Amelia Hausia

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Amelia Hausia** was a young woman who vanished in 1992.

## Background

Amelia was born in Tonga on July 27, 1974 to parents John Hausia and Emily Tafolo. She was initially raised by her paternal grandparents before moving to Dubbo, Australia to live with John and his new wife, Mary Ann in 1982 along with her brother Paul. Mary Ann, who had three daughters from a previous marriage, Kim, Denise and Karen, and a son with John, also named John, adopted Amelia and Paul. The children reportedly had a happy childhood and would frequently go camping and engage in sporting activities.

Amelia was described as an extroverted, sunny young woman. She enjoyed dancing, so much so that she created a dance group at her school, Delroy High, and was described as "inseparable" from Kim who was eleven years older than her. She did well at English in school and was gifted at sports, particularly basketball. However, there was sometimes conflict between Amelia and her father who could be "strict".

Before entering year 12 Amelia expressed to her parents that she would like to finish school in Canberra. They agreed to this and she moved in with her paternal grandparents, who had recently relocated from Tonga, and began attending Lake Ginninderra College. While there she entered into her first real relationship with a boy called Ben Male. She was described as "smitten" with him and her older brother thought he was nice.  Kim last saw Amelia when she spent the night with her during the school holidays.

## Case

Amelia was last seen by her family on December 19, 1992 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. That day she had graduated from Lake Ginninderra College and attended a graduation party with her boyfriend, Ben Male, to celebrate. However she returned home at approximately 3:00 a.m. after having argued with Male. He would later claim that the two had ended their relationship that night. Amelia then changed out of the dress she worse to the party and into Dungarees and a T-shirt. She wrote a note explaining that she needed " Time away by myself" and was going for a walk to clear her head before leaving home early that morning.

One of Amelia's cousins noticed her crossing Exhibition Park. The cousin assumed that Amelia, was was carrying a shoulder bag, was on her way to a nearby 7-11 service station. However, it is also worth noting that this was close to a bus stop. Four days later, on Thursday, December 22, 1992 Amelia was captured on CCTV at the Woden Plaza Shopping Centre in Canberra. This is the last confirmed sighting of her.

Almost a week passed before Amelia's family realized she was missing. Her aunt noticed that she wasn't in her bed when she checked on her the next morning; it isn't entirely clear if she saw the note or not. Either was her family assumed that she was still with Male until one of her uncles found the note shortly before Christmas and called Male who explained he hadn't seen her since the party.

Several months after Amelia vanished, Kim received two or three strange phone calls late at night. The person on the other end of the line never spoke even though Kim asked if they were Amelia and pleaded that if they were then they needed to come home. Then seven months after Amelia disappeared, in July 1993, her biological mother claims to have received a phone call from her. During the call Amelia expressed that she was fine and that she planned to spend Christmas in Tonga. She did not explain where she was or had been. Amelia didn't turn up in Tonga and her family hasn't heard from her since.

There have been numerous possible sightings of Amelia since her disappearance including in the Australian Capital Territory, the New South Wales south coast, and Melbourne, but they are all unconfirmed.

## Characteristics

* Black hair.
* Brown eyes.
* Chipped front tooth.

## Sources

* Amelia Hausia at the *Doe Network*
* Amelia Hausia at "The Australian Federal Police"
* Amelia Hausia at "Australian Missing Persons Register"