Mum breaks down in tears as the search for her daughter, 14, enters its seventh week – as she reveals their heartbreaking last conversation before she disappeared
- Mother of missing Tasmanian girl says family is ‘broken’
- Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, 14, has been missing since April 30
- She was last seen in Launceston over a month ago
- Her mother reveals that the last conversation was a fight
A mother says her family is ‘broken’, not knowing what happened to her missing 14-year-old daughter who has still not been found after seven weeks.
The family of Tasmanian girl Shyanne-Lee Tatnell has again pleaded for answers after she disappeared without a trace while walking to a friend on April 30.
“She’s my baby and I want her back so badly,” her mother Bobbi-Lee Ketchell told A Current Affair.
The teenager had moved in with her grandmother due to friction with her mother at the family home in the town of Burnie, before moving to a youth center in Launceston.
She departed downtown along the North Esk River on the night of April 30, but never reached her destination.
Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, 14, disappeared without a trace while walking to a friend on April 30
Her mother revealed the heartbreaking last conversation the couple had before her disappearance, with Ms Ketchell urging her daughter not to break her curfew after being grounded.
“She got upset…we had a little disagreement…and then I said, ‘I love you,'” Ms. Ketchell said.
Her daughter never said ‘I love you too’.
Her grandmother described not knowing where the young girl is as torture.
“You don’t just disappear off the face of the earth without something being found, a piece of clothing or footwear or a phone,” Hubbard said.
The family believe their daughter may have accepted a ride from someone or even “forced into a vehicle.”
“She was rebellious and it didn’t matter what I told her not to do. She was determined to do what she wanted and didn’t think about the consequences before doing it,” Ms Ketchell said.
Her mother Bobbi-Lee Ketchell (pictured) said in the last conversation with her daughter that she said “I love you,” but her daughter never said it back
Police want to speak to the drivers of two silver cars caught on CCTV near the area where she was last seen.
“We actually want to exclude you from any investigation, from any potential witness, so that we can move on to other aspects of the investigation,” police said.
Officers have also noted that the video shows part of the time Shyanne-Lee was running, but said there was “no evidence” she was being chased.
Her family has also pleaded for anyone with information to come forward.
“Nanny loves you so much Shyanne. I need you at home, your family desperately needs you,” she said.
“If anyone has my granddaughter, release her now.
“We are a totally broken family, we are lost without her.”
Shyanne-Lee Tatnell was last seen crossing the Henry St Bridge over the North Esk River in Launceston between 8.30pm and 9pm on Sunday 30 April