THE family of Melbourne backpacker Britt Lapthorne, who went missing in Croatia 10 days ago, say she was last seen talking with a group of men inviting her and some friends to get into their car outside a Dubrovnik nightclub.
Her distraught father Nigel Lapthorne also said he had received no help from Dubrovnik police or Australian authorities in his bid to find his 21-year-old daughter.
However, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith tonight said an Australian federal Police (AFP) officer had been deployed from London to assist with the investigation.
"We are very concerned that despite search efforts by local authorities, Ms Lapthorne remains missing in Dubrovnik,'' the spokesman said.
"Croatian authorities have agreed for the AFP to assist in their investigations and an AFP officer is currently being deployed from London,'' he said.
Mr Lapthorne said the family was not receiving any help from police in the Croatian coastal resort and claimed they had not launched an investigation into the case.
His son Darren has flown to Croatia to retrace the last steps of his sister after she left the Fuego Club on September 18.
He said the people in the historic town had been good to his son with one hotel providing free accommodation and also contacting a private investigator to help him find out what happened to his sister.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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