Backpacker missing in India: Ryan Chambers. |
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| Backpacker missing in India: Ryan Chambers. 24th June 2006: TODAY RYAN HAS NOW BEEN MISSING FOR 10 LONG MONTHS Family and friends of a South Australian man missing in northern India are anxiously waiting for news about the 21-year-old's whereabouts. Consular officials, local police and friends are searching for Mount Gambier man Ryan Chambers, who has been missing in Rishikesh for more than a week. His father, Mount Gambier RSL executive officer Jock Chambers, has also travelled to the region to help. Ryan and his Adelaide friend, John Booker, have been backpacking in the country since June. They were reportedly staying at a spiritual retreat. Mr Booker's mother, Naomi, is stunned at the disappearance of her son's friend and says it is totally out of character. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says an official from the Australian High Commission in Delhi is working with police. The official is also organising leaflets and an appeal in local media. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...9/s1451009.htm More Information Here is some more information take from Adelaide Newspaper The Advertiser... DAD IN MERCY DASH By SOPHIE ELSWORTH 01sep05 Ryan's friendship with his travelling companion began when they attended the same kindergarten. They went through high school together before the Booker family moved to Adelaide, but they remained good friends. Mr Booker phoned his parents, Naomi and Stewart, last Friday to tell them the news. "I was absolutely stunned when John told us what happened, I could not believe it," Mrs Booker said. "John has remained so level-headed and calm during the whole ordeal. "It was very unusual for Ryan to wander off like this. It was completely out of the blue. "John raised the alarm when he had not heard from Ryan by the following afternoon. "It was just so unusual." Mrs Booker said the men had been having a fantastic time travelling. "They have sent some fabulous emails. They just seemed to be having a wonderful time," she said. "We started to think India was a safe place and relax, despite there being so many warnings. "It is just a relief that Jock is there with John now and they can search for him together." Mrs Booker said Ryan's mother, Dianne, was remaining "very positive" during the ordeal and her husband had gone to India "to find Ryan and bring him back home". Ryan was working in Queensland in a holiday resort before the two men went travelling overseas three months ago. MISSING: Ryan Chambers was last seen on August 24. Wanted: Home safe and well 03sep05 THIS is the photograph the family of missing Mt Gambier man Ryan Chambers hopes will solve the mystery of his disappearance in India. Taken weeks ago in India, it is being used in a media campaign in Rishikesh, where Ryan was last seen. The photo, provided to The Advertiser by the 21-year-old's family, is being used on leaflets distributed to local communities surrounding Rishikesh, 240km northeast of Delhi. Ryan was reported missing by travelling friend John Booker, 21, on August 24 after disappearing from a commune early that morning. Ryan's father, Jock, flew to India as soon as he was notified of his son's disappearance. Consular officials continue to work with local police and other authorities to locate the missing Mt Gambier man. The Foreign Affairs Department last night had no further updates on the search. Margaret Buckell's son, Christopher, went to school with Ryan and his travelling companion. She spoke yesterday of the surprise everyone in Mt Gambier was feeling at his disappearance. "Everyone who knows Ryan loves him," Mrs Buckell said. "I have known him since he was at play group. We all just want him to come home. "Ryan saved up the money that he earned to make this trip to India. "That has been his agenda for quite some time. That's what he wanted to do. His whole focus has been the trip. "Everyone is just so blown away by it all. It's hard on everyone. "I want him to come back so he can get want he wants out of life. It's just really hard when you don't know what's happened to him. Everyone just hopes he is OK." Terry Strickland, the former principal of Tennyson Woods College where Ryan completed his secondary schooling, remembers him well and was shocked to hear he was missing. He described Ryan as a "top lad" and as a student who had been a "very bright, energetic kid, who got on well with his mates". "He got on well with everyone. He had a very engaging nature," Mr Strickland said. http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16477188%255E2682,00.ht ml Moderator note: Added .jpeg picture of search & reward poster for easy viewing purposes. For printing or distribution purposes, please refer to the much better-quality .pdf file: http://www.indiamike.com/india/attac...ng-english.pdf
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