Re: DANIEL MORCOMBE - Aged 13 years - Queensland (Australia)

**Twiglet** Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:01 am

Herald Sun

10 October 2011

Daniel Morcombe's parents seek urgent meeting to plead their case
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THE parents of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe are imploring officials to release their son's remains so they can finally "lay their boy to rest".

Bruce Morcombe said he and wife Denise would seek a meeting with the Director of Public Prosecutions to "plead their case" when they returned to Queensland this week.

"We would like to proceed with a funeral at the earliest possible time," he said.

"If the defence counsel wish to do their own tests (on the evidence found), now is the time to do them and let Daniel be released to his family.

"At the end of the day, I think nearly every person involved (in legal process) is a parent ... and what we're saying is we just want to lay our boy to rest.

"That might seem a simplistic way of dealing with it, but that's our position."

Their lawyer Peter Boyce said the Morcombes would know within weeks.

"I think (the DPP) will tell us within a few weeks or he might even tell us at that meeting," Mr Boyce said.

"It depends on whether they've done all the forensic testing they want to do and whether they're satisfied those tests are sufficient.

"The last thing they'd want to do is release his remains and then have an argument about whether the testing was done properly," he said.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/let-us-lay-our-boy-to-rest/story-fn7x8me2-1226162455433

**Twiglet** Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:03 am

The Daily Telegraph

10 October 2011

Morcombe family pleads for the release of Daniel Morcombe remains so they can lay him to rest ‎

THE parents of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe are imploring officials to release their son's remains so they can finally "lay their boy to rest".

Bruce Morcombe said he and wife Denise would seek a meeting with the Director of Public Prosecutions to "plead their case" when they returned to Queensland this week.

"We would like to proceed with a funeral at the earliest possible time," he said.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/morcombe-family-pleads-for-the-release-of-daniel-morcombe-remains-so-they-can-lay-him-to-rest/story-e6freuy9-1226162452816