Missing costa girl seen in Thailand

Natacha Zabell went missing on Wednesday night and has now been seen in Thailand

We were contacted by a reader who reported that a two year old girl had gone missing from Benahavis on the Costa del Sol.

Natacha Zabell was last seen at 7,20pm on Wednesday night, but has now been seen in Phukett, Thailand, with her mother.

Her father has released the following official statement...

Kuno Zabell, a loving father to 2 year old Natacha is today in great distress. On the 1st of December his daughter disappeared and his close friends have tried to do their upmost to help him find her. The facebook event created under the name of 'HELP FIND NATACHA - Disappeared in Marbella 1st Dec 7PM', has reached a staggering 24,000 people in just 13 hours, and everybody wanted to know further info and the exact circumstances, for passing onto many more.

Danish Kuno, a resident of Marbella, has lived in Thailand for the last few years where he also found romance. Having met a Thai girl he thought could be his life partner, he settled down and shortly after a baby girl, Natacha, was born. Kuno explains that he loves his child dearly but soon realised that her mother was not sharing these emotions and circumstances were not at all adequate back in Thailand for bringing up Natacha. He thought she could benefit from being based in Europe, allowing her a chance for what he thought of as a better life.

In July 2010, he and his daughter relocated to Spain to live in his large apartment near Marbella. In spite of their differences, the mother was also invited to join them after having arranged her VISA, and she arrived at the end of August. On the 1st of December, without Kuno's agreement, she has secretly made her way to the airport and taken Natacha with her to an unknown destination. Alarmed about the disappearance and possible abduction - Kuno adds, "within a couple of hours I have reported the event to the Police, who has done next to nothing to stop them. I am very disappointed." Since then, the two of them have been sighted back in Thailand by a family friend.

Kuno says: "I am very thankfull to all the people who were trying to help to find her and I am very sorry for them being caught up in my personal story. I believe my daughter is not in danger at the moment, but the mother has expressed frightfull things as to what she is going to do with her. I can't live without my baby and will do anything to have full custody over her, whether by the laws of Spain, Denmark or Thailand itself. Thank you all for trying to help, it's much appreciated."

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