Brozzi's search for his daughter Reya brought him to the Sunshine Coast in 2010. Picture: Megan Slade Source: The Courier-Mail
Brozzi Lunetta with daughter Reya before she was abducted. Picture: supplied. Source: Supplied
Camilla Ellefsen is believed to be living in Australia with her daughter Reya. Picture: Megan Slade Source: The Courier-Mail
Reya Lunetta age progression image. Picture: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Source: Supplied
- Friend says fugitive mum is living in Sydney
- Abducted daughter is 'smart, healthy, happy'
- Brozzi Lunetta makes film to help daughter Reya find him
A FUGITIVE mum who has been on the run in Australia for more than a decade is understood to be living in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Norwegian singer, Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta, abducted her daughter Reya from the United States of America in 2002 amid a bitter custody dispute.
The single mother then fled with Reya to Norway and India before arriving in Perth in August 2003 on a Norwegian passport.
Both resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle until February 2004 when they travelled to the eastern states.
Despite getting close, Australian authorities have failed to find them.
A friend of Ms Ellefsen Lunetta, who does not want to be identified, has told news.com.au that Ms Ellefsen Lunetta and her 11-year-old daughter have been living in Sydney for years.
"I've known her for a few years," she said.
"While I didn't know her full story she was not secretive about the fact that she didn't feel she could be public.
"It was pretty clear she was keeping a low profile because she didn't want to be found by her ex-partner.
"So she wasn't living a double life as such. She was pretty honest about her challenge."
The friend, a health professional, said she was in regular mobile phone contact with the 39-year-old.
"I would consider her someone I know socially ... she was a friend," she said.
"I haven't seen her for a few months but she texts me regularly and asks to meet up.
"When she came to dinner and we went out for drinks she was a very normal grounded woman but very nervous and very in fear of her own safety.
"She was also a very good mother."
This comes after news.com.au last month revealed Reya's desperate dad, Brozzi Lunetta, had made a movie to help him find his missing daughter.
Mr Lunetta said he wrote and produced fictional film, Reya, after losing faith in the Australian authorities' ability to locate her.
The friend, who lived next-door to the pair for two years, said Ms Ellefsen Lunetta was clearly scared of being found.
"That's why she home-schooled her daughter and she moved house often," she said.
"She said she was scared of becoming public or living a more visible life."
California Superior Court documents obtained by News Ltd indicate Mr Lunetta was awarded sole custody of the child in 2002 after Ms Ellefsen Lunetta failed to comply with a court order related to custody arrangements.
Since arriving in Australia, Ms Ellefsen Lunetta has used alias names including Zelma Singer, Camilla Ellerson and Camilla Sullivan, while Reya had been called Hira, which means diamond in Hindi.
But news.com.au can reveal that Ms Ellefsen Lunetta and her daughter no longer use these names.
The friend said Reya had played with her son when the women socialised.
"Her daughter is very well adjusted, happy, creative, and smart," she said.
"She's a very smart, healthy, happy girl.
"There's no area of concern."
It is also understood a man from Lismore, who Ms Ellefsen Lunetta was in a long-term relationship with, has acted as a father figure to the abducted child.
"She was in a long-term relationship with a guy who brought up her daughter," the friend said.
"As far as I know he still looks after the daughter."
The man, who lived with the pair at Goonengerry in northern NSW, has repeatedly ignored interview requests from News Ltd.
The musician now lives with his new partner at Vaucluse, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The matter is currently the subject of a Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction application.
Both Australia and the United States of America are signatories to the Convention.
The Department of the Attorney-General, whose role is to oversee international child abductions involving Australia, refuses to comment on cases bound by the Hague Convention to protect the privacy of those involved.
The AFP has refused to confirm whether its investigation is suspended but urged anyone with information about the pair's location to contact their local police.
This comes after a series of AFP blunders throughout the investigation, including a bungled raid in May 2006, in which the mother and child escaped.
It is understood the investigation folded shortly after the incident when leads on the pair's location dried up.
The FBI confirmed its investigation was ongoing.
"There are currently no developments to announce publicly," an FBI spokeswoman told news.com.au.
Both mother and child remain listed as missing on the Family Court of Australia website.
The WA Police Missing Persons Investigations Unit issued a new release in January.
"Despite extensive inquiries by police her current whereabouts are not known," it says.
"Concern is held for her safety and welfare."
Mr Lunetta, who now lives in his ex-wife's home country of Norway, said he was considering a fourth trip to Australia to try to find his daughter.
"I feel like we're getting closer," he said.
"Everyone in my life says this is the year.
"It would make sense that the year my son was born would be the year I found my daughter."
The filmmaker, who became a dad again this year, said he would willingly relinquish sole custody of Reya in order to be a part of her life.
"Camilla going to a US prison doesn't help my daughter whatsoever so if there is any way we can arrange … to bring Reya to Norway and let her have two separate loving homes, I would sign over my custody," he said.
Mr Lunetta, who has remarried, said he could provide Reya with a stable home.
"My intention is not to take (Reya) back to Los Angeles," he said.
"I have a very strong foundation now within the community here in Oslo.
"I have a seven-week-old son here. I live on a beautiful farm.
"We're living the dream apart from this one element of this nightmare that follows me around."
Email kristin.shorten@news.com.au or follow @itsKShort on Twitter
Reya Lunetta
* also known as Hira Singer
* blue eyes
* a brown birthmark on sole of her foot
* a red birthmark on rear of head
* DOB 19/06/2001
Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta
* also known as Zelma Singer
* 173cm tall
* blue/grey eyes
* wavy dark hair
* speaks perfect English with a slight northern European accent
* brown birthmark on left forearm
* tattoo of own profile on her left shoulder blade 7cm x 7cm
* a chip in her front tooth
* DOB 02/12/1973
Source: WA Police
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