NSW:More searches for Kiesha

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2010
NSW:More searches for Kiesha

SYDNEY, Aug 5 AAP - Police will spend a fifth full day searching waterways and bushland
for missing six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams on Thursday, with detectives tight-lipped about
any potential new leads after interviewing her parents.

Kiesha's mother, Kristi, her stepfather Robert Smith and her biological father Christopher
Weippeart spent several hours being questioned at Mount Druitt police station on Wednesday
night.

But State Crime Command will not comment about any new leads the interviews may have
thrown up, adding that police divers and officers would continue searching the area in
western Sydney.

"There's nothing that's really being commented on at this stage," a State Crime Command
spokeswoman said when asked if there were new leads in the case.

Door-to-door inquiries would also continue on Thursday, she said.

Earlier on Wednesday Ms Abrahams pleaded with the public to stop judging her.

This followed widespread reports about Kiesha's early childhood, her attendance record
at school and the family's involvement with government agencies.

"They need to stop judging me, they don't know me," a visibly distressed Ms Abrahams
said during an interview with Seven Network.

Mr Weippeart said he was preparing for the worst, but remained hopeful.

Kiesha's mother told police she last saw her daughter when she tucked her into bed
at their Mount Druitt home on Saturday night.

She was reported missing the next morning, sparking four full days of searches involving
hundreds of emergency service workers and volunteers.

A candlelight vigil was held for Kiesha outside her home in Woodstock Avenue on Wednesday night.

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