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Missing Person Wa Patricia Broun

Patricia BROUN

At 8.30am on Thursday, 4 June 1953, Patricia Broun left her home at Inverness Circle, Mount Lawley to travel to work.

That afternoon whilst at work, she received a telephone...

Missing Person William French

William FRENCH

William French, who preferred to be called Maddison, was last seen in Perth on 11 December 1997. On 17 December 1997, Maddison telephoned his girlfriend from Carnarvon, Western...

Missing Person from NSW Maxwell Walter SMEAL

Maxwell SMEAL

Maxwell Walter Smeal was last seen by his family in late September 1990 at his residence in Burwood, NSW. He told his family he would be going to QLD in search of work and would...

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Age Progression - Lorrin WHITEHEAD

February 8, 2024 marked the 11th anniversary since Lorrin Whitehead went missing. Lorrin was last seen at 4:55pm on 8 February 2013. She would now be 53 years old.

By utilising family photos, as well as knowledge of the effects of ageing, Forensic Artists at the Australian Federal Police have created an artist’s impression of what Lorrin might look like today. The above image shows a comparison...

Collection of cartoon images with speech bubbles about why people go missing

Why do people go missing?

Recently we ran a social media series exploring the reasons people went missing and what they were feeling and experiencing at the time. Anyone, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or educational background may become a missing person. The reasons for going missing are many and varied and can include mental illness, miscommunication, misadventure, domestic violence, and being a victim of crime....

National Missing Persons Week - Can You Solve The Case? 30 July - 5 August 2023

National Missing Persons Week 2023: Can you solve the case?

The AFP is calling for Australians to put on their detective hats and assist forensic investigators unpick clues that could help crack some of the nation’s longest unsolved missing persons cases.

Launched today for National Missing Persons Week, which runs through 5 August, the Can you solve this case? campaign is focused on eight cases involving unidentified human remains.

While forensic...