AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-1999
QLD: Accused s de facto helps with police probe
BRISBANE, April 27 AAP - Queensland police have questioned the de facto wife of a
47-year-old man charged over the abduction of missing schoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt as the
search for the nine-year-old entered its fifth day today.
The woman had been questioned on more than one occasion but was not considered a suspect,
police said.
Police and volunteers today continued scouring Rockhampton in central Queensland for Keyra,
who has not been seen since she was bashed and bundled into the boot of a car while walking
home from school last Thursday.
Police spokesman Brian Swift said police had switched their focus to a new area today but
refused to give details.
"They're keeping the media away from there today," he said.
But Mr Swift confirmed a plaster cast of a footprint found on a muddy river bank had been
taken and was being flown to Brisbane with other forensic material today.
He also confirmed the man charged by police was taken yesterday evening to the area where
the footprint was found.
The man was last week remanded in custody after being charged with child stealing.
Police scientific experts who examined a red Mazda sedan linked to the girl's disappearance
last week discovered blood stains, which they said were of the same blood type as Keyra's.
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