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This is a really strange case, Sandrine is presumed to have been abducted and has been missing since Friday 13th July 2012.
Where is Sandrine?
DateOctober 11, 2012
Bridie Jabour - Brisbane Times
The last time Sandrine Jourdan was seen she was walking to the end of a friend's driveway in the Sunshine Coast.
Since then she has not accessed her bank accounts, used her phone or wished two of her children a happy birthday.
Her family have launched a desperate search for her, creating a Facebook page, making a YouTube video and her sister, Christine Jourdan, spent $2000 in one month calling every person she could find with a connection to her sister.
Her family has campaigned relentlessly for the 90 days that Sandrine has been missing and her sister is at a loss as to why they have managed a handful of news articles in period when Mrs Baden-Clay and Ms Meagher dominated the headlines of all news outlets.
She is desperate to get her missing sister's story on television news and has called every station she could think of but described one television station in particular as "very rude".
"They turned around to us and said 'well what's so special about her? Please explain what's so special and maybe we'll do a story about her' and when we told them what was going on they said 'no, that's not newsworthy'," Ms Jourdan said.
"When they told us that we said 'you've got to be kidding me' ... two weeks later they ran a story about a dog being reunited in America and I was like 'that's where it could have been put in, just a photo of my sister'.
"I'm not asking you to do a full story, just put up a photo: 'Missing. Hey'."
Sandrine had broken up with her partner the month before she went missing and was staying with friends and family but had secured a new place to live before she disappeared.
"For Sandrine just to go and not tell somebody where she is going is weird and the circumstances to it are just weird too because she was supposed to go with a friend to Motocross and she walked to the end of his driveway and by the time he drove to the end of his driveway she was no longer there," she said.
September 3 came, the 17th birthday of one of her daughters, came and went and she did not get a 'happy birthday' from her mother.
More people became more worried.
Then September 19 came and went and Sandrine's son turned 14 without a phone call, or even a Facebook post, from his mother.
Now everybody connected to her is sick with worry but the family still cannot get the word out. When asked how the children are coping with their mother's disappearance, the answer is surprising.
"They are really upset that we can't get on to televisions to actually get it out there," Ms Jourdan said.
In late August, police renewed appeals for public help to find Sandrine.
The plea came after a thorough search of bushland, in the Caboolture area, was conducted by police and State Emergency Services volunteers but they failed to find her.
She is described as Caucasian in appearance, 164cm tall with a proportionate build with brown hair and brown eyes.
At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a light mauve long sleeve jumper and dark dress pants.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au.
Where is Sandrine?
DateOctober 11, 2012
Bridie Jabour - Brisbane Times
The last time Sandrine Jourdan was seen she was walking to the end of a friend's driveway in the Sunshine Coast.
Since then she has not accessed her bank accounts, used her phone or wished two of her children a happy birthday.
Her family have launched a desperate search for her, creating a Facebook page, making a YouTube video and her sister, Christine Jourdan, spent $2000 in one month calling every person she could find with a connection to her sister.
Her family has campaigned relentlessly for the 90 days that Sandrine has been missing and her sister is at a loss as to why they have managed a handful of news articles in period when Mrs Baden-Clay and Ms Meagher dominated the headlines of all news outlets.
She is desperate to get her missing sister's story on television news and has called every station she could think of but described one television station in particular as "very rude".
"They turned around to us and said 'well what's so special about her? Please explain what's so special and maybe we'll do a story about her' and when we told them what was going on they said 'no, that's not newsworthy'," Ms Jourdan said.
"When they told us that we said 'you've got to be kidding me' ... two weeks later they ran a story about a dog being reunited in America and I was like 'that's where it could have been put in, just a photo of my sister'.
"I'm not asking you to do a full story, just put up a photo: 'Missing. Hey'."
Sandrine had broken up with her partner the month before she went missing and was staying with friends and family but had secured a new place to live before she disappeared.
"For Sandrine just to go and not tell somebody where she is going is weird and the circumstances to it are just weird too because she was supposed to go with a friend to Motocross and she walked to the end of his driveway and by the time he drove to the end of his driveway she was no longer there," she said.
September 3 came, the 17th birthday of one of her daughters, came and went and she did not get a 'happy birthday' from her mother.
More people became more worried.
Then September 19 came and went and Sandrine's son turned 14 without a phone call, or even a Facebook post, from his mother.
Now everybody connected to her is sick with worry but the family still cannot get the word out. When asked how the children are coping with their mother's disappearance, the answer is surprising.
"They are really upset that we can't get on to televisions to actually get it out there," Ms Jourdan said.
In late August, police renewed appeals for public help to find Sandrine.
The plea came after a thorough search of bushland, in the Caboolture area, was conducted by police and State Emergency Services volunteers but they failed to find her.
She is described as Caucasian in appearance, 164cm tall with a proportionate build with brown hair and brown eyes.
At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a light mauve long sleeve jumper and dark dress pants.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au.
imho
