To: Merseyside Police • UK Home Office • Missing People (UK)

Urgent Appeal – Unlawful Child Abduction: Matthew Isaiah Moldovan, DOB 19/03/2014 

 Separated from Mother for Over 11 Years
 
1. INTRODUCTION
 
This report is submitted to formally request urgent, coordinated action to secure the safe return of Matthew Isaiah Moldovan, a British/American/Romanian child unlawfully abducted from his mother’s care and hidden since 2014. For over 11 years, his mother has endured relentless heartbreak, sleepless nights, and constant fear, grief and anguish  fighting every day, peacefully and lawfully, to bring her son home. Matthew belongs with his mother and brother; every day he is kept away is a day of irreversible harm to him and his family.
 
2. FACTUAL SUMMARY OF THE CASE
 
✅ Child Details
 
- Name: Matthew Isaiah Moldovan
- Date of Birth: 19 March 2014
- Age: 12 years old
- Family: Beloved son, brother, part of a loving, reunited family. His mother and brother have never stopped loving or fighting for him.
 
✅ What Happened – Timeline
 
- 2014 Matthew was unlawfully taken without his mother’s consent. This was a deliberate, illegal removal from his mom.
- 2014– Present (2026): He has been hidden and isolated . He has been prevented from any contact with his mother, brother's, or anyone who loves him. He has been cut off from his family, his culture, his rights, and his home.
- Critical Legal Fact: Cameroon is NOT a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. This means there is no automatic legal framework to return him — which is why your urgent intervention is now the only hope.
 
✅ Person of Concern
 
- Name: Raoul Herbin Ngapa (also known as Raoul Santana)
- DOB: 12 June 1984
- Nationality: Cameroonian
- Status:
- Convicted: 21 October 2016 for possession/use of false identity documents
- No legal right to be in the UK
- No legal right or authority over Matthew
- He is the person responsible for keeping Matthew hidden, separated, and denied his right to be with his mother.
 
3. THE HUMAN COST: 11+ YEARS OF SUFFERING
 
For over 11 years, Matthew’s mother has lived every single day in pain:
 
- Sleepless nights: She has not slept a full night since he was taken — every hour is spent worrying, crying, praying, and fighting for him.
- Trauma & Grief: She has endured the agony of not knowing if he is safe, well, loved, or scared. She has missed every birthday, every milestone, every moment of his childhood — moments that can never be given back.
- Emotional & Psychological Harm: Parental child abduction is a crime that causes lifelong trauma — not just to the child, but to the parent left behind. She has lived in fear, helplessness, and grief, while fighting alone to bring her son home.
- Separation from Family: Matthew is part of a family — a mother who loves him, a brother who waits for him. He is being denied his right to a family, his right to love, stability, and safety. Children are not bargaining chips. They belong where they are loved.
 
Every day Matthew is kept away is a day his mother’s heart breaks all over again. She has done nothing wrong — she is a loving, devoted mother whose child was stolen from her. She has fought peacefully, lawfully, and tirelessly for over a decade — and she will never stop.
 
4. WHY THIS MATTERS – LEGAL & MORAL PRINCIPLES
 
1. A Child Belongs With Their Mother: This is a fundamental human right, protected by UK law, international law, and every moral standard. Matthew’s place is with his mother — not in hiding, not in a foreign country, not separated from the family who loves him.
2. Parental Abduction is a Serious Crime: Taking a child without consent, hiding them, and cutting them off from their family is illegal, harmful, and causes lifelong damage. Matthew is being deprived of his identity, his family, and his future.
3. Legal Void = Need for Action: Because Cameroon is not part of the Hague Convention, standard legal routes do not apply. Only UK authorities — Police, Home Office, Foreign Office — have the power, resources, and duty to intervene, use diplomatic channels, and secure his return.
4. Time is Critical: Matthew is growing up away from everything he knows. Every day lost makes it harder to heal the damage. Action is needed NOW.
 
5. REQUEST FOR URGENT ACTION
 
I formally request:
 
1. Full, Active Investigation into Matthew’s location, welfare, and circumstances.
2. Immediate diplomatic engagement with authorities in Cameroon or Uk to secure his safe return, in line with international child protection standards.
3. Coordination between UK Police, Home Office, Foreign Office, and Missing People to use all available powers, resources, and channels to bring him home.
4. Support and protection for Matthew’s mother — who has suffered over 11 years of trauma — as she continues to fight for her son.
5. Public awareness & cooperation — to locate, identify, and safely return Matthew to his family.
 
We do not ask for much — only that the law, justice, and humanity prevail. We ask that you help bring a mother’s child home.
 
6. CONTACT & REPORT INFORMATION
 
If you have any information about Matthew’s whereabouts, safety, or circumstances:
 
- Merseyside Police: 101
- Emergency: 999
- Missing People (UK): 116 000
- Crimestoppers (Anonymous): 0800 555 111
- Active UK Lead Number: +44 7956 540 106
 
Reference: MPB-3004-26-15005-IR
 
 
 
❤️ FINAL WORDS
 
“To Matthew: We will never stop loving you. We will never stop fighting for you. You are our heart. Come home to where you belong. Love, Mum & Daniel ❤️”
 
We ask you: Do not let 11+ years of suffering be in vain. Help us bring Matthew home. Families belong together.