– Someone knows something, says Torunn Rugaas. 43 years after her daughter Marianne (6) disappeared, she still has little hope of finding her. And that there is someone walking around with valuable information. – I don’t think anyone has gone to the grave without telling what they have done, says Rugaas. In a Facebook post, she now asks for new tips: “We want to try this way of getting in touch with someone who might know something about what happened at the time, (…). Someone HAS to be inside with some information!” The post has been shared more than 10,000 times, and new tips have arrived, says Rugaas. Torunn Rugaas is still fighting for her daughter Marianne to be found. The picture was taken in connection with another case. Photo: PER L CHEN / Scanpix Will do new searches in water Marianne disappeared 150 meters from her home in Risør in 1981, when she had gone to the convenience store to buy ice cream and sweets. The six-year-old never returned home. It is one of the few unsolved disappearance cases involving children in Norway, news has previously written. In 2020, the production company Novemberfilm made a documentary series about the Marianne case, in which, among other things, the police investigation was reviewed. Now there have been new tips in the matter, says the mother. – I haven’t received many tips, but I have received some. It applies to various waters inland, says Rugaas. The mother has shared this photo of her daughter on Facebook. news has received permission to use the image. Photo: Private – Who can prove that she was killed? The Marianne case was one of several unresolved Norwegian cases that Swede Thomas Quick admitted to being behind. He later retracted the murder confession. The Marianne case is now outdated. The mother has tried to get the police to resume searches and investigative steps, without success. – They have dismissed this as a murder case. But who can prove that she was killed? This is, after all, a case of disappearance that should not really become obsolete, says Rugaas. She has previously also employed a private investigator. – I don’t get help from the police, so I have to work myself, I have found out. Will investigate new tips The Agder police have been submitted to the criticism from Rugaas. – Whether the case in 1981 was investigated as a criminal case or a pure missing persons case, that does not change the police’s possibilities today to carry out investigations into what happened to Marianne, says prosecutor Terje Kaddeberg Skaar. At the same time, he emphasizes that the police will carry out investigations if they receive new information. – Marianne is still missing, and if tips or information come to the police that can bring us closer to the answer to what has happened to her, the police will investigate it. Prosecutor Terje Kaddeberg Skaar tells news that he is very understanding that Marianne’s parents want answers. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news Asking for help As Marianne’s mother does not experience getting help from the police, she has asked Risør Underwater Club to carry out new searches in the relevant waters. On Tuesday, she will also ask Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) for help in turning the case into a disappearance case. news has asked the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness if they would like to comment on such an inquiry, without receiving an answer so far. Minister of Justice and Emergency Preparedness Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp). Photo: William Jobling / news Registered on MyHeritage Rugaas is grateful for the response she has received after she shared the Facebook post before the weekend. – I think it’s incredibly exciting and unbelievable that so many people get involved in this. So it gives me so much delicious energy back. For many years, she has been registered on MyHeritage, in case a DNA match from her daughter turns up. – I have received tips about doing it on another page as well, but I don’t know how far I should go with this. Because what are the chances of her living? I don’t know that. But everything has to be tried, she concludes. Hello! Do you have any tips in this matter? Or other matters you would like to advise on? Feel free to contact me by email 👇🏻 Published 28.10.2024, at 15.18 Updated 28.10.2024, at 15.25
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