'Might be a bit late': Katrina was missing for months before police told the public

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A coronial inquest is set to begin next week into the disappearance of 15-year-old Katrina Bohnenkamp as questions linger about why police waited eight months to announce her as a missing person.

NSW Police have refused to explain why it took eight months to reveal to the public a 15-year-old girl had vanished while in State Government care.A coronial inquest into her disappearance is set to begin next weekOfficers on Tuesday announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of persons responsible for the disappearance of Katrina Bohnenkamp.

"It's like they're finally taking it seriously," Lee Schellnegger, Katrina's cousin and former carer, said of the police reward on Tuesday.Ms Schellnegger said police should have made more appeals earlier in the investigation when people were more likely to remember information. Katrina grew up living in foster homes, with relatives, or in group homes — the NSW Minister for Community Services was legally responsible for her welfare during this time.

A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, formerly Community Services, said it no longer counted children as being in state care if they were"absent location unknown"."It's been horrible," she said, speaking at police headquarters at Parramatta.

 

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'A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, formerly Community Services, said it no longer counted children as being in state care if they were 'absent location unknown'. WHAT These are missing children!!

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