UPDATE | Police Divers Search Dam For Statue Of Little Drowning Victim Snatched
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UPDATE | Police divers will search Mount Morgan Dam for a statue of a little drowning victim.
The memorial statue, made in the likeness of 6-year-old Jared Bannah, was stolen from the park at the end of last year.
Police have said on Tuesday that there has been an overwhelming response to last week’s public appeal to help locate the missing memorial dedicated to Jared Bannah, who drowned in the dam in 2015.
EARLIER | Police have launched a public appeal to locate the memorial statue of a little boy who drowned at Mount Morgan dam which was stolen from a park at the end of 2018.
Thieves went to the park at Mount Morgan dam on Byrnes Parade sometime between November 30 and December 2, 2018 and took the statue depicting 6-year-old Jared Bannah, who sadly lost his life in 2015.
Jared Bannah. Image Supplied by family
The memorial statue was erected in 2015 and paid for by a member of the public for the family to commemorate the tragedy.
The statue (pictured at top) is a resin cast of a child painted bronze, weighs around 20 kilograms and stands around one metre tall.
The child is sitting cross legged holding a mason jar and was positioned on a rock plinth.
Preliminary information suggests that statue was last seen by a member of public on the evening of the November 30.
Jared Bannah. Image Supplied by family
Officer in charge of Mount Morgan station Sergeant Ricky Zimitat has urged anyone who may have information as to the whereabouts of the statue to come forward.
“The family and the community need answers and a resolution to an already set of tragic circumstances of events,” Sergeant Zimitat said.
“Nearly three years after the death of their son, the Bannah family have now had to endure the heart ache of Jared’s statue being removed,” he said.
“The safe recovery of this memorial remains paramount so if the people who took it have a conscience and want to advise authorities where it can be found they can do so anonymously by contacting Policelink or Crime Stoppers.”
Jared Bannah. Image Supplied by family