MISSING SINCE 2007 - SOUGHT BY FAMILY
Andrew Barton
Citizen of Australia
Age: Late 40s, born 1964-1966
Physical description: Dark hair
(Tall and slim? Medium with stocky build? Those who last served with him could perhaps guess height.)
Last seen alive: Purportedly in Sydney, Australia around 2007
(Was this a confirmed sighting? Who made the sighting? Did they actually speak directly to Andrew?)
Background: Joined Sea Organization of Church of $cientology as a teenager. Spent time in England at St. Hill Org. Served aboard $cientology-owned vessel Freewinds. Unauthorized departure from Cof$ around 2006-2007. Due to unauthorized departure unlikely to hold original passport, but could have obtained replacement.
Skill set: Seaman skills, but likely not certified. Computer literate.
Family: Parents and a sister in Australia who seek contact with him. Another sister in Cof$ "Hole" in California, USA.
Contact: If you have any information about Andrew Barton, please post anonymously on the "Still looking for my brother - Andrew Barton" thread at "www.forum.exscn.net". ANY little bit of information may help!
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Search agencies for Australia:
When there has been a loss of contact over time with a family member however they are not a missing person by definition, the following search agencies may be able to help in locating them.
Salvation Army Family Tracing Service
Operates a worldwide search network for family members that have lost contact with relatives. Also provides a service (NSW Only) for people separated by government intervention.
Australian Red Cross
Conducts worldwide searches through the International Red Cross/Crescent Movement in approximately 177 countries.
Link Up
Provides reunion services to adult Aboriginals separated from their families and cultures by government intervention policies such as adoption, fostering or institutionalisation.
International Social Services
Helps trace family members separated by adoption or other legal intervention, international child abduction and voluntary or forced migration.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Provides advice and assistance where there are serious concerns for the safety and welfare of Australians overseas.
http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/re...spx?_id=D5016AD097E14CFBAF3EC3A478A4C2AC&_z=z
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Question: Isn't it unusual for someone who has blown the SO to so thoroughly disappear? They would have no money and few contacts other than non-Cof$ family members, right? Anyone know of others who have "gone missing" after blowing the SO?
eta: The reason I ask this is that I noticed while watching the Tory Magoo/Mark Fisher interview -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtCVOhhf9Uw - how casually Mr. Fisher uses phrase "without having to kill anybody" and in describing Miscavige says "he forces people to do things against the cost of death".
Granted, the "death" in this context may be "no longer being a scientologist" or "being sent to RPF"? But it is also known that within domestic violence/homicide cases, the murderer has often verbalized the act prior to committing it.