On Wednesdays, September 23 the Toronto police released a video from a security camera located somewhere in Toronto. The video showed the where abouts of the missing teen the day before she was reported missing. Mariam Makhniashvili was last seen outside her school on September 14th. The security cameras showed this girl and her brother in a subway station on their way to volunteer at a school event. Mariam and her brother George were apart of a leadership development program with their school. Mariam did not show up to this event because that was the day she vanished, Mariam’s dad had to take her shift. Mariam just arrived in Canada last June from their native republic of Georgia. Their family can’t believe what happened. The police hoped that by releasing this video someone would recognize Mariam and they could find some hints or clues to where she might be. They have been using sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in hopes that the public might be able to assist them with their search. Mariam was last seen September 14, 2009 at 8:30 am. Till this day Mariam remains missing and the search continues.
Mariam seems like a great person and I can’t imagine what their parents are going through right now. They have been in Canada for around 3 months and her daughter is kidnapped. I think it’s a great idea using You Tube, Facebook and twitter, the most popular sites in the world right now because millions and millions of people are on these sights and they might just recognize her face. Being kidnapped is a very scary thing and I hope Mariam is found.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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I agree with you Sean, the events that have occured to this family within the last three months is un called for. So, the police have done the right thing by releasing videos of this girl so that she can be reunited with her family.
Sean, i have mixed feeling about your idea to use social networking sites in an attempt to find a missing child. Social networking sites are becoming some of the most popular sites, but also are becoming the most dangerous. I believe it would be a great way to get the message out to a large group of people, but many people think adds such as these on sites are not true. They would have to have some method to prove to people the authenticity of the warning. I also feel that if the person who abducted the child was part of these social networking sites it could give him to much information on the effort to find this girl. I believe they should stick to conventional methods for this case due to the anonymous nature of social networking sites.
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