Missing Children Day
Published by deviousdiva May 28th, 2008 in Alex Meshivili.I am so sorry. I completely missed the fact that May 25th was International Day for Missing Children.
From Missing Kids Greece
The day reminds everyone around the world that the thousands of children missing have not been forgotten and that we, as a community, part of the global village will continue to search for them. May 25th however, also sends a message of hope. Hope that with everyone’s help, our missing children will find their way home
I want to remind you about Alex Meshivilli. He has been missing since February 2, 2006.
His mum Natela has never given up hope of finding the truth about what happened to her son and she is working courageously to raise awareness about missing children and about the Amber Alert system that has been introduced here. She blogs at Find Alex (in Greek with some English)
A mysterious disappearance from the central street of the town at 7 o’clock in the evening.
5 juveniles confess to murder.
3 subsequently retract their confession.
2 continue to confess to murder and also implicate 3 adults who helped them.
Despite all this, the police are incapable of solving the case, while at the same time they obstinately refuse to search for the body of our son.
All this is happening in a country which is a member of the E.U.!
Welcome to Wonderland!
Please drop by and leave a message for her in Greek or English (or any language) to say that her son is not forgotten.
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I have been lurking here for two years or more and I have never left a comment. Thank you for reminding me about Alex. I remember when I first read about him here.
Keep up the good work Diva. Keep reminding us about what matters.
I don’t have a blog so I can’t leave a comment at the find alex blog. I hope they read here.
“I hope you find the truth and that you find peace “
Diva and all others in Athens. A friend of ours in Kypseli has said that children have been abducted from the Mall, and more scary is that in one case (in Kypseli) a child was playing right in front of the mother, and a motorcycle drove right up to the child and the passenger on the back of the motorcycle scooped up the child and drove off. I cannot verify this but our friend is a reliable person, and it certainly has made me much more cautious with my own child.
Unfortunately you can never be too careful these days, George.But if something like that had really happened the press would be all over it.
Most probably an urban myth that your friend heard from another friend, who had heard it from another friend etc, etc.
But as i said above being more conscious with your child is definitely a good thing.
Relying on the press to protect your interests is like relying on the Devil to put in a good word for you.
Northener, I thought the same thing initially. I’m a big fan of not believing in urban legends etc, but when I floated this suggestion to my wife and our friend, I received an angry “YES IT DID HAPPEN”, so although your advice is just as good, I’m not 100% convinced it did not happen.
And Xenos does have a point. The Greek media will pick up a story that it thinks will get ratings, but what criteria they use is another thing.
I never said anyone should rely on the press to protect his interests.Quite the contrary.
Their criteria?They would never miss an opportunity to terrorise people.And abductions of children right in front of their mothers at shopping malls in Athens would be the perfect opportunity for them to spread fear.That’s why they would be all over it.
In any case, i’ll repeat that there’s no such thing as being too careful these days.Better safe than sorry.
Northerner, I don’t think Xenos was directing that comment at you but rather the media, so no worries.
I’m not sure if you live in Athens, but if so, ride the metro and you can see all the missing children on the posters. According to Kathemerini today, there were 22 children that are still missing from 2007.
George: 34.
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