AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2000
Qld: Rain delays search for missing girl
Heavy rain has forced Queensland Police to postpone a search for a teenage girl missing
in Cairns for a week.
Homicide detectives from Brisbane flew to the north Queensland city yesterday as fears
mounted for the safety of 17-year-old ANGELA MEALING, a TAFE student.
Police spokesman ERIC MEYER says police and SES volunteers had planned to search the
Gordonvale area, south of Cairns, following information provided by a police officer and
the public.
But heavy rain in the area has meant the search will have to be put off until tomorrow.
Mr MEYER says police have received a number of calls supporting the theory that the
girl may have been in the Gordonvale area in the past few weeks.
A police officer, who allegedly gave the girl a lift on the night she vanished, was
yesterday questioned over her disappearance.
Ms MEALING had last been seen walking along Mulgrave Road in Cairns heading south after a party.
Funds from an Austudy cheque, deposited into her bank account on Monday, had not been
accessed by the teeneager.
Friends have told police she had been involved in a fight with three other girls just
before she disappeared.
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KEYWORD: MEALING (BRISBANE)
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