Missing Person - Daniel James O'Keeffe
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Daniel is 24 years old, 180cm/6ft tall, has brown hair and hazel eyes. He is a friendly, gentle, thoughtful and very personable young man who has traveled the world, won the Pan-Pacific Championships for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and opened his own BJJ/MMA academy. He has a loving family, fantastic girlfriend and the respect of everyone he meets.
Daniel disappeared from our parents’ home in Highton (Geelong, Victoria) at around 9:45am on Friday 15 July 2011. He was on foot. He took no personal belongings, no identification and no money. Daniel suffers from depression, and we are concerned for his welfare.
We had no clue of his whereabouts until a sighting in Queensland on 30 November 2011. When we were informed of the sighting in January 2012, we were fortunate enough to see CCTV footage and confirm that he was alive, but not well. After almost 2 months searching the Greater Brisbane region, we were unsuccessful in gaining any knowledge of where Daniel went. As so much time has since passed, we are desperate to know that he is all right.
Daniel had lost a significant amount of weight, so please keep that in mind when familiarising yourself with his photographs - it is important to focus on unchangeable features like his height, defined brow, jawline, straight teeth and hazel eyes.
If you have any information regarding Daniel's whereabouts, please call 0478 661 092 immediately. He does not need to come home, we just need to know that he is safe.
Daniel could now be anywhere in Australia.
We are offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads directly to finding Dan.
All help to find him is appreciated by our entire extended family and his girlfriend, Susie.
If you would like to help, simply email, share or print the posters of Dan. Facebook has proven to be a very effective tool, so please encourage all of your friends to like this page, so that we can all be kept updated on any progress.
The more people that see an image of Dan, the more likely we are to find him.
To get a personal account of this story, written by his sister Loren, see:
http://www.mamamia.com.au/mamamia-cares/dan-where-are-you/
A library of media coverage can be found at: http://www.dancomehome.com/#!print-media
Here are some of the latest TV clips:
http://theprojecttv.com.au/video.htm?movideo_p=39696&movideo_m=155236
http://theprojecttv.com.au/video.htm?movideo_p=39688&movideo_m=148829
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWc9wI5_3nU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKTudKYmPw
http://ten.com.au/630pm-with-george-negus.htm?movideo_p=44087&movideo_m=124229
Thank you so much for your support.
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