Missing Persons - VICTORIA

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The
Victoria Police* definition of a Missing Person is:

  • Any person reported to police whose whereabouts are unknown; and
  • There are fears for the safety or concern of the welfare of that person, including any person from an institution.

Over 7,000 people are reported missing in Victoria every year and there are over 500 long-term missing persons. Rewards posted by Victoria police and government have only been offered for 5 of these cases.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VICTORIA POLICE DOES NOT HAVE A MISSING PERSONS WEBSITE.

Indicates missing child under the age of 18

MISSING PERSONS
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF DISAPPEARANCE
Gary ADAMS DOB: 07/06/1986
A 17 year old male who was last seen at his home in Cranbourne on the afternoon of the 5 December 2003. (This was 2 days before the abduction of Daniel Morcombe in QLD although the two cases are unrelated.)
Marie Dorothy AGOSTINO DOB: 1953
A 31 year old mother of two young sons who was last seen leaving her Footscray home on the 13 March 1984.
DOB: 1946
A 53 year old Northcote man who was last seen leaving his law office at Avondale Heights on 28 May 2000. Julian Michael Clarke, Sudo Cavkic and Costas Athanasi were subsequently found guilty of Keith's murder but his body has never been found. The three convicted killers have launched a number of appeals against their convictions and are now appealing the High Court for a retrial. Please click on the image of Keith to read the comprehensive story on the Age website.

Anger over murderers' retrial bid - Herald Sun Article 20 Sept 2009
Raymond George ALLEN DOB: 1988
A 16 year old male who was last seen leaving his Mooroopna home late afternoon on Anzac Day 25 April 2005. He was later lured into a carpark and tortured to death. In May 2008 Jamie Leslie Sumner was convicted of Raymond's murder in The Victorian Supreme Court, but has failed to divulge the location of Raymond's body.
Lambrinie ANDREOPOULOS

DOB: 26/01/1965
A 12 year old girl who went missing in east Richmond at school, near the shopping center in 1977.

build = medium
height = 155
haircolour = black
hairstyle = medium
eyecolour = brown
complexion = olive

Plea: Lambrinie went missing a number of years friends and family have sigh her before. Her father never saw her. Her father is dead now was living in the nursing home. the mother is seriously sick with memory loss. Mother was looking in the pass for her and given up with no trace of her. relatives in Greece want her found to see if she alive and well only.

Lambrinie's Younger Sister


DOB: 1959
A 15 year old female who was last seen leaving her Lalor home and boarding a bus to Thomastown on the 27 August 1974.

Click on the link to visit the family's myspace page - HELP FIND ANNA BANITSKAS!
DOB: 1965
A 37 year old Wangaratta mother of 3 who was abducted from her farm on the evening of the 18 August 2002. On June 4 2008, a coronial inquest found that Kath Bergamin was deceased but the identity of her killer is unknown.

$100 000 REWARD OFFERED BY VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT  
Kenneth BETHUNE DOB: 1960
A 35 year old man who was reported missing from his Glenhuntly home on 21 September 1995
Ann Prudance BIRD DOB: 23/06/1978
A 13 year old girl who went missing after preparing lunch in her Glenroy home on Sunday 2 February 1992.
Prue had received a telephone call shortly before her disappearance and her uneaten meal was left on the table.

$500 000 REWARD OFFERED BY VICTORIA POLICE - AUGUST 2008

Click here for further news December 2009

Joel Daryl BOYLE

DOB: 05/03/1964
A 23 year old man last seen at 10.30 pm at St Kilda on the 10 May 1987.
Maureen BRADDY

DOB: 1952
A 16 year old girl who went missing between 9pm and 10.30pm on 23 November 1968 from 12 vinton st california gully bendigo/eaglehawk victoria. Maureen may have been pregnant when she disappeared.

build = medium
height = 163cm (5'4')
haircolour = black
hairstyle = short
eyecolour = blue
complexion = fair
distinguishingfeatures = pigeon-toed when she walked.

Plea;
Its been 40 years and the family just wants justice and closure. Any information concerning the Braddy family from 1955/1970 plus would be of great help. Someone out there knows the answers!

- Maureen's sister

Debbie Lorraine BUNWORTH DOB: 1960
A 25 year old woman last seen in the Werribee are on the 6 September 1985.
Craig Matthew CALMAN DOB: 1966
A 23 year old man who made his last contact with his family in Melbourne in February 1992.
Robert Howell CAMERON DOB: 1972
A 30 year old man originally from Queensland who was last seen in Melbourne in February 2002. He originally moved to Melbourne with his wife in September 2001 but she returned to Queensland shortly after this time. Robert's abandoned vehicle was located in Melbourne in November 2001.

Kellie Ann CARMICHAEL

DOB: 15/04/1977
A 24 year old woman who was last seen leaving her home in Victoria to travel to Katoomba (Blue Mountains NSW) on 26 April 2001.

Plea: Happy Birthday Kel for the 15th April! You would now be 31 but you were just 24 when you disappeared. You were a beautiful glowing young woman with a magical quality. I think about you everyday. I have cried so many silent tears that I imagine there are none left but still they flow... perhaps you would be married with children, maybe you would be travelling the world as we dreamed when we were young. Kellie at the prime of your youth - an amazing young woman - now disappeared without a trace. It has been gut wrenching without you, without the chance to have a memorial and to say our goodbyes. I am living like you would want me to Kellie, but always with my heart aching for your safe return.

Your friend Sari

Max Vidar CASTOR DOB: 1985
A 20 year old male Swedish tourist who was last seen at 3.30 pm walking along the highway towards Apollo Bay on 1 April 2005.
Jean CLIMAS aka SHAW DOB: 1949
A 20 year old woman who vanished after moving from Bendigo (Victoria) to Mosman Park (WA) in 1969
Terry 'Terrance' COTTIER DOB: 1969
A 34 year old man who was last seen at the Isle of White Hotel in Cowes, Phillip Island in the early morning on 10 October 2003. Police believe that Terry has been murdered by someone known to him.
Shari Narelle DAVISON DOB: 1969
A 31 year old woman who was last seen making several phone calls at her local service station in Footscray around 2.45pm on the 18 February 1995.
Joanne Gaye DEASON DOB: 1972
A 31 year old woman who went missing from her Gembrook home on the 24 August 2003.
Gregory Joseph DELANEY DOB: 1968
A 21 year old NSW man who was last seen in Geelong on 12 July 1989.
David DYKE DOB: 1951
A 25 year old Noble Park man who was last seen entering the water at Edithvale beach in January 1976.
Andrew Kieran DYMOTT DOB: 1972
A 26 year old man who was last seen in Mt Eliza in the early afternoon of the 10 January 1999. Please click on the link to visit the webpage dedicated to Andrew.
William Bernard EARL DOB: 1948
A 45 year old man last sighted at his flat on the 15 August 1993.
Edward John FAULKNER DOB: 25/11/1959
A 36 year old Sydney (NSW) man last seen walking across paddocks near the Hume Highway at Craigieburn after a vehicle collision on the 19 June 1995.

DOB: 30/10/1977

A 2 and a half year old girl who went missing from outside her home in Acland St St Kilda in the early evening on the 26 April 1980. Please click on the link to view comprehensive listing and watch a video of the crime re-enactment.

VICTORIA POLICE REFUSE TO OFFER REWARD

DOB: 07/04/1937

A 43 year old mother of four who went missing from outside her home in Acland St St Kilda in the early evening on the 26 April 1980 after getting into a white Holden utility with her potato farmer boyfriend. Please click on the link to view comprehensive listing and watch a video of the crime re-enactment.

VICTORIA POLICE REFUSE TO OFFER REWARD


Click here to watch the crime re-enactment and plea at YouTube

Terry James FLOYD

DOB: 1963
A 12-year old Maryborough boy last seen about 5pm at the intersection of the Sunraysia and Pyrenees Highways near Avoca on Saturday 28 June 1975. Click on the link to read about the 2001 inquest into the disappearance of Terry Floyd.

Frederick Reginald FREEMAN DOB: 1947
A 39 year old man who was last seen by his family in Carrum Downs on the 24 November 1988. Prior to his disappearance he left a note saying that he intended to travel to South Australia.
Latricenicole FULU

DOB: 1992

A 16 year old girl who went missing after school in Melbourne on the 3 April 2008.

Build: medium
Height: 5 feet and 9 inches
Haircolour: black
Hairstyle: medium
Eyecolour: brown

Plea:
I am very worried and concerned for my daughter's safety. It's upsetting me all the time. If anyone out there has any information on my daughter, please I'd like to hear from you or send an e-mail to let me know. Please I can't sleep at night I can't stop worrying about her at all the time. I need help from you if you have any information or you know where about she is, thank you.

Latricenicole's Mum

Veronica GREEN (nee MEDCRAFT) DOB: 10/04/1937
A 38 year old woman who vanished after alighting on a train ar Ardeer station on Friday 13 February 1976. It is believed she obtained her truck licence and has worked throughout Australia since.
Linda Anne GRIMSTONE DOB: 1958
A 42 year old Croydon mother of two who was last seen at around 3.50pm in the car park of Powers Lookout, Alpine National Park on the 4 September 2000. Her vehicle was located the following day in nearby bushland.
Afthalia Christina HALES aka Afthalia PETROVIC/MANSON DOB: 02/03/1963
A 34 year old woman reported missing from Geelong in May 1997.
Patrick HEARN DOB: 1927
An 80 year old Doncaster man and former police inspector missing from his home since 4 am Thursday 7 June 2007. Grave concerns are held for his welfare.
DOB: 05/08/1908
A 59 year old father of 2 and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia who went missing after snorkelling at Cheviot Beach Point Nepean in the early afternoon on 17 December 1967. Cheviot Beach was notorious for its strong currents and dangerous rip tides. In September 2005 the Victorian State Coroner found that Harold Holt had drowned in accidental circumstances. His body was never recovered.

Click on the link to visit Harold Holt's listing on Wikipedia.
Mark Rohan HULME DOB: 1964
A 38 year old man last seen at his Cheltenman home on the 12 march 2003. his vehicle was later located in the Yarra Ranges National Park at Cambarville.
DOB: 20/02/1963
A 31 year old father of 2 last seen by a business partner leaving his Dandenong workplace on 12 November 1994. Mark's family have described his disappearance as totally out of character.
Christopher JARVIS
DOB: 1968
An 38 year old man who was last seen at his Warrnambool home on the night of the 12 June 2006. His burnt out vehicle was recoverd in the dunes at Thunder Point Warrnambool the following day.
Russell JENKIN DOB: 1970
An 36 year old man last seen leaving his Werribee home around 9.15pm on 22 September 2006. His silver 2006 Toyota Yaris was found at the Lara Football Ground the following day.
Malcolm Edwin Arthur JONES DOB: 11/11/1934
A 34 year old man last seen leaving his home at 8 am on Monday 20 october 1969.

DOB: 28/10/1986

An 18 year old man who was reported missing approx Jan 5th 2005. Last known residence was a youth hostel in Clifton Hill in Victoria.

Please click on the link to view Russell's comprehensive listing.

Willie KOEPPEN DOB: N/A
A German chef and part-owner of The Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda who went missing in 1976.
FURTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED ON THIS LISTING 
Jim (James) KOSTA DOB: 26/05/1936

A 15 year old boy who went missing from Thornbury on 26 July 1951.

build = medium
height = 5ft 11 inches
haircolour = brown
hairstyle = medium
eyecolour = brown
complexion = fair

Plea:
i will never give up looking for him as we loved him very much not a day has gone by without thinking about him. i have tried every thing to find him i we need to know what happend to him

I would love to find him we have tried so hard we all miss jim and never a day goes by without hoping we find him

Jim's younger sister
Joy Ellen LANCASTER DOB: 1949
A 36 year old woman last sighted by a work associate in Albert park late evening on the 19 April 1985. Her yellow Mazda light truck - Registration no. BWP 414 has never been found.
John LANDOS DOB: 1960
An 13 year old boy from Sunshine who went missing whilst on holidays with his family at the Erskine River caravan park near Lorne in January 1973. He was last seen walking towards Deans Marsh trying to find his father who was hunting at the time. He may have been abducted by a person driving a 1966 Ford utility.
Sam LISCZAK DOB: 1994
An 11 year old boy who went missing from Frankston on Anzac Day 25 April 2005.
Harold LOUIS

LOCATED

Richard LYZWA DOB: 1948
A 52 year old German man who went missing from his Geelong home in approximately 1993.

build medium
height 5 ft 10 inches
haircolour brown
hairstyle short
eyecolour green
complexion olive
distinguishing features Hair thin on top

Plea:
Richard was seen in Eastern Melbourne a few years ago and is thought to live there. He has two adult sons and a daughter who haven't seen him since they were children. His mother is elderly and wants to make contact.

Richard's ex-wife
Selman MALA aka Sam MILLER DOB: 1963
A 36 yeard old man last seen leaving his family home at Hoppers Crossing with four unknown persons in a white ford sedan on the 28 June 2000.
Mirella MARCHI FURTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED ON THIS LISTING
Adriano MASON DOB: N/A
A young male who disappeared from East Kew on the 2 July 1992 whilst taking his pet Rottweiler for a walk. Neither Adriano or his dog have since been located.

DOB: 1967.
A 23 year old Scottish-Australian woman who disappeared without trace from Kananook station, near Frankston on the evening of 11 July 1990.

Click on the link to visit Sarah MacDiarmid's listing on Wikipedia.

$1 000 000 REWARD OFFERED BY VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT

DOB: 1950.
A 36 year old mother of five who police believe was abducted from her Reservoir home shortly after midnight on Sunday December 14 1986. Her 1968 blue Toyota Corolla Coupe was found abandoned at her workplace the Truck City roadhouse, Campbellfield the next day.

$100 000 REWARD OFFERED BY VICTORIA POLICE (AND POSSIBLE INDEMNITY FROM PROSECUTION) - DECEMBER 2007.


Sherrlynn Leigh MITCHELL
DOB: 1957.
A 16 year old Scottish-Australian female who disappeared from or near a Ballarat bus stop on the morning of the 22 November 1973.

NO REWARD HAS BEEN POSTED BY VICTORIA POLICE.

Andrew OLEENIK DOB: 27/09/1955.
A 49 year old man who disappeared from his Queenscliff home after attending an appointment around midday in Geelong on the 7 March 2005.
Theresa (Tessie) PACE DOB: 1964.
A 33 year old Maltese-Australian mother of two young children who was last seen at her home in Melbourne on 22 January 1997.
Richard PARR DOB: 11/11/1960 or 1962
A Melbourne man who went missing in 1985/1986.
FURTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED ON THIS LISTING.  
Ian PONTON A Croydon South father who was last seen at Waverley Park watching a VFL football game in June 1979.
FURTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED ON THIS LISTING. 
Owen REDMAN aka MOORE DOB: 08/10/1965.
A 25 year old Brunswick (originally from Tumut, NSW) man who was last seen by his family around the 8 October 1990. Police believe he may have moved to an Aboriginal settlement or cattle station in Western Australia or the Northern Territory.
Arthur ROBINS or MELVILLE

DOB: 05/021923

A 42 year old man who is believed to have gone missing from North Ringwood in 1965.


build = medium
height = 5ft 7in
haircolour = brown
hairstyle = medium
eyecolour = blue
complexion = fair
distinguishingfeatures =

Marcia Ann RYAN DOB: 1963.
A 36 year old woman who was last sighted in a distressed state walking along the Princes highway near Moe on the 19 August 1996. Her tan Mitsubishi Sigma sedan - Registration No. DUP 002 - was found abandoned a short distance away.
Robert William SIMMONS DOB: 10.11.65
build = slim
height = 177.8 cms
haircolour = blonde
hairstyle = short
eyecolour = blue
complexion = fair
distinguishingfeatures = Robert was a good looking young man, with no distinguising features, no tatoos.

Robert was last seen by family members on the 28.2.87 in Mordialloc. On this day, Robert told family members he was travelling to Sydney.

Plea:
If anyone who knew Robert at this time and has any information that could assist in piecing together what happened after this date (Feb 1987)- please come forward. Not knowing makes it impossible to put this behind me, to move on, I need to know what has happened to my brother - who was 21 years old at this time. Roberts family need to know if he is dead or alive. I will never stop looking for my brother.

- Robert's sister

Mahalingham SINNATHAMBY DOB: 1937.
A 68 year old male Sri Lankan immigrant pensioner found to be missing from his Noble park home by his family in August 2005. Grave fears are held for his safety.
Benchawyn SPYRIDIS DOB: N/A.
An Asian-Australian woman last sighted in Melbourne in late 1997. She may have travelled overseas or to Western Australia.
Peter Richard STEINKI DOB: 1959
A 39 year old man last seen on a camping trip in the Goolengook area near Orbost on the 21 December 1998.

DOB 22/8/1960.
A 7 year old girl abducted from near the St Kilda foreshore Melbourne around 5 pm on the 10 August 1968.

Please click on the link to visit the website dedicated to Linda or report information about Linda's abduction.

Click here for further information on Linda Stilwell's inquest December 2009

NO REWARD HAS BEEN POSTED BY VICTORIA POLICE

George TEMPLETON aka TEAZIS DOB: 1967
A 38 year old man who went missing from his Reservoir residence between midnight and 1.30 am on Tuesday 3 May 2005.
Katie Lee TANNER DOB: 1985
A 21 year old mother of 2 infant children who went missing from her Cranbourne North home in October 2006. Keith Herbert Smart was convicted of Katie's manslaughter in April 2008, but has refused to divulge the wherabouts of Katie's body, claiming he is innocent.
Carolyn Mary WILSON DOB: 1945
A 56 year old Melbourne woman missing since 20 April 2001. Her dark green Daewoo Cielo - Registration no. unknown - is also missing.
Stephen John WITHAM DOB: 1963
A 43 year old father who went missing from a property in Berwick on Wednesday 8 August 2006.

On the 9 November 2007, a man and woman were charged in the Melbourne Magistrate's court with murdering John Witham and were remanded in custody. Read the story here.

Sophie Helen WOODMAN

DOB: 24/06/1966
A 13 year old female who was last seen with a friend in Victoria at 7.00pm 21 March 1980.

NO REWARD HAS BEEN POSTED BY VICTORIA POLICE

DOB: 8/10/67
An 8 year old girl abducted from her home in Beaumaris, Melbourne in the early hours of 12 January 1976.

Click on the link to visit Eloise Worledge's listing on Wikipedia.

$10 000 REWARD POSTED BY VICTORIA POLICE IN 1976

Paul WRIGHT DOB: 1976
A 27 year old Camberwell man who disappeared on the 30 September 2003. His blue Nissan Pintara Registration no. EMI 944 has never been found.

 
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