These Australians come from different walks of life but they all share one thing in common.
Their photographs hang in the homes of devastated loved ones who cling to hope they will one day walk through the door.
More than 38,000 people go missing in Australia each year, but 95 per cent are found within a month.
This Christmas, there will be 2,600 families whose loved ones are unlikely to be joining them at the table.
More than 38,000 people going missing in Australia each year. While the majority are found, there are currently around 2600 people who are considered permanently missing
There is a name for the torture they endure daily - ambiguous loss - a grief defined by the lack of closure or understanding of the fate that befell their missing loved one.
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Lawyers engaged to represent man accused of Felicia Teo s murder, best friend shares touching Facebook post
Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee is accused of murdering Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling.PHOTOS: THE NEW PAPER, DANIAL ENEMIKO/FACEBOOK
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Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee (L) and Felicia Teo (R) (Images: LinkedIn/Daniel Enemiko, Blogger/findfelicia)
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SINGAPORE: Investigators are in the process of recovering more evidence into the alleged murder of Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling, the state court heard on Thursday (Dec 24).
Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee was charged last Thursday with the murder of 19-year-old Ms Teo, 13 years after she was reported missing by her mother.
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SINGAPORE - A man was charged on Thursday (Dec 17) with the murder of a female arts student more than 13 years after her disappearance.
Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa ee, 35, appeared in a district court via a video-link and was accused of murdering Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling, 19, on June 30, 2007, between 1.39am and 7.20am at a 10th-floor unit of Block 19 Marine Terrace.
The bespectacled man - who wore his hair long, had ear piercings and was handcuffed - had a blank expression when the charge was read out to him.
According to court documents, Ahmad Danial allegedly worked together with another man, Ragil Putra Setia Sukmarahjana, 32, to commit the crime.
Thursday, 17 Dec 2020 02:40 PM MYT
A file photo shows Felicia Teo Wei Ling (right) who went missing in 2007 when she was 19. A photo taken on December 17, 2020 (left) shows a Housing and Development block at Marine Terrace, where Teo was last seen before she disappeared. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, Dec 17 A 35-year-old man will be charged in court this afternoon with murdering Felicia Teo Wei Ling, a 19-year-old who went missing 13 years ago, after new leads surfaced this year.
The man, who was not named by the police in its statement, was arrested on Tuesday in relation to Teo’s disappearance.