Salwa Atwi is aware of anyone is aware of one thing.
Thursday marked 5 years since her daughter, Nadia Atwi, went lacking. Nonetheless, she’s not prepared to surrender and is asking anybody with any data to come back ahead and assist her household discover some closure – a technique or one other.
“Nadia means hope,” Salwa stated. “I have a look at [her] image and I preserve my hope up as a result of she is the explanation I’m nonetheless making an attempt.
“She is the explanation I sit up for a brighter day.”
Nadia was reported lacking on Dec. 8, 2017, after she did not present up for work on the elementary college the place she taught kindergarten. The 32-year-old’s automobile was present in a ditch in Rundle Park later that day, along with her cellphone and a single shoe close by.
Within the weeks and months that adopted, Nadia’s household and pals scoured the town.
Nadia Atwi is seen on this undated photograph. A $50,000 reward from Atwi’s household was nonetheless accessible in December 2022 for suggestions resulting in the girl’s whereabouts. (Nahreman Issa/CTV Information Edmonton)
They organized search events, held vigils, posted flyers and handed out customized window decals with Nadia’s image.
Salwa stated the household tried all the pieces they may consider to assist the police resolve Nadia’s case, launching a provincial billboard marketing campaign and placing up a $50,000 reward for suggestions resulting in Nadia.
However nothing but has are available, she stated, and she or he’s unsure what else she will do now apart from pray for her daughter and share her story, no matter how painful doing so may be.
The household of lacking lady Nadia Atwi printed off window decals in an effort to generate suggestions resulting in her protected return.
“Does a mom [need] to inform how laborious it’s when your youngster goes lacking? You do not know if they’re alive or – God forbid – useless. It has been very laborious,” Salwa stated throughout a current interview with CTV Information Edmonton.
“And the toughest factor about it’s which you could’t grieve in silence. You want public assist.”
Salwa stated she believes the police are doing all they’ll. They have been supportive of the household, she stated, and answered each query she’s requested.
However every reply, the mom added, solely results in extra questions.
“It is such as you’re making an attempt to place the puzzles collectively, however so many items are lacking.”
‘I KEEP MY HOPE’
Edmonton Police Service confirmed Nadia’s case stays open as a lacking individuals investigation. The circumstances round her disappearance are regarding, investigators stated, however they’re staying open to all potentialities and can comply with up on any leads or new data that is available in.
With out proof to recommend Nadia is useless, Salwa stated she tries to remain constructive. She refuses to provide in to hypothesis or concern.
“I bear in mind the primary detective I talked to. He stated, ‘No unhealthy information is nice information,'” Salwa recalled.
“The one truth is that Nadia’s nonetheless lacking,” she stated.
Issues like images of Nadia or her fragrance typically make Salwa really feel like her daughter remains to be shut by.
{A photograph} of a younger Nadia Atwi is seen right here. Salwa Atwi stated reminiscing over previous images is likely one of the methods she has stayed linked to her daughter Nadia over the 5 years the girl has been lacking. (Nahreman Issa/CTV Information Edmonton)
Different occasions, it looks like her daughter is disappearing once more.
Each time she hears of one other lacking individual, Salwa thinks of Nadia and the thriller of Dec. 8, 2017. Till she is aware of the place her first-born youngster is, it is unimaginable to maneuver ahead.
“We love her and we miss her a lot, and by making an attempt to maintain her story on the market – I do know somebody is aware of one thing. Any person has seen one thing that morning.”
Salwa Atwi appears over previous images throughout an interview with CTV Information Edmonton in December 2022. She stated the images are one of many methods she has stayed linked to her daughter Nadia over the 5 years the girl has been lacking. (Nahreman Issa/CTV Information Edmonton)
Even when she learns that the worst has occurred, she must know, Salwa stated.
“After 5 years, there are not any phrases to explain the scenario,” Salwa stated. “We simply want closure so we all know what to do.”
“If she is gone, then I’ll know she is with God and I can be at peace.”
The $50,000 reward remains to be accessible for any leads that assist discover Nadia.
Anybody with data ought to contact police at 780-423-4567 or dial #377 from a cellphone.
Ideas may also be submitted anonymously on-line at www.p3tips.com/tipform or by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
With information from CTV Information Edmonton’s Nahreman Issa
