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Plea to partner of suspect in missing Kerry case
A woman linked to the suspect being held for attacking South African resident Kerry Winter three weeks ago, could have information of her whereabouts and police want to speak to her, said a relative of the missing woman.
- By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:49 September 8, 2008
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Search for Kerry becomes multilingual
Search for missing Kerry Winter becomes multilingual in Dubai
Dubai: A woman linked to the suspect being held for attacking South African resident Kerry Winter three weeks ago, could have information of her whereabouts and police want to speak to her, said a relative of the missing woman.
According to Kurt Winter, 41, Kerry's brother who flew in to search for his sister, the suspect, a British man, 42, who was previously in a relationship with Kerry for five years, was living with another South African woman at the time Kerry, 35, went missing.
Sources close to the girl say she was working as cabin crew and some of her colleagues have been questioned by police. She was engaged to be married but left her fiance for the suspect in this case.
The detained Briton is believed to have left for the UK with the woman and returned a few days later before being arrested on August 25. Kerry was last seen on August 20. The woman is thought to have flown on to her native South Africa.
"If you had nothing to do with it you would get it over and done with and just speak to the police," Winter said. "They want to question her."
The British suspect has admitted to police to beating her and driving her into the outskirts of Dubai towards the Arabian Ranches and leaving her there. He has maintained several times to police and family members that when he left Kerry she was "fine".
Not a hostage
The Winter family are following all potential leads. Some hope presented itself this week when Kerry's missing mobile phone was switched on. Winter said a man answered one of their calls, the second time so far, but hung up almost immediately.
"I'm not really sure what this means," said Winter. "Kerry had two phones and this one was from her old company. We don't know if she gave it back and it's with someone else or whether she held on to it and it could lead us to her."
Kerry's nephew David Giles, also in Dubai, refuted media claims that his aunt's disappearance could turn to a hostage situation. "This is not a hostage situation," he said. "We don't know what to think. There are so many assumptions that could be made," he told Gulf News.
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