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Photo: Malcolm Naden has been on the run since 2005. (AAP: NSW Police Media)

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Police in New South Wales are out in large numbers tonight as the hunt for one of the state's most wanted men continues.

Malcolm Naden, 38, has been on the run for six years and is most recently suspected of shooting a senior constable.
He is wanted for the 2005 murder of his cousin near Dubbo in the state's west and for questioning in relation to the disappearance of another woman earlier that year.
Acting Deputy Commissioner David Hudson says a tip-off about his whereabouts led police to a campsite in rugged terrain near Tamworth in the state's north this morning.
An officer attached to a specialist unit was shot in the shoulder by a single shot fired by an unseen gunman, believed to be Naden.
The 33-year-old officer was transferred to John Hunter Hospital at Newcastle but was later released.
Mr Hudson says Naden is constantly on the move.
"He is very well skilled at bushcraft. He is obviously very well skilled at surviving in rugged terrain and surviving off the land," he said.
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says anyone who spots Naden should not approach him.
"He is armed and he is dangerous," Mr Scipione told reporters in Sydney.
"If he was cornered I am sure that he would be violent, so we are again repeating do not try and confront him, call triple-0, let the police do their job.
"I need to reassure the public we are there in big numbers and we are able to deal with this offender."
Earlier this year the State Government increased the reward for information leading to Naden's capture to $100,000.

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First posted December 07, 2011 15:47:38

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DOUBLE murderer Malcolm Naden was ready to shoot it out with police rather than be captured alive after seven years on the run.

As police closed in on the state's most wanted man yesterday, he opened fire, hitting an officer in the shoulder.
"We know what he is willing to do," Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
Dozens of specialist police thought they had cornered Naden at a campsite in dense bushland near Nowendoc, east of Tamworth, about 7am.
"Police were converging from a number of angles when they were fired upon," acting Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Hudson said.
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A POLICE officer has been shot in a sniper attack possibly carried out by the State's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, early today.

Only one shot was fired, and police did not return fire as it was impossible to know where the shot had come from.
"His propensity for violence against police is well known but we are confident of getting him," Mr Hudson said.
The injured officer, 33, from the State Protection Group, was flown to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery.

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A BUNDABERG dad has spoken of his relief after learning New South Wales police have narrowed in on the man believed to be involved in his daughter's disappearance nearly seven years ago.
Mick Peet received the news after an incident yesterday in dense bushland near Nowendoc, east of Tamworth, where wanted man Malcolm John Naden, now 38, was suspected of shooting a police officer in the shoulder.
Mr Peet's daughter, Lateesha Nolan was last seen in Dubbo in 2005 and Naden, her cousin, has been on the run ever since.
"I am so relieved," he said.
Less than 24 hours before the northern NSW manhunt, Mr Peet had been up until 2am yesterday, sending out messages to his thousands of contacts, pleading with them for information about his daughter's disappearance.
"I sent 5800 messages out to see if anyone had any information about the whereabouts of Malcolm Naden," he said.
"And then, all of a sudden, this happened yesterday."
A NSW Police spokeswoman said recent inquiries had revealed Naden could have been camping in the bushland.
When officers closed in on the campsite at 7am, a shot was fired, injuring an officer.
Mr Peet said Naden was believed to have been living in the roof of a building before moving into the bush.
"He can hide in the building for six months - imagine how well he could hide in the scrub," he said.
The devoted dad is hoping this latest development will bring him the closure he has been waiting for, for the past seven years.
"I don't want (Naden) injured," Mr Peet said.
"I want him to be able to tell me what happened to Lateesha.
"Lateesha had four kids of her own and they really want to know what happened to their mum."
Mr Peet believes Naden will not be caught unless members of the Australian Army are called in.
"I always wanted the army to get involved - this is the only way to catch this fella," he said.
Naden has a $100,000 reward for his capture, with warrants out for his arrest for the murder of 24-year-old Kristy Scholes, and an aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl.
Mr Peet fears his daughter has suffered the same fate as Ms Scholes.
"When they found Kristy, I just knew straight away that Lateesha was gone as well," he said.

 

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A NSW police officer involved in the hunt for alleged murderer Malcolm Naden has been shot by a sniper in bushland east of Tamworth.

The 32-year-old officer was shot by a sniper during an altercation, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The Daily Telegraph also reports the Army is believed to have been called in to aid police in their search.
The officer, who was hit in the shoulder, is in a stable condition in John Hunter Hospital, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Police had been searching for Naden in the area around Nowendoc, east of Tamworth.
The former abattoir worker and alleged murderer has been one of NSW's most wanted men since 2005.
Police revealed in February this year that Naden was believed to be hiding out in wild bushland on the state's mid-north coast.
At the same time the reward for information leading to his capture was doubled to $100,000.
Naden, 37, is alleged to have murdered Kristy Scholes, a 24-year-old mother of two in Dubbo on June 21 or 22, 2005.
Ms Scholes was found dead in her home in Dubbo.
Naden is also a suspect in the disappearance of his cousin Laches Nolan and the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl in Dubbo in May 2004.

Sun herard Police officer shot in sniper attack by New South Wales' most wanted man Malcolm Naden

A POLICE officer has been shot in a sniper attack possibly carried out by New South Wales most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, early today.
A 32-year-old male officer suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, when he was shot at during an altercation in bush east of Tamworth, this morning.
Paramedics rushed to injured officer to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital, where is in a stable condition.
Naden has been on the run since June 2005, when police found the strangled body of his cousin, Kristy Scholes, in his bedroom at his grandparents' Dubbo home.
He had lived there since Year 7 after falling out with his parents. It was also home to Kristy and her two children.

The army are believed to have been called in to aid police in their search.
Police believe Naden is also involved in the disappearance of another cousin, Lateesha Nolan, 24, last seen after dropping her four children at her grandmother's house in Dubbo in January 2005.
A loner, Naden is a former shearer who worked as a skinner and boner at Dubbo abattoir.
He became obsessed with religion, believing the end of the world was near and only left his home in secret.
NSW's most wanted may be hiding in caves
Naden first surfaced in late December 2005, spotted at Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo.
With the 300ha zoo in lock down, police believed he may have been living in a roof, slaughtering kangaroos for food.
Carcasses were found, carefully butchered.
His bushman's skills kept him under the police radar despite having Homicide Squad detectives on his tail.
In 2007 he left his fingerprint in a break and enter on a home at Stewarts Brook in the Barrington Tops area.
But Naden slipped the police net and did not surface again for two years, this time at the hamlet of Bellbrook, inland from Kempsey.
Locals who had no idea he was a wanted man, had stood next to him in the local hotel. Then, wearing a mask and camouflage gear, he terrified a woman when he broke into her house. Again, he was identified by his fingerprints, sparking a huge manhunt. Again he eluded police.

Last  year, a couple with a weekender in Barrington Tops reported a break-in and a shotgun stolen.

Public warned after officer shot during hunt for Malcolm Naden MICHELLE HARRIS AND ALISON BRANLEY 07 Dec, 2011 04:57 PM newcastle herald

Public warned after officer shot during hunt for Malcolm Naden

MICHELLE HARRIS AND ALISON BRANLEY

07 Dec, 2011 04:57 PM

POLICE Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned the public to stay away from the state's most-wanted man Malcom Naden, who is believed to have shot a police officer in the shoulder during an attempted raid on his remote campsite this morning.The 33 year-old senior constable attached to the state protection group was shot in the right shoulder as police approached a campsite in dense bushland in the Nowendoc area, east of Tamworth. The officer was taken to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition and was a released a short time ago, Mr Scipione said this afternoon.
"I can indicate that after speaking to the officer whilst he was heavily sedated he was in very good spirits and understood that he was very, very fortunate," he said.
Mr Scipione said people in the area should be vigilant and call triple-0 if they believed they had seen Naden or anything suspicious.
"This offender is armed and he is dangerous, he is not the sort of person that we would want anyone in the community to engage, call us," he said.
"We have a lot of police in and around this specific area.
"I can indicate that if he was cornered I am sure he would be violent."
Acting deputy commissioner David Hudson said police had been involved in a search of the area for the past few days and were approaching the campsite in rough terrain when the shot was fired. Police did not return fire and did not see the offender but believed it was Naden.
"All indications are that he's travelling on foot at this stage," he said.
Naden is suspected of being involved in the disappearance of his cousin Lateesha Nolan in early 2005, and the murder of Kristy Scholes about six months later.
There is a $100,000 bounty on his head.
He is an expert bushman and former abattoir worker and evaded police capture at Dubbo Zoo in 2005.
He is suspected of breaking into more than 20 isolated properties across the Barrington Tops looking for non-perishable food, camping gear, torches and guns.

The reward for Naden’s arrest is effectively the first bounty granted by the State government since 1900.

Police officer shot during hunt for Malcolm Naden ALISON BRANLEY 07 Dec, 2011 03:23 PM

Police officer shot during hunt for Malcolm Naden

ALISON BRANLEY

07 Dec, 2011 03:23 PM

A police officer has been shot during an operation this morning to find the state’s most wanted man, Malcolm Naden.The officer is in a stable condition at John Hunter Hospital with a shoulder wound.
He was injured during an operation east of Tamworth this this morning to find Naden.
Police are expected to address the media about the incident later this afternoon.
The officer was shot during the search for Naden east of Tamworth in the Nowendoc area.
NSW Police Force Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Acting Deputy Commissioner David Hudson will attend the conference.
The Newcastle Herald has reported numerous times Naden was thought to be hiding in the Barrington area.
Naden is suspected of being involved in the disappearance of his cousin Lateesha Nolan in early 2005, and the murder of Kristy Scholes about six months later.
There is a $100,000 bounty on his head.
He is an expert bushman and former abattoir worker and evaded police capture at Dubbo Zoo in 2005.
He is suspected of breaking into more than 20 isolated properties across the Barrington Tops looking for non-perishable food, camping gear, torches and guns.

The reward for Naden’s arrest is effectively the first bounty granted by the State government since 1900.

Policeman shot during search for Malcolm Naden ALICIA WOOD 07 Dec, 2011 03:27 PM

 Policeman shot during search for Malcolm Naden
ALICIA WOOD
07 Dec, 2011 03:27 PM
A police officer has been shot during a search for Malcolm Naden, one of the state's most wanted criminals.

The officer, who is part of a "specialist unit" according to a police spokeswoman, was shot in the shoulder and is in a stable condition at John Hunter Hospital.

The search for Naden was taking place in the Nowendoc area, east of Tamworth.


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Naden, 37, an abattoir worker and alleged murderer has evaded police since 2005.

Six years ago a reported sighting of Naden in Taronga Western Plains Zoo saw 60 police and a helicopter descend on facility but Naden evaded authorities.

Four years later, with sightings in between, police reportedly found his fingerprints in the one cop town of Bellbrook 50kms west of Kempsey.

Last year reports came through that Naden might be hiding in the rugged Barrington Tops, part of the Hunter Valley.

So dense is bushland in the Barrington Tops that the wreckage of a Cessna aircraft, which crashed there in 1981, has never been found.

NSW Police Force Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Acting Deputy Commissioner David Hudson will brief the media on the search for Mr Naden in the Nowendoc area, east of Tamworth.

Information about the media conference will be in the Daily Liberal tomorrow.
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Police officer shot in sniper attack by New South Wales' most wanted man Malcolm Naden By Clementine Cuneo and Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph December 07, 2011 3:47PM

Police officer shot in sniper attack by New South Wales' most wanted man Malcolm Naden

By Clementine Cuneo and Mark Morri
The Daily Telegraph
December 07, 2011 3:47PM

A POLICE officer has been shot in a sniper attack possibly carried out by the State's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, early today.

A 32-year-old male officer suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, when he was shot at during an altercation in bush east of Tamworth, this morning.

Paramedics rushed to injured officer to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital, where is in a stable condition.

Naden has been on the run since June 2005 when police found the strangled body of his cousin, Kristy Scholes, in his bedroom at his grandparents' Dubbo home.

He had lived there since Year 7 after falling out with his parents. It was also home to Kristy and her two children.

The Army are believed to have been called in to aid Police in their search.

Police believe Naden is also involved in the disappearance of another cousin, Lateesha Nolan, 24, last seen after dropping her four children at her grandmother's house in Dubbo in January 2005.

A loner, Naden is a former shearer who worked as a skinner and boner at Dubbo abattoir. He became obsessed with religion, believing the end of the world was near and only left his home in secret.

NSW's most wanted may be hiding in caves

Naden first surfaced in late December 2005, spotted at Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo.

With the 300ha zoo in lockdown, police believed he may have been living in a roof, slaughtering kangaroos for food. Carcasses were found, carefully butchered.

His bushman's skills kept him under the police radar despite having Homicide Squad detectives on his tail.

In 2007 he left his fingerprint in a break and enter on a home at Stewarts Brook in the Barrington Tops area.

But Naden slipped the police net and did not surface again for two years, this time at the hamlet of Bellbrook, inland from Kempsey.

Locals who had no idea he was a wanted man, had stood next to him in the local hotel. Then, wearing a mask and camouflage gear, he terrified a woman when he broke into her house. Again, he was identified by his fingerprints, sparking a huge manhunt. Again he eluded police.

Last year, a couple with a weekender in Barrington Tops reported a break-in and a shotgun stolen.

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Pain of missing woman still felt

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WHEN someone goes missing, more than one person is lost – that is the slogan for National Missing Persons Week and it is also Bundaberg man Mick Peet’s life.

Six years ago, Mr Peet’s daughter Lateesha Nolan went missing and every day since, he has wondered what became of her.

Lateesha went missing in January 2005 and her father said each day since had been a struggle for him and his family.

“It’s the worst feeling to have someone you love missing,” Mr Peet said.

“It’s a terrible feeling ... I think about it day and night.”

Ms Nolan, who would be 31 this year, was last seen in Dubbo.

Malcolm John Naden, who has been on the run since 2005, is wanted for the murder of Kristy Scholes who died on the same day of Ms Nolan’s disappearance.

Ms Scholes and Ms Nolan, both young mothers, were close friends.

“Until Malcolm Naden is found, I won’t have any answers,” Mr Peet said. “I’ve got a missing person and I know I’ll never see her again.”

Naden, who is one of the most wanted people in New South Wales, is believed to be living in the dense bushland of Barrington Tops.

Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of the accused murderer.

There have been rare sightings of Naden and his fingerprints have been found at scenes of break-ins in the past.

“You never stop thinking about your missing child,” Mr Peet said.

“I just want to know what happened.

“I’ll never stop looking for her.”

This week is National Missing Persons Week and Mr Peet encouraged people to pay close attention to missing person posters.

“The number of people out there missing is surprising,” he said.

“Until it’s someone you love, you can’t imagine how it feels.”

About 35,000 people go missing every year – that is one person every 15 minutes.

Almost 95% of missing persons are found within a week but there are currently 1600 long-term missing persons in Australia.

“That’s a lot of people left wondering,” Mr Peet said.

Mick Peet will never give up the search for his lost daughter Lateesha. Mick and his wife Jen are expecting another child which if it’s a girl will be named after his lost daughter.

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Time to send in army, urges grieving father PATRICK BILLINGS 16 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM

Time to send in army, urges grieving father
PATRICK BILLINGS
16 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM
The army should be brought in to capture suspected double murderer Dubbo’s Malcolm Naden, reported to be hiding in dense scrub in the state’s northeast.

That’s the call from Mick Peet whose daughter Lateesha Nolan, Naden’s cousin, went missing in 2005 from Dubbo and has not been seen since.

Naden, 37, a former abattoir worker, is wanted in connection to then 24-year-old mother’s disappearance.

Police also want Naden in relation to the murder of Kristy Scholes who was discovered strangled in his bedroom about six months after Lateesha vanished.

Also a 24-year-old mother, Kristy had been going out with Naden’s cousin when she was killed.

Mr Peet keeps a vigil-like presence on the internet in the hope of finding information about Naden’s whereabouts.

He is circumspect about the search being put in for one NSW’s most wanted fugitives.

Naden’s listing on the NSW Police website under “most wanted” comes with few details - his birth date, what he his wanted for and the reward (doubled to $100,000 in February) on offer for his capture.

There is no mention of where he his from, where he was last seen and on what date. Even the photo of Naden is outdated and unlikely to match his current appearance Mr Peet said.

“I’m thinking if it was one of the politicians’ daughters would it be the same?” he said.

“I’ve spent six years in limbo.”

Six years ago a reported sighting of Naden in Taronga Western Plains Zoo saw 60 police and a helicopter descend on facility but Naden evaded authorities.

Four years later, with sightings in between, police reportedly found his fingerprints in the one cop town of Bellbrook 50kms west of Kempsey.

Last year reports came through that Naden might be hiding in the rugged Barrington Tops, part of the Hunter Valley.

So dense is bushland in the Barrington Tops that the wreckage of a Cessna aircraft, which crashed there in 1981, has never been found.

“They’ll never find him unless they bring in somebody to help, he’s too cunning,” Mr Peet said“If you can hide in suburbia (without being caught) it makes it real easy in the scrub.

“I can’t stop thinking about how the army could be brought in.”

The hunt for Naden was given a political bump last year when the then opposition police spokesman Mike Gallagher raised it in parliament.

Mr Gallagher was also reported as saying the reward money for Naden should be increased to $200,000 and berated the then police minister Michael Daley for failing to bring Naden in.

Mr Peet said he had not heard from Mr Gallagher since he became police minister earlier in the year after the Coalition took office.

However Mr Peet dismisses suggestions that Naden’s capture was a just a head line grabber for Mr Gallagher while in opposition.

“I don’t want to believe that. I’m hoping he’ll keep his word and keep on the job,” Mr Peet said.

Earlier in the week it was reported that fresh finger print matches of Naden were found at break-ins near Kempsey.

Fingerprints latest clue in search for Malcolm Naden

Fingerprints latest clue in search for Malcolm Naden
12 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM
Suspected double murderer Malcolm Naden has police on high alert after fresh fingerprint matches were made.

Naden, from Dubbo, is wanted in relation to his cousin Lateesha Nolan’s disappearance in 2005 and the murder of Kristy Scholes about six months later.

He is also wanted on indecent assault charges. Naden is believed to be hiding along a long strip of remote bushland, hopping between well-hidden campsites, and breaking in to up to 20 homes, the Newcastle Herald reported. Police are on high alert for any reports of break-ins at remote properties from Barrington Tops to Kempsey.

The latest break-ins linked to Naden occurred west of Kempsey in April.

It follows the Newcastle Herald revealing last year that Naden, an expert bushman and former Dubbo abattoir worker, was responsible for more than 20 burglaries of remote farmhouses east and north of the Barrington Tops.

Police remain nervous about Naden’s movements through the Hunter, with four patrol cars racing to a remote property at Wards River, near Gloucester, on Thursday after a resident suspected someone was in his roof.

The resident had returned home to find a manhole open and raised the alarm.

According to the Herald, senior police have publicly suppressed all new leads on Naden with the homicide squad failing in numerous attempts to hunt down the fugitive since he evaded capture near Dubbo’s Western Plains Zoo in 2005.

Earlier this year the reward for information leading to the capture of Naden, one of the state’s most wanted outlaws, was doubled to $100,000.
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Fingerprints match fugitive
BY DAN PROUDMAN CHIEF POLICE REPORTER
11 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM
Fresh fingerprint matches of fugitive Malcolm Naden has placed police on high alert for any reports of break-ins at remote properties from the Barrington Tops to Kempsey.

The state’s most wanted man is believed to be hiding along a long strip of remote bushland, hopping between well-hidden campsites to avoid questioning over the suspected murders of two women in Dubbo more than six years ago.

The latest break-ins linked to Naden occurred west of Kempsey in April.

It follows the Newcastle Herald revealing last year that Naden, an expert bushman and former abattoir worker, was responsible for more than 20 burglaries of remote farmhouses east and north of the Barrington Tops.

But senior police have ordered that all new leads on Naden be kept from the public, with the homicide squad failing in numerous attempts to hunt down the fugitive since he evaded capture near Dubbo’s Western Plains Zoo in 2005.

Police remain nervous about Naden’s movements through the Hunter, with four patrol cars racing to a remote property at Wards River, near Gloucester, on Thursday after a resident suspected someone was in his roof.

The resident had returned home to find a manhole open and raised the alarm.

Police did not find anything, but the fact that four cars travelled more than an hour to get to the scene suggests how important senior police regard his arrest.

Naden is suspected of being involved in the disappearance of his cousin Lateesha Nolan in early 2005, and the murder of Kristy Scholes about six months later.

Investigations continue into sightings - Local News - News - General - Daily Liberal

Investigations continue into sightings
02 Mar, 2011 04:00 AM
The search for Australia’s most wanted man Malcolm Naden continues.

Macquarie Local Area Command Acting Inspector Peter Neville confirmed officers were involved in an search operation on a remote property west of Port Macquarie on the weekend.

“Police conducted a search operation looking for an Aboriginal man wanted in connection to stealing offences out our way,” he said.

“Investigations into the matter are continuing.”

Two possible sightings of Malcolm Naden were made last Wednesday in Birdwood, 77km west of Port Macquarie by a woman and her grandson.

Inspector Neville said the thought that the man involved in their manhunt was Naden is “purely speculation”.

Naden, who would now be 37, is wanted by police in relation to the death of 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes in Dubbo and the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl in 2004.

Naden is a suspect in the disappearance of Lateesha Nolan who was last seen on January 4, 2005.

Naden is 177cm tall, 85kg with medium build, brown eyes, a shaved head and possibly a moustache or beard.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Information can be given anonymously.


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If it's purely speculation, then on what basis can you - the Liberal - claim it to be Naden? Where have your standards gone? Something's changed.
Posted by standards, 2/03/2011 9:54:10 AM, on Dubbo Daily Liberal
@Standards...What claim? It is only a report as given to them. Only changes I see are good ones.

Posted by Bush Bunny, 2/03/2011 11:57:09 AM, on Dubbo Daily Liberal
Pfft. Explain to me where in the quotes from the cops they say it's Naden. That it's possible Naden comes from the DL, and no where else. Where did they find that info?

It's not clear. It's not explained. So are we supposed to assume they're correct just because they say they are?
Posted by standards, 2/03/2011 4:27:02 PM, on Dubbo Daily Liberal
Just in case you failed to read more than the frst three lines:

Inspector Neville said the thought that the man involved in their manhunt was Naden is “purely speculation”.

No story.
Posted by standards, 2/03/2011 4:43:49 PM, on Dubbo Daily Liberal
@ Standards. So then I take it you dont wish to be informed or kept up to date with a subject that is very much of interest to people here. It might be a no story to you but please note that the Daily Liberal have wisely used the words "possible" and "speculation'.
Posted by Bush Bunny, 2/03/2011 7:34:29 PM, on Dubbo Daily Liberal
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Local search for state's most wanted man
02 Mar, 2011 11:59 PM
HEAVILY armed police are involved in the manhunt for one of the state's most wanted men, Malcolm Naden.

Police received a possible sighting of the fugitive at Birdwood last Wednesday and police converged on the area immediatley.

Police have confirmed they were looking for a man seen on a remote property, believed to be Naden.

The State government last week doubled its reward for Naden, who would now be aged 37 years.

He is wanted by police in relation to warrants issued in 2005 for murder and aggravated indecent assault of a child.

He is alleged to have murdered Kristy Scholes, a 24 year old mother-of-two in Dubbo, in the state's central west, on June 21 or 22, 2005.

Naden is a suspect in the disappearance of his cousin Lateesha Nolan, who was last seen on January 4, 2005.

The fugitive also is wanted for the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl in Dubbo between May 12 and 15, 2004.

The ex-abattoir worker and experienced bushman was last year suspected to be living in dense bush near Curricabark, about 200km south-west of Port Macquarie.

In January 2009, Naden surfaced west of Wauchope.

Announcing the doubling of the reward, NSW Police Minister Michael Daley said Naden was "an alleged murderer and child molester - and he should face a jury of his peers."

Naden is 177 centimetres tall, 85 kilograms, with medium build, brown eyes, shaved head and possibly a moustache and or beard.

Police yesterday confirmed a number of officers were involved in the operation conducted by the Mid North Coast Local Area Command.

A number of items have been seized and taken for forensic investigation.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Information can be given anonymously.
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ASHLEA MAHER
01 Mar, 2011 04:00 AM
A police manhunt after two possible sightings of a man believed to be Malcolm Naden has renewed hope that the state’s most wanted man will face the courts.

Naden was believed to be spotted last Wednesday in Birdwood, 77 kilometres west of Port Macquarie by a woman and her grandson.

He is said to have been sitting on the edge of a bridge, stood up and waved when the eyewitnesses drove past.

A police spokesperson yesterday confirmed a number of officers were involved in the operation conducted by the Mid North Coast Local Area Command on a remote property west of Port Macquarie.

A number of items have been seized and taken for forensic investigation.

Naden, who would now be 37, is wanted by police in relation to the death of 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes in Dubbo in 2005 and the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl in 2004.

Naden is a suspect in the disappearance of Lateesha Nolan who was last seen on January 4, 2005.

It was previously thought that Naden was hiding out in Barrington Tops and was previously sighted in the area.

Last month the reward for information assisting in his capture was doubled to $100,000.

NSW Police Minister Michael Daley described Naden as “an alleged murderer and child molester” who “should face a jury of his peers” at the time.

The report has given fresh hope to Ms Nolan’s father Mick Peet, saying everyone affected by Naden needs answers.

Mr Peet has been dedicated to finding his daughter for six years with her disappearance has never strayed far from his thoughts.

“Any leads are good ... everybody’s got their fingers crossed he gets caught,” he said.

Mr Peet spent the day getting in touch with local community and emergency rescue groups in the area to alert them to the news, saying that increasing exposure is the key to getting the word out to as many people as possible.

“With the raised reward and attention following the sightings will hopefully bring us closer to Naden’s capture,” he said.

In 2009, the ex-abattoir worker and experienced bushman surfaced west of Wauchope and in 2008 was thought to be living in Taronga Western Plains Zoo.

He was reportedly wearing a black jumper, blue jeans, white joggers and had a bald head. Naden is 177 centimetres tall, 85 kilograms with medium build, brown eyes, shaved head and possibly a moustache and or beard.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1800 333 000 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

Information can be given anonymously.
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Michael Daley
Minister for Police

NSW Government Doubles Bounty Reward for Malcolm Naden
Saturday 19th February 2011
Minister for Police Michael Daley today announced the State Government would double the reward on offer for information leading to the capture of Malcolm Naden.
The NSW Government has increased the $50,000 originally offered in 2007 to $100,000.
Mr Daley said Naden, who would now be 37 years old, is wanted by police in respect of warrants issued in 2005 for murder and aggravated indecent assault of a child .
Naden is alleged to have murdered Kristy Scholes, a 24 year old mother-of-two in Dubbo on the 21st or 22nd of June 2005.
Ms. Scholes was found deceased on June 22, 2005 inside a home in Dubbo. A Post Mortem examiniation revealed she had been strangled.
Mr Daley said it is understood that Naden fled his grandparents home in West Dubbo shortly after Ms Scholes’ alleged murder.
Naden is also a suspect in the disappearance of his cousin Lateesha Nolan, who was last seen at the same house as Kristy after dropping off two of her four children on January 4th 2005.
Naden is also wanted for the alleged aggravated indecent assault of a 15-year-old-girl in Dubbo between the 12th and 15th May 2004.
Mr Daley said he hoped the increased reward would encourage someone to come forward and provide Kristy and Lateesha’s families with the closure they deserved.
“Lateesha has been described by those who knew her as a good mother. It is highly unlikely that she would have abandoned her four children without a word,” he said.
“Together, Kristy and Lateesha left behind six young children – and those kids deserve justice for their mothers.
“Police will never give up on finding Naden. They will not stop investigating sightings, they will not put the file on the shelf.
“I’d ask that anyone who has not contacted police regarding Naden’s whereabouts to come forward immediately.
“He is not a Ned Kelly-like folk hero. He is an alleged murderer and child molestor – and he should face a jury of his peers.”
Naden is 177 centimetres tall, 85 kilograms, with medium build, brown eyes, shaved head and possibly a moustache and/or beard. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 at anytime of day or night. Information can be given anonymously.

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