Kwenzeka ntoni kubantwana baseBeaumont? Elona tyala libi lokunyamalala eOstreliya

UJane, uArnna, kunye noGrant Beaumont bakhwela ibhasi baya eGlenelg Beach ekufuphi ngemini enelanga ngoJanuwari ka-1966, kwaye zange baphinde bafumane.

Imfihlakalo ejikeleze abantwana baseBeaumont lelona tyala lidumileyo nelidumileyo kwimbali yolwaphulo-mthetho e-Australia ebandakanya ukunyamalala okumangalisayo yabantwana baseBeaumont, bayakuba neminyaka engama-56 ubudala ngoJanuwari wonyaka ozayo. Okwangoku akukho lwazi luqinisekileyo okanye oluqinisekileyo malunga nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na ebantwaneni.

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Abantwana baseBeaumont uJane, uGrant, noArnna ngo-1965 MRU

UJane Natarre Beaumont, oneminyaka esithoba ubudala, udadewabo omncinci oneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala uArnna Kathleen Beaumont, kunye nomntakwabo oneminyaka emine uGrant Ellis Beaumont ngequbuliso inyamalale ngaphandle komkhondo NgoJanuwari 26, 1966.

Abaselula bahlala kwidolophana yaseAdelaide, eMzantsi Ostreliya, kunye nabazali babo, uJim noNancy, kwaye bahlala betyelela iGlenelg, indawo eyaziwayo eyaziwayo yolwandle. Kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba kuyo yonke iminyaka yoo-1960, ulwaphulo-mthetho lwaluphantsi kakhulu, ngakumbi e-Australia, eyayifudula ithathwa njengesizwe esiphuhlileyo, kwaye uluntu ngokubanzi lwaluthathwa njengendawo ekhuselekileyo, nkqu nakubantwana.

UJane, uArnna, kunye noGrant Beaumont bahlala bephuma ngaphandle ukuze badlale kwaye bonwabe. Nangona kunjalo ngaloo mini kaJanuwari eqaqambileyo yayiyiholide yesizwe "Usuku lwase-Australia", kwaye abazali babo ababonanga sizathu sokubathintela ukuba baye elwandle olusondeleyo.

UJane wayezazi kakuhle iindlela zeebhasi zasekuhlaleni, ke ngoko yayingeyiyo eyokuqala ukuphuma kwabantwana ngaphandle kweliso labazali. Bebelugqibile uhambo olo kusuku olungaphambili. Yiyo loo nto inkqubo ababeza kuyenza elunxwemeni lolwandle yayiqhelekile kwaye iqhelekile. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ulwandle lwalukuhambo lwemizuzu emihlanu kuphela, kwaye abantwana baseBeaumont babehlala bebuyela ekhaya bekhuselekile. Nangona kunjalo, ngoJanuwari 26, 1966 khange bayenze.

Abantwana baseBeaumont: Ukunyamalala ngesiquphe

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Kukho umvuzo osisigidi seedola kulwazi olukhokelela ekubuyeni okukhuselekileyo kwabantwana baseBeaumont namhlanje. © Wikimedia Commons

UJane, intombi endala, wayejongwa njengoxanduva ngokwaneleyo ukukhathalela udadewabo omncinci kunye nomntakwabo omncinci, ke abantwana, emva kokumamela izindululo zoomama, bagcina imali yokuhamba kwezithuthi zikawonke-wonke kunye nesidlo sasemini, bathatha ibhasi ye-8: 45 ekuseni, efike elunxwemeni malunga nemizuzu nje emihlanu, ngenjongo yokuchitha intsasa emnandi ngaselwandle kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ibuyele ekhaya ngentsimbi yesibini.

UJim, utata wabantwana, wafika ekhaya evela emsebenzini ngentsimbi yesi-3: 00 ngokuhlwa kwaye wabona abantwana bakhe bengabuyanga, kwangoko waya eGlenelg Beach ukuya kubakhangela. Wajonga isikhululo sebhasi kwaye wakama ulwandle kodwa wafika engenanto. UJim noNancy emva koko baya kwindlu ngendlu kwindawo yabo bekhangela abantwana babo.

Ithe yasilela loo nto, abazali baya eGlenelg Police Station ngentsimbi yesi-7: 30 ngokuhlwa bachaza ukuba abantwana babo balahlekile. Ukusukela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili, loluphi oluya kuba lolona phando ludumileyo e-Australia malunga nokunyamalala kwabantwana baseBeaumont.

Ukukhangela irhamncwa

Ngosuku olulandelayo, uluntu lanikwa ibhaso le-USD 250 ngalo naluphi na ulwazi olukhokelela ekufumaneni kwabantwana. Izikhokelo ezininzi zibonise ukuba abantwana babonwa kukho umntu omde kwaye kubonakala ngathi bonwabile ukumjoyina.

Amangqina amaninzi abona ukuba umntu ongaqhelekanga, omde ohenda abantwana ukuba bemke kude, akazange aziwe. Kwiminyaka ukusukela ngoko, khange kubekho mkhondo wobomi. Imfihlakalo yabantwana baseBeaumont ihleli ingasonjululwanga ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane. Ukulandela oko, ulwazi olufunyenwe ziBeaumonts malunga nabantwana babo lwalungekho.

Ngaphandle kwento yokuba umkhumbi waselwandle wagxothwa emva kokuba inenekazi lichaze ukuba lithetha nabantwana abathathu abalinganisa iinkcazo zabantwana zaseBeaumont ngoJanuwari 26, akukabikho nto yafunyanwa.

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UJim noNancy Beaumont. © MRU

Xa abazali babantwana, uJim noNancy, bathi uJane, oyena mdala, wayethule kakhulu kwaye eneentloni ekuhlaleni nabantu abangabaziyo, amapolisa aqala ukukrokrela ukuba sithathwe ngomntu ababemazi, kwaye babefumene ukuthembela kubantwana kunye nobuhlobo ngokuhlala nabo ngaphambili.

AmaNgqina eGlenelg Beach ngala mini achaza indoda ende, ebhityileyo ekwiminyaka yama-30. Wayephawulwa njengoindadi ebhakwe lilanga”NgeSwinguit eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ekhapha iqela labantwana ukuya kude. Abanye bathi ulutsha lwalubonakala lukhululekile xa lumazi, ngokungathi luyamazi.

Unoposi, owayebazi nabantwana, wathi ubabonile ngala mini, phakathi kwasekuqaleni naphakathi kwemini. Babonwabile kwaye bencumile, kwaye kwicala ababehamba kulo, babonakala ngathi babuyela ekhaya. Ngokwengxelo yakhe, bebengahambi nabantu abadala ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha. Nangona ingxelo yakhe yabonwa inokuthenjwa, kwabakho ukungavisisani malunga nexesha elifanelekileyo losuku awayebabona ngalo abantwana.

Ngokwabaphandi, u-Arnna wayexelele umama wakhe ukuba nguJane "Wayenomfana athandana naye ezantsi elwandle." Ekuqaleni wayengakhathalelwanga njengesiqhulo esincinci malunga nenkwenkwana uJane awadibana nayo kuhambo oludlulileyo, ngoku uNancy Beaumont wayekrokrela ukuba eli rhamncwa elincanyiswe lilanga lalinobuhlobo nabantwana balo kwakudala.

Abarhanelwa abanokwenzeka

Abantwana baseBeaumont abducter scetch
Imizobo yamapolisa yowe-1966 “yendadi etshiswe lilanga” (ekhohlo) kunye nomqweqwedisi webala lebhola ekhatywayo ngowe-1973 (ekunene). © Wikimedia Commons

Ukusuka apho, amapolisa alandela ngokwenyani amakhulu ekhokelo, umzobo womenzi wobubi obhakwe lilanga watyabeka kuyo yonke ithelevishini, amakhulu abantu eza emapoliseni esithi ambonile ngala mini, kodwa akukho nto yavelayo kwaye uninzi lwawo lwajika ukungabinanto, ukungabinamsebenzi, kunye nokungasebenzi.

Ukulandela ukuqala kobundlongondlongo kuphando, ukungabikho kweziphumo kwangoko kwathintela ukukhula kwetyala, elikhawuleze lazola. Abarhanelwa abahlukeneyo kudliwanondlebe nabo kuyo yonke le minyaka, kubandakanywa amarhamncwa awaziwayo, kunye nonxibelelwano oluninzi lwenziwa, ubukhulu becala loluntu olucingelwayo, kunye nezinye izehlo zabantwana abalahlekileyo ezathi zenzeka kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zase-Australia.

Ngo-Novemba u-1966, amapolisa andiza ngenqwelomoya egama linguGerard Croiset ekhangela iimpendulo. UCroiset wathi wabona abantwana baseBeaumont bengcwatywa kwindawo yokugcina izinto kufutshane nesikolo sabo engqondweni yakhe.

Abantu bendawo baququzelele iqela lezenzo zabemi kwaye bakhulisa i-USD 40,000 yokudilizwa kunye nokumbiwa kwepropathi. Uphando lonyaka wonke lwaqala lwaza lwaphela xa amagosa engafumani nto phambi kwabasebenzi beendaba.

Ngokwelinye icebiso, abantwana baseBeaumont babehlala kwiiVictoria's Mud Islands. Ngo-1968, bonke abasebenzi benqanawa yase-Bhritane ababemi apho ngelo xesha babuzwa, kodwa akukho lwazi lufunyenweyo.

Izityholo zelinenekazi lasePerth elalisithi lihlala kufutshane nabantwana ebantwaneni bakwaloliwe ongafakwanga kaloliwe phakathi kweNtshona kunye noMzantsi Australia iinyanga ezilithoba ngo-1966 kwakukhuthaza ngakumbi. Nangona kunjalo, akukho ngcebiso yafunyanwa apho, nokuba.

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Indawo eLwandle lwaseGlenelg apho abantwana baseBeaumont kuthiwa bagqityelwe ukubonwa. © Amapolisa aseMzantsi Australia

Eli tyala lalikhangeleka lisecicini lokusonjululwa ngo-Matshi 1986, xa amagosa afumanisa iisutikheyisi ezintathu kumgqomo wenkunkuma wasekhaya. Amanqaku amaphepha-ndaba aphathelene nabantwana ayepakishwe etafileni, imigca kunye nezihloko ezikhutshiweyo kwaye kugxekwa izimvo ezibhalwe nge-inki ebomvu. Elinye inqaku lathi, “Hayi kwiinduli zentlabathikumjelo wamanzi amdaka. ” Emva kokuba kutyhilwe ukuba ezi rekhodi zazingeyonto ngaphandle kwamaqhekeza omcuphi owayekade elandela eli tyala ngenzondelelo, izalamane zakhe zabaphosa ngaphandle xa wasweleka.

UStanley Swaine, igosa elaliligqala kweli tyala, waqiniseka ngo-1997 ukuba inenekazi laseCanberra ngokwenene laliliJane Beaumont. Amapolisa aphanda kwaye abuza le nkosikazi, kodwa kwafunyaniswa ukuba ayinguye umenzi wobubi.

Malunga nesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-40 sokuxhwilwa kwabantwana, uMkomishinala wamaPolisa waseTasmania uRichard McCreadie uqikelele ukuba lo mntu ubethimba inokuba yayinguJames O'Neill, umbulali wabantwana ogwetyiweyo. UDerek Percy, omnye umbulali wabantwana, naye wancinwa ngokunxulumene neli tyala, kodwa bobabini bagwetywa ngaphandle. Ukutyhilwa kukaSue Laurie ngo-1998 kwakukhuthaza kakhulu.

Kumdlalo webhola ekhatywayo waseAdelaide ngo-1973, wakhumbula ekuhleni wabona umlo phakathi kotatomkhulu nomzukulwana wakhe owayelila. Njengoko wayikhupha ngaphandle kwebala, intombazana yaqala ukumkhaba. Kwiminyaka kamva, uLaurie wafumanisa ukuba ezi zimbini zazingadibananga konke konke, kwaye intombazana encinci yayinyamalele. Amangqina aliqela anike inkcazo yamapolisa ngalo mfana, owayebhityile, eneminyaka engama-40, kwaye wayefana nomzobo wamapolisa ka-1966.

Umngxunya womvundla waphinda wemba ngo-2013 xa abazalwana ababini bazisa abasemagunyeni ukuba nge-Australia Day 1966, umnini mveliso ogama linguHarry Phipps wabayalela ukuba bakhe umsele kule ndawo.

Indawo yavavanywa kulo nyaka kwaye kwakhona kwi-2018, kodwa kuphela "amathambo angengawo awabantu”Zafunyanwa. Ngaphandle koku, unyana kaPhipps wathi eyakhe utata wahlaselwa ngokwesondo njengomntwana kwaye uyakholelwa ukuba utata wakhe wayefakwe kuthathwa wabantwana baseBeaumont.

Abasemagunyeni babuza umxhaphazi wabantwana ngo-2016, owayehlala eGlenelg Beach kwaye esebenza njengenkokeli ye-Boy Scout e-Adelaide ngo-1966. Kwakhona, akukho bungqina bubambekayo.

Amazwi okugqibela

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UJames Beaumont wangana noNancy Beaumont owasweleka eneminyaka engama-96. Ngaphandle kokubona abantwana bakhe kwakhona. © Redit

Ngamaxesha athile, abahlali baqala ukutyhola umama wabantwana ngokubandakanyeka, nto leyo ibuhlungu. UNancy Beaumont, 92, ubhubhele kwindawo yokhathalelo eAdelaide ngo-2019. Umyeni wakhe, owahlukana naye ngexesha lokonzakala ngo-1966, usaphila eAdelaide.

Nangona kunjalo, iminyaka ihambile, kwaye ezi zifundo azibonisanga ziphumo. Ngenxa yokuba kungekho zintsalela ziye zafunyanwa, ukubulawa kwabantu ngekhe kungangqinwa. Amapolisa ngewayesebenze zonke izimvo ezinokubakho kunye nokuqikelelwa kuyo yonke le minyaka, kulandela zonke izikhokelo eziyimfuneko, kodwa kungekho ziphumo zikholisayo.

Nokuba uncedo lomntu owaziwayo waseYurophu lwangqineka lungasebenzi. Ityala lisekhona engasonjululwanga Kude kube namhla, iyenza ibe lelinye lawona matyala abanda kakhulu kwimbali yolwaphulo-mthetho e-Australia. Abantu abaninzi basenomdla wokwazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kubantwana baseBeaumont.

Kwaye kwakhona, uninzi lwabantu luya kufuna ukukholelwa ukuba bayaphila kwaye banempilo- kwaye ukuba bekunjalo, ngoku baya kuba ngabantu abadala abaphakathi. Amathuba kukuba babengamaxhoba esini esibi esasibabulala emva koko Lahliwe izidumbu zabo, okanye babenjalo sithathwe emva koko ithengiselwe izinto ezingachazwanga kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ingezizo izisa zokunceda.

Ukuphulukana nabantwana baseBeaumont iseyeyona nto ibalekayo ityala lomntu olahlekileyo kwimbali yase-Australia. Ityala lisajongisiswa ezincwadini, kwiimuvi, nakwiipodcast zolwaphulo-mthetho lokwenyani.

Kodwa ekugqibeleni, inyani eyoyikisayo kunye nokuqonda okuqinisekileyo okushiyekileyo emapoliseni, kubantu base-Australia, nakubazali babantwana kukuba abantwana baseBeaumont kusenokwenzeka ukuba kudala bafa, bavalelwe entolongweni, okanye bahlala ngokukhululeka inyani ngekhe icaciswe. .