(CNN) -- In an emotional open letter to the person responsible for her daughter's disappearance, the mother of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer pledges to never give up searching for answers. "If you think for a minute her father and I are going to disappear, think again," Charlene Spierer writes in the letter, written on the three-month anniversary of Lauren Spierer's disappearance and released Saturday on the family's "Find Lauren" web site. "We are just as determined today as we were day one. You should know that Lauren is precious to us. ... We are in this for the long haul. Do you think we are going to walk away without finding out the answers? Do you think we are going to rest until we find Lauren? We will not. You have no idea who you have taken from us. We will never give up."

At the end, she attaches a brief note to her daughter: "
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Lauren, we are loving you.


By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 10:23 EST, 19 August 2013 | UPDATED: 11:26 EST, 19 August 2013 Police in Australia have released CCTV footage of a gang storming a car workshop and shooting a worker dead as they try to identify the men. Nine hooded men are seen striding into the garage, some of them holding guns outstretched in front of them, as a barrage of bullets rained down on the victim, killing Jason De leso, a father to be. The horrific mob attack happened in broad daylight nine months ago, in Pooraka, Adelaide, South Australia, but police have so far failed to prosecute anyone for the execution-style killing.

Reward: Police in
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Australia are offering $500,000 to anyone who can identify the hooded men who raided Jason De leso's (pictured) garage in November and shot him


An adorable orphaned wombat has formed a very special bond with her surrogate mum – who just happens to be a human. The helpful wombat named Chloe, who is nine-months-old, follows her zoo keeper Evelyn Weston around Taronga Zoo’s grounds overlooking Sydney Harbour every day. ‘It’s a natural behaviour and something Chloe would be doing with her real mother if she’d survived,’ Evelyn said. Adorable wombat Chloe is nine-months old and lives at Taronga Zoo in Sydney She has become zoo keeper Evelyn Weston's little helper and follows her around the zoo ‘Wombats stay with their mothers for up to two years, walking by their side until they’re old enough to fend for themselves.’

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Evelyn admitted she’ll be a little sad to lose her.