In Tasmania, Australia, around 125 people go missing each year.

Thankfully, nearly 99% of these missing persons will be located within 48 hours.

There is still over 130 people listed as long-term missing in Tasmania.

Eve Askew was one of these people.

November 16, 1991, 14-year-old Eve wrote a note saying she was running away.

She was angry at her parents for grounding her for smoking, and she left the home never to be seen again.

Little is known about this case, which is sad considering her family is now about to celebrate the 30th year

without their quiet and shy loved one.

This week will be a short episode, but nonetheless as important as the others we cover here

on Stolen Lives. This is Eve's story.

In January, 1989, Helen and Jim Askew relocated themselves in their four children from

mainland Australia to Tasmania.

Settling in the tiny rural town of Fitzgerald in Derwent County.

Fitzgerald is 57 kilometres or 35 miles outside of Hobart in southern Tasmania.

As of 2021, the population sits at 38 residents. It is very rural, but very beautiful, from the pictures I've seen. There are waterfalls, mountain ranges and large properties with nothing

but serenity. The askew property was no different. It was situated on Gordon River Road, a large

acreage surrounded by dense woods. There was plenty of space and interesting places for the

askew children to explore. There really isn't much information available regarding their lives in Fitzgerald, only that

teenage Eve was shy and reserved. She was quiet and she kept it herself, and she didn't appear to have

any friends to speak of. According to Eve's brother, Eve did not interact with people easily, and she tended

to keep to herself. In fact, she would do anything she could to avoid meeting new people in general.

In November 1991, Eve was attending the Glenora District High School, where she was in the 8th grade.

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