GARRY 16 AND LISA MICHAEL 13 - Derby (UK) - 07/09/00

DOB: 01-Apr-1991
Missing: 07-Sep-2000
Age Now: 16 Sex: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown
Missing From: DERBY United Kingdom Believed father took Garry along with his sister Lisa to Pakistan without the consent of their mother.(Case input onto website by Northamptonshire Police on behalf of Derbyshire Constabulary). All information therefore needs to be directed to Derbyshire Constabulary on 01773 570100 ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT Northamptonshire Police Police National Missing Persons Bureau - Freephone 0808 100 8777 Or Alternatively




Missing: 07-Sep-2000 Age Now: 13 Sex: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Missing From: DERBY United Kingdom

Lisa taken by father along with her brother Garry to Pakistan without the consent of their mother. (Case input by Northamptonshire Police on behalf of Derbyshire Constabulary, therefore any enquiries should be dealt with by Derbyshire Constabulary on 01773 570100. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT Northamptonshire Police Police National Missing Persons Bureau - Freephone 0808 100 8777 Or Alternatively

Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:07 pm posted by pam supportfromireland Post subject:

Just noticed photos have been removed. Anyone know anything about this case?

Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:47 am posted by pam supportfromireland Post subject:

Anyone live near either of these stations? We need to know update on this case.Thanks.

No update but I have found photos!

Garry Thomas Michael ************ Lisa Marie Michael

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Missing since 7 September 2000

I cannot find any information on these children.

I have found these children on the interpol site.
There date of disappearence is listed as 3 September 2003 not 7 September 2000 as per the first post!!

Gary's details on interpol website!
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Children/Missing/Notices/Data/2004/32/2004_47532.asp

Lisa's details on interpol website!
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Children/Missing/Notices/Data/2004/21/2004_47521.asp

Their images have been age progressed but I don't know by how many years!!

Gary Thomas Michael ********************** Lisa Marie Michael

*****

Thanks twiggy I hope they are ok wherever they are.

These children are no longer listed on the Interpol website!!

I will move the thread to recovered but unconfrmed as I don't know how the Interpol site works!! But they were listed mid Feb!!

I will send an email in the next few days to see if I can find out any information!!

I came across this website this evening by accident. (not that I haven't thought about Madeleine and her desperate mum and dad many many times.
Gary and Lisa Michael are my children (well, young adults now. I was shocked to see them on this website, I had no idea about it, it brought a tear to my eye. The extremely good news is I found Gary last year, then in August last year my daughter Lisa came back to England to live with me and my husband. I never thought I would see them again.
Gary and Lisa thought I was dead and only found out a few years ago that I was still alive and looking for them!!! obviously they had no means to contact me from Pakistan. Thank God for Facebook because that is how I found my son, when he left the village he was living in to find a job in the city. Gary is now 21 and still living in Pakistan.

Lisa was 6 years old when she was abducted but she has adjusted to life in the UK very very well. Lisa is now 18 and enjoying college and thoroughly enjoying life with us.
My husband and I have been through hell searching for Gary and Lisa, now we have found them life can begin again!!!!

Thank you for putting my children on your long list of missing children, I hope and pray everyone has a happy ending too.

Tracey Martin xx

Yes Interpol did ask the local police in Pakistan to interview Gary and Lisa. Apart from being told they were alive and well I was not given anymore information about where they were, so to me they were still missing!!!! It has all turned out well though in the end

I am sooooo pleased for you Tracey....

Lovely to hear you have got a happy ending, or should I say a Happy New Beginning?

I'm sure nothing can really make up for those lost years but hopefully creating new happy memories will go a long way towards healing the pain....

12 years is a long time - I know your story will give hope to the parent's of other missing children.

Take care.....

Thank you Twiglet
Yes it is a happy new beginning, I cherish every day with Lisa.
People always told me never to give up hope and they were right! I have sooo many court orders over the years for Gary and Lisa to be returned but in the end I believe it was luck. One thing that surprised me was how much Gary and Lisa remembered about their life before they were abducted. No matter how much their dad tried to brainwash them they still asked questions when they got older. Memories are something an abductor cannot take away from a child.
It is so sad to read all the names of the children who have been taken on this site, I feel for all the parents who have children missing.

Tracey x

Hi Everyone
Just a quick update on Gary and Lisa
I attended court on Monday for the Trial of Gary and Lisa's Dad. He was arrested for their Abduction last November. The CPS wanted me to take the stand as a witness, so by Monday I was very confident and was ready to face him in court. He has managed to stop the trial a couple of times with silly excuses so each time I have had to build up my courage again. Even though he has pleaded not guilty and claimed I knew he was taking the children to Pakistan he turned up at court on Monday and pleaded Guilty!!!! saying he did not know it was a crime.
I feel so cheated out of giving my evidence, explaining what my children and myself have been put through over the past 12 years. I feel even up to the very last minute he has been in control as always.
Do I sound like I'm being stupid? a guilty verdict is what we all wanted but not from HIM, I wanted everyone to know the pain he has caused and ultimately have a Jury agree with me.
Anyway he will not be sentenced until May 22nd and I am praying he will recieve a prison sentence. The barrister told me to be prepared to be disappointed as there are no clear guide lines for this type of crime. If they let him go after 6 months on remand what kind of message will this send to people who abduct their children?????
No matter what punishment the judge hands down will never compare to the horror my children and I have been through but I'm praying he does not walk out of court a free man on the 22nd. My daughter needs to rebuild her life without looking over her shoulder all the time x

Thank you Tezza
People keep saying that I must be so pleased that this has come to an end but I certainly don't feel like its the end. I honestly thought I would feel happier and for once feel in control of my life after the court case but I don't. I know I have got to pull myself together for my daughter but I still can't make the pain go away!!!

Just watched Tracey and Lisa on this morning...

An emotional interview... Neither gave upthe hope of seeing each other again some day.

Even though Gary has decided to stay in Pakistan they are in constant contact..

Lisa, noiw a beautiful young lady is adjusting well to the cultural changes of liviing back in the UK. (which as a woman are very different..)
Despite having had spent more of her life in Pakistan by the time Lisa was returned to the Uk, she still felt like she was coming home...

Their father is now serving a prison sentence for child abduction and is not allowd to make any contact with Tracey or Lisa...

A very brave mum and daughter....

aww that's lovely to hear. Did the son decide to stay with Dad? just not clear for me.

Apparently when the father abducted the children and took them to pakistan he left them with their grandparents and he returned to the UK but no body was aware of this....

The father is now in Prison so I can only assume that Gary is with his grandparents or maybe at 19 years of age is living his own life...

Thanks Twiggy, oh kindof sad really but you're right an adult now.