Media Release

Update No.3 - 12:10pm

Child Abduction Alert

May 09, 2005 - ISSUED AT: 12:10PM

UPDATE - 3 ALERT

The Queensland Police Service is seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a vehicle which may be being used by Robert Sheldon, who abducted a four-year-old child at Loganholme today. The vehicle is a red 1998 Ford Festiva with Queensland registration, 949ELJ.

At about 7.00am Robert Sheldon, the father of the child has entered a house, assaulted the occupant and taken a four-year-old-child from the house.

The abductor, Robert Sheldon is described as being of Caucasian appearance, 180 cm tall, about 34 years of age, slim build, sandy hair, and wearing black tracksuit pants, burgundy t-shirt and black baseball cap.

Nikkala Byrne is described as being of Caucasian appearance, 100cm tall, about four years of age, slim build, blue eyes and extremely blond hair and was naked.

Robert and Nikkala were last seen entering the River Lakes Golf Course on foot from Oakmont Drive, Logandale Estate, Loganholme.

Ring 000 to provide life threatening information about this abduction. Ring 131 564 to provide any other information about this abduction.

Media please note the name previously released as Robert Byrnes is now known to be Robert Sheldon.

Issued by Lisa Taylor - 3015 2444
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