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Amanda Memmelo got off a plane in Mexico City in mid-July and there has been no known trace of her since.
Memmelo turns 17 at the end of the month, but she has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. She doesnt speak Spanish and her uncle unexpectedly took her with him to the other end of North America and no one seems to know why or for what purpose.
Memmelo, who is autistic, had spent more than a year with her father and his family in Canada before she disappeared three months ago.
Her mother, who lives in Ormond Beach, FL, says she is likely still in Mexico and in the company of her uncle, 53-year-old Bruno Memmelo.
Her daughter was last seen July 18, but her father did not report her missing until Aug. 1. The night before she went missing, Foy and her daughter swapped text messages for the last time. Afterward, Amandas father took away her phone privileges. Whenever Foy called her ex-husbands house phone in Hamilton, he wouldnt allow her to talk to her, she said. Or so she thought.
On or around July 18, Amanda Memmelo and her uncle traveled 2,400 miles west to Vancouver and then flew to Mexico City.
Amandas father, Pat Memmelo, told a television news reporter with CHCH-DT in Hamilton that he is convinced his daughter is safe and there is no reason to worry. I know where my brother is, he said. Pat Memmelo declined to be on camera, but his voice was recorded. He also described a religion that he and his brother follow. Pat Memmelo denied following it to a tee, but he does believe in some of the tenets.
The news reporter compared it to Scientology and then Pat Memmelo started comparing people to unidentified flying objects.
Efforts to reach Pat Memmelo were unsuccessful.
Amanda Memmelo went to Hamilton in June 2016 and the original plan was for her to return in January, but she decided to stay because she wanted to attend another semester of school. There also was a dance she really wanted to attend, Foy said.
The deal was for Foy to get her daughter back in the summer, but Amanda Memmelo skipped the United States altogether when she got on the plane.
Foy said her daughter had told her shortly before their communication ended that her uncle had wanted her to stay in Hamilton to learn spiritual principles related to the religion her uncle and father were practicing.
In April, Foy noticed a change in her daughter. She was talking like she had been brainwashed and was talking about various conspiracy theories. Among them was the theory that David Bowie was still alive.
She also told her mother that she stopped taking her epilepsy medication because she was told that the universe could heal her.
In early August, Amanda posted on her Facebook timeline how much she missed her best friend and couldnt understand why she couldnt see her. That is the last thing she has communicated, according to her mother.
The trip to the airport that Bruno Memmelo and Amanda took was during the middle of the night, while the girls father was asleep. The cab driver, Foy said, was later questioned by police.
Foy also said there was footage captured of her daughter at the airports in Vancouver and Mexico City. The Mexico City video is the last known footage of her.
For roughly four weeks, Foy never heard a word about Amandas disappearance, she said. She was worried, but under the impression that her ex-husband had simply taken away her phone privileges. On Aug. 13, Pat Memmelo finally called his ex-wife and told her that Amanda was gone.
Foy described Bruno Memmelo as a dominating person.
Amanda has no medication for her epilepsy. She is in a foreign country. She has the cognitive and social skills of a 12-year-old. She is under the supervision of a domineering man who took her in the middle of the night without permission. Amandas own father isnt showing any signs of concern, at least not to Foy.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/n...er-16-of-ormond-beach-woman-missing-in-mexico
https://globalnews.ca/news/3672525/hamilton-police-looking-to-locate-teen-last-seen-in-july/
Memmelo turns 17 at the end of the month, but she has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. She doesnt speak Spanish and her uncle unexpectedly took her with him to the other end of North America and no one seems to know why or for what purpose.
Memmelo, who is autistic, had spent more than a year with her father and his family in Canada before she disappeared three months ago.
Her mother, who lives in Ormond Beach, FL, says she is likely still in Mexico and in the company of her uncle, 53-year-old Bruno Memmelo.
Her daughter was last seen July 18, but her father did not report her missing until Aug. 1. The night before she went missing, Foy and her daughter swapped text messages for the last time. Afterward, Amandas father took away her phone privileges. Whenever Foy called her ex-husbands house phone in Hamilton, he wouldnt allow her to talk to her, she said. Or so she thought.
On or around July 18, Amanda Memmelo and her uncle traveled 2,400 miles west to Vancouver and then flew to Mexico City.
Amandas father, Pat Memmelo, told a television news reporter with CHCH-DT in Hamilton that he is convinced his daughter is safe and there is no reason to worry. I know where my brother is, he said. Pat Memmelo declined to be on camera, but his voice was recorded. He also described a religion that he and his brother follow. Pat Memmelo denied following it to a tee, but he does believe in some of the tenets.
The news reporter compared it to Scientology and then Pat Memmelo started comparing people to unidentified flying objects.
Efforts to reach Pat Memmelo were unsuccessful.
Amanda Memmelo went to Hamilton in June 2016 and the original plan was for her to return in January, but she decided to stay because she wanted to attend another semester of school. There also was a dance she really wanted to attend, Foy said.
The deal was for Foy to get her daughter back in the summer, but Amanda Memmelo skipped the United States altogether when she got on the plane.
Foy said her daughter had told her shortly before their communication ended that her uncle had wanted her to stay in Hamilton to learn spiritual principles related to the religion her uncle and father were practicing.
In April, Foy noticed a change in her daughter. She was talking like she had been brainwashed and was talking about various conspiracy theories. Among them was the theory that David Bowie was still alive.
She also told her mother that she stopped taking her epilepsy medication because she was told that the universe could heal her.
In early August, Amanda posted on her Facebook timeline how much she missed her best friend and couldnt understand why she couldnt see her. That is the last thing she has communicated, according to her mother.
The trip to the airport that Bruno Memmelo and Amanda took was during the middle of the night, while the girls father was asleep. The cab driver, Foy said, was later questioned by police.
Foy also said there was footage captured of her daughter at the airports in Vancouver and Mexico City. The Mexico City video is the last known footage of her.
For roughly four weeks, Foy never heard a word about Amandas disappearance, she said. She was worried, but under the impression that her ex-husband had simply taken away her phone privileges. On Aug. 13, Pat Memmelo finally called his ex-wife and told her that Amanda was gone.
Foy described Bruno Memmelo as a dominating person.
Amanda has no medication for her epilepsy. She is in a foreign country. She has the cognitive and social skills of a 12-year-old. She is under the supervision of a domineering man who took her in the middle of the night without permission. Amandas own father isnt showing any signs of concern, at least not to Foy.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/n...er-16-of-ormond-beach-woman-missing-in-mexico
https://globalnews.ca/news/3672525/hamilton-police-looking-to-locate-teen-last-seen-in-july/
