Darwin woman charged after Laura Hinks and five-year-old Grace Hughes vanish
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Woman, 50, charged after mum and her five-year-old daughter VANISH during a parental visit
- Laura Hinks was on parental visit with her daughter Grace Hughes on Sunday
- The 34-year-old mother and the five-year-old have not been seen in two days
- Police have now arrested a 50 woman who refuses to cooperate with NT police
- The woman has been charged with attempt to abduct and abducting a child
- NT Police made an appeal asking for the public’s help to locate Laura and Grace
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A middle-aged woman has been charged over the alleged abduction of five-year-old Grace Hughes in Darwin.
The girl and her mother Laura Hinks, also known as Laura Bolt, were last seen in the suburb of Berrimah in Darwin’s east in the afternoon of Sunday, August 9.
Police said it was after a parental visit that Ms Hinks, 34, left an address about 1pm at Hidden Valley Road, and both disappeared.
Ms Hinks’ last known address was in Moulden, but she no longer appeared to be living there.
Northern Territory Police on Saturday said they’d charged a 50-year-old woman in connection with Grace’s disappearance while they continued to search for the child and her mother.
Five-year-old Grace Hughes (pictured) was on a parental visit on Sunday but has not been heard from in the two days since
Police are asking the public’s help to locate Grace and her mother Laura Hinks, 34, (pictured) and hold concerns for their welfare as a woman, 50, has been arrested over the disappearance
The woman was arrested at a home in Anula in Darwin’s northeast overnight and was charged with abducting a child under 16 and attempting to abduct a child under 16.
She was remanded in custody and will face court on Monday.
The woman was refusing to provide information to find the girl and her mother, Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Jon Beer said.
‘Police will use all resources necessary to locate Grace,’ he said.
‘Ms Hinks’s last known address was in Moulden (at nearby Palmerston), but she no longer appears to be living there.’
Grace is described as having a fair complexion with brown hair and eyes. She was last seen wearing a short-sleeved white dress, as well as white socks and black sneakers.
Her mother has a fair complexion, a slim build and dark hair and eyes.
She was last seen wearing a white and green floral-patterned ankle-length dress or skirt, with a white or cream long-sleeved shirt.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers.