Blayze's plea to find bikie dad Steve Williams

THE daughter of missing Gypsy Joker boss Steve Williams is still seeking answers, five years after his disappearance.

HE was the heavily tattooed, no-nonsense tough guy - but nothing could mask the love he had for his little girl.

With piercing blue eyes, scowling brow and slicked-back ponytail, Steve Williams was the face of the bikie world in Adelaide.

Until he mysteriously disappeared without trace.

Now, five years later, the family of the former Gypsy Jokers boss is still seeking answers about what happened to him.

A desperate Blayze Williams spoke out yesterday on the eve of the fifth anniversary of her father's disappearance in the hope her "best friend" could finally be laid to rest.

"Even if someone murdered him and if we never found the person responsible but we found his (dad's) body, I would rather find him," she said.

"If we never knew who did it, that wouldn't matter to me as much as just having him back with us."

The 18-year-old said she tried to stay strong for the sake of her family when Mr Williams, then 38, went missing after his boss dropped him at the Gepps Cross Hotel on June 14, 2005.

His white Ford Falcon was later found abandoned in the hotel car park.

But now Blayze's strong veneer is starting to break down; she admits to becoming frequently angry and getting easily upset.

She recently broke down in tears while driving when The Who's Behind Blue Eyes came on the radio, because it reminded her of her dad who "seemed all tough but had a lot of stuff going on in his head". "As time goes on I'm actually getting worse, not better," Blayze said.

"I think because I blocked it out so much when it first happened, I tried to stay strong for everyone else.

" I tried to keep everything the same. My family got pretty upset, though.

"I thought 'I'll stay strong for them'. It sort of backfired for me because I didn't give any time to myself to grieve."

Over the years, Mr Williams has missed some of his horse-riding champion daughter's major milestones, including her winning national titles and an international Rookie of the Year award.

"Whenever something big happens in my life, like winning something or anything I know he would have enjoyed, instead of it just being a happy point for me, it's also hard as well.

"He would have always loved to have been at my school graduation; he would have loved to try to scare off my first proper boyfriend."

Blayze said she became hysterical when mum Kim Asling presented her with a gold locket on her 16th birthday.

Mr Williams had bought the necklace and placed photos of himself and Kim inside it just after their daughter was born before hiding it away to offer as a gift 16 years later.

Blayze, of Kudla, will light a candle tomorrow to mark her dad's birthday this week.

Anybody with information about Steve Williams' disappearance should contact BankSA Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000