Rion Suzuki

Parent of Kidnapped Child:
Bruce Gherbetti
Location:
Vancouver, BC
Child's Birthday:
May 2003
Abduction Date:
September 2009
Abductor's Name:
Taiko Suzuki
Abducted From:
Vancouver, BC

Background

Bruce was shocked when his three daughters Rion, (8) Lauren (6) and Julia (4) were abducted by their mother, Taiko Suzuki in September 2009. Rion, Lauren and Julia are beautiful, intelligent, precocious little girls who love both their mother and father. Before the children were kidnapped from their habitual and legal residence in Canada, Rion attended elementary school and Lauren, preschool, learning in English there and in Japanese at home. Their mother leveled false accusations of spousal abuse against their father and subsequently abducted them. Since the abduction, all communication has been lost between the children and their father. He has tried multiple times to contact his children at the grandparent’s home but the phone was disconnected by them and they will not accept any mail. They were residing in Iwaki, Fukushima but Bruce does not know where his children are residing currently due to the radiation danger from the Fukushima reactor and the possibility that they have evacuated. Bruce fears his daughters will suffer from effects of parental alienation and works only for the day where he can spend time with his children again. He simply wants access and contact at this time, with the ultimate return of the children to Canada, their country of habitual residence before the abduction.