5:27PM IL: Israel Police have permitted announcing the remains of Donna Bennet have been found in the Tiveria area.
 
At the time, six years ago, Donna Bennet was 18. She had finished her night shift and was heading to her uncle’s Tiveria home in a taxi near midnight, but disappeared after leaving the taxi, never arriving at his home. Forensic scientists have confirmed the skeletal remains are those of Bennet, who disappeared in August 2003.
 
Police were confident at the expressed confidence that the disappearance was terror related. Massive searches were conducted with police and hundreds of volunteers, including choppers and other means.
 
At present, police have placed a gag order on all additional information pertaining to the case.

More on the Donna Bennet Case:

Donna Bennet, then 18, disappeared in Tiveria on August 1, 2003. She was last seen exiting a taxi on her way to her cousin’s home, but she never arrived. For weeks, thousands of policemen and volunteers assisted by choppers and other means searched for the missing teen until Israel Police officials announced the investigation was moving to the ‘intelligence sphere’ since the search had hit a dead end.
 
Her parents, Viki and Binyamin, announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to his whereabouts. Donna was an American citizen and therefore, the FBI was also involved in some capacity at some point.
 
A note was received in January 2005 by an organization calling itself the ‘Chofshei HaGalil’ terror organization, claiming they were holding her. They demanded the government release 1,000 terrorists in exchange for information on Bennet but the organization never provided proof that it was indeed holding her captive.
 
The search resumed in 2008, this time with authorities looking for a body. This apparently led to the skeletal remains which apparently have been positively identified. A gag order remains on additional details surrounding the case.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)