[VIDEO] Greg Jenkins' relentless search for his mum since she went missing in 2017

WHEN his parents arrived safely in Penang in the early part of December 2017, it was for a short visit to see his ailing grandmother, C. Mary Anne, who was a resident at The Little Sisters of the Poor aged-care home on the island. This was a trip the Jenkins', Anna (originally from Parit Buntar) and her Australian husband Frank, would regularly make since they married almost 50 years ago. 

Their children, Greg and Jennifer, expected them home right before Christmas so they could celebrate together in Adelaide, Australia, where they resided. Instead, that year was a Christmas fraught with worry, uncertainty and a troubled hope for their mother’s reappearance.

A phone call from their father in the late afternoon of December 13 raised concerns that Anna had yet to return to the hotel from her afternoon visit to The Little Sisters of the Poor. Not wanting to panic, Jennifer suggested he wait a little longer in case mum was enjoying a longer visit at the home, or had maybe met up with friends afterwards.

It was around 9pm that night that Frank, wracked with worry, alerted the hotel manager of his wife’s non-return. The manager offered his assistance immediately and drove Frank around town to the areas she was supposed to have been that day. 

This was the beginning of the nightmare ordeal the Jenkins family has had to endure for almost 5 years – and an ongoing saga for son Greg who continues to look for answers and accountability from those tasked to investigate and find out the truth.

In an exclusive with The Vibes, Greg describes the harrowing search for his missing mother, and how years later, it was by some bizarre twist of fate that he himself was the one to stumble upon her bones when the authorities could not find her. 

The inquest into Annapuranee Jenkins' death will start Monday in Penang. – The Vibes, March 27, 2022