Eight-year-old Demetria Moro has been missing for eight days after being abducted from her Giant City Elementary School classroom. But members of a school parent organization say Carbondale citizens cannot give up hope that she will be returned safely to her family.

Diane Lomax, president of the Parent Teacher’s Organization at Giant City School said a fund-raiser was held for Demetria’s safe return Saturday, but there are still steps citizens can take to help find the girl.

We did not raise very much money for the fund this weekend unfortunately, she said. We did pass out over 600 fliers to people and encouraged them to send the fliers to relatives and friends all over, in hopes they would hang them up in their towns.

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Lomax said money to help in the search for Demetria can be sent to the Ernest Curtz Fund in behalf of Demetria Moro at the SIUC Credit Union, 1217 W. Main St., Carbondale, Ill., 62901.

The Giant City School PTO is still planning to have more fund-raisers in the future to help Demetria, Lomax said.

John D. Moro, Demetria’s father, is still at large after allegedly kidnapping Demetria at gun point.

Lt. Lloyd Teas, of the Jackson County Sheriff’s office, who is handling the Moro case, said it was reported that Moro drove to Cape Girardeau, Mo. after he allegedly kidnapped his daughter and was seen eating at the McDonalds on Broadway.

Teas said Moro had the kidnapping well planned. He said July 27, Moro payed $2000 in cash for a used Trans-Am at Big Al’s Car Sell in Omaha, then obtained a fake drivers licence under the name Jeffrey R. Loch. He said Moro then returned to Illinois and put the car in storage until July 29.

Teas said Moro was reported as being seen traveling West on Interstate 70 toward Kansas City or Omaha.