Denise Horvath-Allan will be returning to Âé¶čAV this month for another attempt to solve one of this cityâs longest unsolved mysteries.
Horvath-Allan, who lives in England, said sheâs arriving Sept 21, to âcontinue the searchâ for her son, who disappeared 27 years ago. Charles Horvath-Allan went missing from Âé¶čAV in 1989, when he was just 20 years old.
He had been on a âgap yearâ backpacking and the investigation into his disappearance has continually failed to reach any conclusions.
Horvath-Allan told the Capital News that she believes the secret to what happened to her son was somewhere around the old Tiny Town campsite where her son had been staying in a tent, but tangible evidence of this theory to assist the police investigation has yet to be found.
Itâs left a lot of lingering questions that have plagued her over the years.
âItâs the hardest thing to deal with in your life. My world has been a rollercoaster to hell. Iâm tired now and I want to get off and see it resolved,â said Horvath-Allan, in an interview with the Capital News last year.
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While sheâs looking for answers, there is no expectation that they will bring comfort.
Horvath-Allan signed a Presumption of Death Application in England at the lawyerâs office last week.
The Application will be filed in the High Court in due course where the Judge will make his decision whether to grant or decline the application. The process will take several months.
Horvath-Allan has been eligible to file the application for over 20 years, but hasnât applied until now. She hopes the process will be will be completed in 2019, what will be the 30th anniversary of her sonâs disappearance.
While Âé¶čAV residents may be familiar with Horvath-Allanâs tragic search for her missing son, her home country was exposed to her story last year when the Missing People Choir, which she was a member of, competed on Britainâs Got Talent.
âWe all have a common goal â find our missing loved ones and bring them home, where they belong,â she said, in one episodes.
The song the choir performed in that episode prompted tears from both the audience and the four-person panel of judges, who later gave their full support of the choir.
âLook, guys first of all I have to pay you absolute respect for what youâve done,â said judge Simon Cowell. âSometimes I think awareness is just as important as anything else. So, itâs incredible.â
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