Disappeared January 12, 1970 (aged 3) Status 2011 (aged 45) Nationality Known for victim Parent(s) Carole Grimmer (mother) Vince Grimmer (father) Cheryl Gene Grimmer (1966 – disappeared 12 January 1970; in 2011) was a three-year-old toddler who was on 12 January 1970 from Fairy Meadow Beach in,,, Australia. She had been in the shower block at the beach when witnesses claim a man took her and ran off. It is believed that she was to death around an hour after her abduction, in the nearby suburb of. Cheryl's disappearance had been without explanation for over 45 years, until a suspect was arrested and charged in March 2017. He not guilty.

Cheryl Gene Grimmer (1966 – disappeared 12 January 1970; declared legally dead in 2011) was a three-year-old toddler who was kidnapped on 12 January 1970 from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong, Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia.She had been in the shower block at the beach when witnesses claim a man took her and ran off. It is believed that she was strangled to death around an hour after.

His was expected to take place at the in May 2019, however, a ruling by the judge in the case declared some evidence unlawful. Contents • • • • • • • Life [ ] The Grimmer family emigrated from, a suburb of, England to Australia in the spring of 1968, when Cheryl was two years old. They were living in Fairy Meadow Migrant Hostel near the beach where she disappeared. The family consisted of mother Carole (26), father Vince (24), and sons Ricki (7), Stephen (5), and Paul (4).

Cheryl was the Grimmers' only daughter. Disappearance [ ] On the morning of 12 January 1970, the Grimmer family went to the beach at Fairy Meadow in Illawarra, except for Vince, who was away working as a sapper for the Australian Army. When the weather turned at 1:30 pm, Carole decided it was time to go home. The children all went to the shower block together whilst Carole packed up their belongings. Ricki went back to Carole ten minutes later saying that Cheryl was refusing to come out of the shower block. She followed Ricki back to the shower block moments later to find that Cheryl had disappeared. There was no phone nearby, so Carole made her way to a house on nearby Elliotts Road and asked them to call the police.

At the time, witnesses claimed that a man was seen holding Cheryl up to drink from a water fountain and then ran off with her wrapped up in a towel. The claims are now seen as unlikely. Cheryl's brother, Ricki, recalled picking up his sister so that she could drink from the fountain and it is thus believed that witnesses mixed the two occurrences. It was also claimed that she was spotted in a white car.

Investigation [ ] Cheryl's disappearance sparked a massive manhunt. A day after investigations began, the announced that they had four theories as to Cheryl's whereabouts: that she was hiding and had fallen asleep, that she had wandered into the ocean and was carried away by currents, that she had fallen into a waterway, or that she had been. After a day of searching, all but the latter were dismissed and they began pursuing other leads, such as a blue van which had been spotted near the scene of the crime.

On the third day, police received a note demanding $10,000 and stating that the child was unharmed. They staged a drop for the money in, but the kidnapper never showed despite police earnestly believing the note to be credible. They disguised themselves as council workers for the ransom drop and originally feared that this led to the kidnapper being spooked and that the large police operation may have deterred them from coming forward. However, the writer never contacted police again and it was assumed the note was a practical joke. Risunki dlya gravirovki po metallu.