateesha's fate, but said the manhunt for her cousin, Malcolm Naden, had renewed it.
"I hope they find him to give us some clue," he said.
Mr Peet said he simply wanted his and his family's nightmare to come to an end.
"I have dreams about her all the time," he said.
"She's trying to contact me but the dream ends before I can speak to her.
"We just need to find her. All I want is to lay my girl down to rest, to bring her home."
Anyone with any information on Lateesha Nolan's disappearance, or the whereabouts of Malcolm Naden, should call Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

me and my daughter lateesha

It has been almost eight months since my daughter Lateesha went missing from Dubbo, NSW. Since that terrible day when I was told she was missing, I have been unable to sleep, my hair is falling out, I feel I am living in a nightmare I can't wake up from. Every time the phone rings, I think maybe they have found her, which is a mixed blessing - have they found a body or have they found my precious girl alive, by some miracle? Will she one day walk back through that door, the beautiful girl I have watched grow up and blossom into a beautiful young woman? Will I ever get to tell her again how much I love her?

Waiting one week to hear any news about Lateesha was so hard. Waiting eight weeks was torture. Waiting eight months is an absolute nightmare. To know that she is out there somewhere and we can't find her is the worst feeling you could imagine. It gets worse, not better with time. It has been a long and painful process, waiting for the news, letting the police do their job, hoping that I'm wrong about her being murdered.

Lateesha used to phone me all the time and we'd have great old chats. I missed her so much, as I was living in Queensland and I didn't get to see her as much as I would have liked to. But she was still my little girl and we were still very close. I was so proud of her, all that she had achieved at such a young age, her four beautiful children.

Parents are not supposed to bury their children, they should bury us. I was looking forward to watching Lateesha grow older, watching my grandchildren grow up with such a great Mum. She had so much life yet to live, she was only 24, and her whole future has been taken away from her. It's been taken away from her children too, they'll never get over losing their Mum.

And I'll never get over losing my baby girl. She will be in my heart forever, locked away where no one can ever hurt her again.

Somebody, somewhere MUST know what happened to Lateesha. Someone saw what happened that night, knows where she is, overheard a conversation. I can understand you being too scared to come forward but what if this was your daughter, your sister, your wife, your girlfriend, your Mum? Walk a mile in my shoes and feel my pain. All I want is to lay my girl down to rest, to bring her home. One anonymous phone call, saying where she is, no one will ever know that you called. We just need to find her, please.

If you have any information to give please call Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000. You do NOT have to give your name or any details, just provide that one bit of information that will end the nightmare for us all.

'Strangler' goes bush as six kids lose two mums
By John Kidman Police ReporterAugust 21, 2005The Sun-Herald
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Police have launched a statewide hunt for a man whom they believe has murdered one woman and may have vital information about another who is missing, presumed dead.
Malcolm John Naden is thought to have gone bush after disappearing in the state's west two months ago.
Homicide detectives have spent weeks searching sheds and abandoned farmhouses for the 31-year-old fugitive, but their efforts have proved fruitless. They have now publicly named Naden as a key suspect in the strangulation killing of 24-year-old Kristy Scholes, a mother of two from Dubbo, on June 23.
Police have also described him as someone they believe could help with their investigation into the whereabouts of 24-year-old mother of four Lateesha Nolan, who vanished from the same Dubbo address in January.
Naden is a cousin of the two women and was a long-term resident of the house.
"There are so many people who have been affected, not in the least six little kids under the age of six, who have lost two mums," the women's uncle Ted Lancaster said."It's been just horrendous.
"Kristy's children have at least had a funeral service to attend and a place to go and visit their mummy.
"But Lateesha's little ones are still asking where she is, whether she still loves them and if they can go and look for her.
"This is what we're going through and it is absolutely horrible. It's been one long nightmare."
A week before Ms Scholes's death, she and her two children moved into the East Dubbo home of her partner's grandparents while their own home was being repainted.
Homicide squad Detective Sergeant Shane Conant said her four-year-old daughter, Libby, was found wandering in the front yard of the house, having escaped through a window, on June 22.
Relatives searched immediately but Ms Scholes's body was not found until the following morning, when police entered Naden's bedroom.
Sergeant Conant said Ms Nolan vanished after leaving her two youngest children, 19-month-old Shaqkaila and three-year-old Jayden, with their grandmother Florence Nolan on January 4.
Naden is Aboriginal, 177 centimetres tall, weighs 85 kilograms and is of medium build. He has an olive complexion, brown eyes, a shaved head and possibly a moustache and/or beard.

Check farm sheds for wanted man: police
17:57 AEST Mon Aug 22 2005
AAP
Police are asking farmers in NSW's central west to check shearing and farm sheds and old homesteads for signs of a man sought over the death and disappearance of two women.
Detectives believe that expert bushman Malcolm John Naden may be hiding out in the Dubbo area after disappearing following the death of his cousin, 24-year-old mother of two Kristy Scholes.
Ms Scholes's body was found in Naden's bedroom at his grandmother's house at West Dubbo on June 22.
"We know he's out there somewhere. We just don't know where," Acting Detective Sergeant Shane Conant said.
"We're encouraging people to check old sheds, shearing sheds and old, unoccupied houses on their property."
Det Sgt Conant said appeals for information on Naden's whereabouts had yielded numerous calls but he refused to be drawn on whether there had been any reported sightings.
"We're getting a lot of info but we still can't find him; we're sifting through the information now," Det Sgt Conant said.
Police launched a statewide search for Naden following the discovery of Ms Scholes's body.
Another cousin, Lateesha Nolan, disappeared from the same house after dropping two of her four children off there on January 4 this year.
Naden, 31, who disappeared on June 20, the same day Ms Scholes went missing, is described as being of Aboriginal appearance, 177cm tall, of medium build, olive complexion, brown eyes, shaved head, and possibly a moustache and beard.
Dubbo police issued a warrant for Naden's arrest over the death of Ms Scholes but senior detectives say they also believe he can assist with inquiries into Ms Nolan's disappearance.

For the past 16 years Malcolm John Naden lived a hermit-like existence in a sparsely furnished bedroom at his grandparents' home in Dubbo. He kept the door bolt locked from the inside.
He would leave his sanctuary through the bedroom window, though in the past year he rarely ventured outside. His reading material included the Bible, encyclopedias and books about bush survival.
The stocky, quiet, 31-year-old unemployed shearer and former skinner and boner at Dubbo abattoir also sketched, but police will not reveal the nature of the drawings they found in his room last July 23.
They had broken into the room that day and found the strangled body of his cousin Kristy Scholes, 24, on the floor beside his single bed. She had been missing for two days and the alarm was raised when one of her two small children was found crying outside the home, in Bumblegumbie Road.
His disappearance and the murder of Ms Scholes, who had been living in the home while her neighbouring house was being painted, has also been linked with the disappearance last January of another cousin of Mr Naden, Lateesha Nolan, 24.
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Ms Nolan was last seen at 9pm on January 4, when she dropped off two of her four children at the same house. The next night her blue 1996 Ford Falcon station wagon was found in a car park in the town centre, four kilometres away.
Homicide squad detectives yesterday made a statewide appeal for information on Mr Naden's whereabouts.
The head of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Bryne Ruse, said police believed Mr Naden had fled to another town, to Sydney or had taken to living off the land with his knowledge of bush skills.
Sergeant Ruse said police also wanted to speak to Mr Naden about the disappearance of Ms Nolan.
The issuing of a warrant for Mr Naden's arrest means there are now two large but unrelated manhunts under way in rural NSW.
In the north-west of the state, police are searching for the killer of a farm manager near Warialda last Wednesday.
Queensland police have joined the investigation into the murder of Nigel Pettet, 31, at a property he managed. His Toyota Landcruiser utility was last seen in the Queensland town of Warwick. Police have not revealed how or why he was killed.
Anyone with information on Ms Nolan's disappearance and the murders of Ms Scholes and Mr Pettet are asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Week highlights missing persons (Google rank 4) ... but many local residents, including Amber Haige from the Young district,Bathurst's Jessica Small and Lateesha Nolan from Dubbo, are still missing. ... http://abc.net.au/news/items/200508/1426791.htm?centralwest - cached LATEESHA,S DAD MICK

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Strike force detectives appeal for information after woman\'s death - Dubbo
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8 July 2005Strike force detectives investigating the death of a woman at Dubbo last month are appealing for help to locate a man who they believe might be able to assist with inquiries.Police found the body of Kristy Scholes, 24, inside a house in Bumblegumbie Road, Dubbo, in the early hours of the morning on Thursday 23 June.Ms Scholes\' death is being treated as suspicious.Strike Force Durkin has been set up to investigate Ms Scholes\' death and comprises detectives from the State Crime Command\'s Homicide Squad and Orana Local Area Command.Detectives would like to speak with 31-year-old Malcolm Naden, who police believe might be able to assist with their inquiries into Ms Scholes\' death.The Dubbo man has not been seen since Monday 20 June 2005 and there are concerns for his welfare.He is described as being of Aboriginal appearance, 177cm tall, 85kg, with a medium build, olive complexion, brown eyes, shaved head and possibly a moustache and/or beard.Anybody who might know the whereabouts of Mr Naden, or who has any information regarding Ms Scholes\' death, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

enough is enough

Clearly, crime is a global problem, affecting rich and poor, black and white and developed and developing countries. A rich literature exists on the underlying causes, and we have had a flavor of these in this space, centering around poverty, inequality, unemployment, and lack of social capital. Unemployed youth tend to be associated with crime in many instances, often having links with the drug trade,preventive crime measures, such as school programs, counseling, rehabilitation centers and all the other things that we know are needed to curb the influx of crime.This being said, for youth, formal education and learning from their families and communities is also important in created values of earning a living through hardwork, respect of the law etc. All in all, positive approaches would better sustain low crime than negative approaches because criminals are able to outsmart crime preventive measures. Besides, criminals are not stopped by punishment -- that is why we see criminals serving jail time again and again. Grave fears are also held for my daughter a mother-of-four Lateesha Nolan, who has been missing since January 4. then Police found the body of Kristy Scholes who has been found dead in the same house where my daughter had last been seen i ask my self who will be next what we need is the community to really pull together and say enough is enough myself i would love to find those responsible and im sure there is a lot of people there that would to. There has got to be someone that knows or have heard something doesn,t matter how small the information is the trouble is people are saying they dont want to get involved they can be anonymous ,so if any one does they can ring Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. before this happens to one of your own

if any one has any ideas please email me to post in here .if you have any persumptions let me know, we need to get this around on the web and in the media  

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mick Mum's death 'suspicious'INGRID BOWNTuesday, 28 June 2005Police yesterday confirmed they were treating as suspicious the death of young mother Kristy Scholes - a close relative of missing Dubbo woman Lateesha Nolan.
Ms Scholes, 24, was reported missing about 10pm last Wednesday after not being seen for at least a day.
Police found her body in a locked spare bedroom of a home she had been house-sitting - a home which belonged to the grandmother of Lateesha Nolan and was the location she was last seen on January 4.
The house was next door to Ms Scholes' own home in Bunglegumbie Road, West Dubbo.
Her cause of death could not be established, although police said she was surrounded by a number of items including pillows and blankets, and they had been waiting on the results of an autopsy performed on Friday afternoon.


Although unable to release exact details of the autopsy, Orana crime manager Detective Inspector Mick Willing said the death was now being treated as suspicious and Strikeforce Durkin had been set up to investigate.
He said the investigation would take into account Ms Scholes' relationship with Ms Nolan - who was the cousin of her defacto partner - but any connection between the disappearance and the death was "purely speculative" at this stage.
He said "common sense" would suggest the two should be looked at together.
Inspector Willing said a number of people had already been interviewed and more were yet to be interviewed. This included family members who had been in Sydney.
He said Ms Scholes' children - a three-year-old boy and four-year-old girl - had been interviewed using specialist police.
It is believed they were in the house while their mother was dead in another room and that a number of other people were also at the home during the day looking after them. However, it appeared nobody realised she was behind the locked door.
A friend had spoken to Ms Scholes by phone earlier in the week - the last contact she is known to have had - and the same woman reported her missing, police said.
Lateesha Nolan, a 24-year-old mother of four, was last seen at the same Bunglegumbie Road house about 9.30pm on January 4.
She told her relatives she would be "back in a sec", leaving her wallet and cigarettes at the house.
But she never returned and her blue Ford Falcon station wagon was found abandoned the following afternoon at a parking bay beside the Macquarie River.
Police are seeking any information on Ms Scholes' movements from Monday June 20 onwards.
Anyone with information should contact Dubbo police station on 6881 3222.

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my daughter a 24-year-old mother of four was last seen at her grandmother's home in Bunglegumbie Road dubbo nsw australia about 9.30pm on January 4.
Her abandoned 1996 blue Ford Falcon station wagon was found at the car park near the Tamworth Street footbridge about 5.30pm the following day. Ms Nolan's disappearance was unusual considering her close family ties and the fact she has four young children: "It doesn't make a lot of sense."Lateesha Jane Nolan left her grandmothers house saying she would be right back, but has not been seen since. The 24-year-old's blue station wagon was found the next day abandoned on the other side of town near the Macquarie River. Aerial and extensive searches of the river have found no sign of Ms Nolan. her famliy hold grave concerns for the safety of the mother of four."It's completely out of character for her to be away from her kids for any length or period of time," any information email me at coastmick21@hotmail.com
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