Four missing children from Ardee! [Update: found!]

caseyann

I thought i would post this here as they believe they are in the North now.I have asked one of the mods to place it somewhere incase they arent in the North so everyone on Boards can see it.
Terrible i hope they are returned home safe
Gardaí believe the children are with a 30-year-old man and an adult woman. There is also the likliehood there are two other young children with the group who are not subjects of a missing persons appeal.



Chloe Eaton (12), Jessica Eaton (10), Jon Eaton (5) and Megan Eaton (1) were last seen at their home at Tullykeel, Ardee, Co Louth, on Thursday, March 10th.

Thoughts and best wishes to them and their families.

My name is URL

Any more details on this? Who are the adults that they're believed to be with?

caseyann

My name is URL wrote: »

Any more details on this? Who are the adults that they're believed to be with?

Haven't heard anything else,who or why they have the kids.
So far thats all i have heard on radio news and googled it to post it.

My name is URL

Mad stuff. I hadn't heard anything about it until I noticed it in someone's sig. Maybe the mods could move the thread to a AH..? Since it's not really known for sure where they may have been taken. The more that hear about this the better

Here's an article about it - http://newswhip.ie/national-2/garda-appeal-have-you-seen-these-kids-26016

caseyann

My name is URL wrote: »

Mad stuff. I hadn't heard anything about it until I noticed it in someone's sig. Maybe the mods could move the thread to a AH..? Since it's not really known for sure where they may have been taken. The more that hear about this the better

Here's an article about it - http://newswhip.ie/national-2/garda-appeal-have-you-seen-these-kids-26016

Well if Mods wouldnt mind moving it there.It would be good for the coverage.
I can not imagine what their family must be going through.I hope they are back safe soon.

pow wow

Moved to AH

biko

Sticked for a while
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0312/breaking13.html

Biggins

My name is URL wrote: »

Any more details on this? Who are the adults that they're believed to be with?

Gardai have concerns for their welfare after they went missing with a horse gambling industry figure from Sussex, England.

The man has the use of an English registered silver coloured Opel Zafira car.

Chloe Eaton, 12, and her siblings Jessica, 10, Jon, five, and Megan, one, are believed to be in the company of the man, who had been minding them at their rented home in Ardee, Co Louth, while their mother was in hospital.
He had been in Ireland for two months and was living with the family, but is not their father.
He disappeared with another woman and her two children.
A Garda spokesman said: "Gardai are renewing their appeal for assistance from the public with regards to these missing children.
"We have concerns for their welfare."
The children were last seen at their home

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110312/tuk-police-search-for-missing-children-e1cd776.html

http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-issue-photograph-of-missing-louth-siblings-children-2011-03/

Yakult

Thats crazy, hope they are brought back safely.

Few facts Im interested in tho, he's only in the country two months. So does that mean the mother has only known him for two months?

Surely details of the man should be released?

Biggins

Yakult wrote: »

...Surely details of the man should be released?

By now they probably have a picture of him.
I'm guessing but they might not have released it in hope that he will still hand himself in or make known where the kids are.

Once they release a picture of him, the pressure all around on him gets upped big time and things might go either way.

tinner777

Yakult wrote: »

Thats crazy, hope they are brought back safely.

Few facts Im interested in tho, he's only in the country two months. So does that mean the mother has only known him for two months?

Surely details of the man should be released?

seems she moved last year from sussex

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12722307

phasers

I'm confused. Is the man their father?

themadchef

phasers wrote: »

I'm confused. Is the man their father?

Biggins link "but is not their father."

Biggins

The man that took them. Steven Appleton.

http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2011/03/Steven-Appleton.jpg

From The Journal: http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-issue-photograph-of-missing-louth-siblings-children-2011-03/

traleered

Well that's him in the picture with the kids so he must be trusted by the family, mind you the shortage of details about this is kinda worrying....

Desire.

traleered wrote: »

Well that's him in the picture with the kids so he must be trusted by the family, mind you the shortage of details about this is kinda worrying....

He has been living with them for the past two months so there must be some trust there.

gonker

His facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/steven.appleton1981?sk=wall I think!

sarahlulu

Two of the missing kids are listed as his children on his facebook page, although reports state he is not?

Witchie

It says on his fb page that he is chloe and jessica, the 2 older kids, dad.

Desire.

sarahlulu wrote: »

Two of the missing kids are listed as his children on his facebook page, although reports state he is not?

I have a whole family on Facebook and I'm not related to any of them. Maybe he sees them as children, even though he is not the biological father?

Witchie

He seems to have a lot of links to the family if his friend list is anything to go by.

phasers

Very strange one, I'd wager this is about access/maintenace (so hopefully the children are in no danger and aren't scared)

TheZohanS

caseyann wrote: »

I thought i would post this here as they believe they are in the North now.I have asked one of the mods to place it somewhere incase they arent in the North so everyone on Boards can see it.
Terrible i hope they are returned home safe
Gardaí believe the children are with a 30-year-old man and an adult woman. There is also the likliehood there are two other young children with the group who are not subjects of a missing persons appeal.



Chloe Eaton (12), Jessica Eaton (10), Jon Eaton (5) and Megan Eaton (1) were last seen at their home at Tullykeel, Ardee, Co Louth, on Thursday, March 10th.

Thoughts and best wishes to them and their families.

Why the hell weren't their parents looking after them? Or did they go for tapas just like Mr & Mrs McCann?

Parents need to take more responsibility for their kids.

There's more to this story than is being reported in the media, I hope they turn up safely.

Caco

TheZohan wrote: »

Why the hell weren't their parents looking after them? Or did they go for tapas just like Mr & Mrs McCann?

Parents need to take more responsibility for their kids.

There's more to this story than is being reported in the media, I hope they turn up safely.

From RTE-

He was a friend of the Eaton family, who are also from the UK, and had been asked by their mother to look after her four children while she was in hospital, including moving them if social workers called.

It appears he was minding the kids but that last bit sounds quite odd! Hope they turn up safe and sound though no matter what the story is behind it all

Aoifey!

Hopefully the children are found safe and sound. The whole situation seems a little odd, and that Facebook page just adds to it - videos of the children and all.

chucken1

Aoifey! wrote: »

Hopefully the children are found safe and sound. The whole situation seems a little odd, and that Facebook page just adds to it - videos of the children and all.

I dont have facebook! Whats goin on

BIG EDIT..Lots of people dont do face book.

Truley

His Facebook page has pictures of himself with the children as far back as 2009.

Little Miss Cutie

I definitely think there is alot more going on in this story than the media is reporting.

The quote from rte about moving the kids if social workers call is also quiet worrying. Hopefully if this family needs support they will get it now.

theg81der

Those kids seem like they are this guys whole life judging by his facebook. Maybe he thought they were safer with him and knew social workers wouldn`t have allowed it. I really hope nothing more sinister is going on but I doubt it.

Storminateacup

Whats with all the videos of children (in general?) on his fb page?

Heres hoping the kids are alright and that he hasnt hurt them.

Melion

Storminateacup wrote: »

Whats with all the videos of children (in general?) on his fb page?

Heres hoping the kids are alright and that he hasnt hurt them.

I was thinking that too

grrrrrrrrrr

From the media I hear that there were three families living in the one house and the mother told that man that if social services came to hide the kids. So could it be that he's protecting the kids from the mother? I know that still does make it acceptable. It sounds seriously messed up either way.

Ghost Train

Well the facebook page has some videos and pictures of the kids, its hardly any different from a lot of other facebook pages, does show he spends time with the kids.

Sounds like the mother had asked him to look after the kids for a few days and move them if social worker called? All a bit odd but seems the mother was letting him look after the kids. Strange to take them off with the neighbour and her kids though. You have to imagine with two adults all six kids are going to be looked after and returned

Storminateacup

but on his facebook page the videos seem to be random children. videos of children from youtube

Aoifey!

Storminateacup wrote: »

but on his facebook page the videos seem to be random children. videos of children from youtube

There's definitely a couple of the missing children - "Jessica Ice Skating" and "Chloe and Zoe at Tesco". Don't know about the rest though.

phasers

Storminateacup wrote: »

but on his facebook page the videos seem to be random children. videos of children from youtube

No they're not, look at the titles. They all involve the same kids.

hawkwind23

facebook is telling.
seems he went through a break up and wasnt taking it too well.
id be a bit concerned now about all this.
i dont think its as simple as a father just taking his kids.
who is the woman he is with? and it appears that he only has one daughter ,sky, i dont think she is one of the 4 that have been taken.

Aoifey!

hawkwind23 wrote: »

facebook is telling.
seems he went through a break up and wasnt taking it too well.
id be a bit concerned now about all this.
i dont think its as simple as a father just taking his kids.
who is the woman he is with? and it appears that he only has one daughter ,sky, i dont think she is one of the 4 that have been taken.

I saw that, but didn't wanna say anything, thought I was the only one completely stalking his profile


But the whole break up thing seemed to have been in June.

My name is URL

He's not the father of any of the 4 kids who are missing, according to Gardai.

It's odd that they aren't using words like abduction and so on in any of the press releases.

Aoifey!

My name is URL wrote: »

He's not the father of any of the 4 kids who are missing, according to Gardai.

It's odd that they aren't using words like abduction and so on in any of the press releases.

I would say it's since she seemed to have told him to hide the children, or something along those lines, so maybe they think he was trying to do this and took it too far? I don't know, I'm just guessing here.

hawkwind23

why dont the media just tell you whats going on?

what i seem to have gathered so far.

this man and woman and two kids shared a house with the other woman and the 4 kids.

woman has to go to hospital(wondering if this is related to services)

mother asks other couple to hide kids if people come to house whilst she is away.

next thing news reports looking for the missing children.

seems the guy has simply been following the wishes of the mother.

id be concerned about the guys mental health after stalking his facebook page.

however very strongly believe the children wont be hurt.

question is why did the mother ask him to take the kids away ?

grrrrrrrrrr

They found them outside Belfast. All safe and well. Two arrested.

Storminateacup

thank god

biko

grrrrrrrrrr wrote: »

They found them outside Belfast. All safe and well. Two arrested.

Link? Source?

dlofnep

Found safe: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0313/eaton.html

Joey the lips

Today FM just reported. Found in b&b outside belfast. Owner was suspecious and called the police. Man and Women arrested kids found safe and well.

No doubt link will follow when RTE catches up

Aoifey!

That's great news, glad they're okay

grrrrrrrrrr

biko wrote: »

Link? Source?

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/psni-arrest-two-as-missing-louth-children-are-found-in-ni-497093.html

Sorry it wasnt on the net yet when I posted.

Capt'n Midnight

just heard on BBC news - looking for on line link
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0313/eaton.html

Four children who have been missing from their home in Ardee since Thursday have been found.

It is understood that 12-year-old Chloe, 10-year-old Jessica, 5-year-old Jon and 1-year-old Megan Eaton are safe and well.

A 30-year-old man and a woman have been arrested in relation to the incident.

It is understood the children were found by the PSNI in Newcastle, Co Down at around 1pm.

Micky Dolenz

Any link?

Basq

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/psni-arrest-two-as-missing-louth-children-are-found-in-ni-497093.html