Hopes new age progression photo could help find missing Bundy woman Christine Fenner

Christine Fenner went missing from Bundaberg in February 1999. This National Missing Persons Week, the AFP are releasing a new image in hopes of solving the 22 year mystery of her fate.

The Australian Federal Police have released a unique image that aims to capture how a woman, who went missing from the Bundaberg region in 1999, could look today.

The image of Christine Fenner will form part of a series of images that capture how seven Australians, who have been missing for up to 40 years, could look today as it urges the public to help solve the mystery behind these heartbreaking cases.

The age progressed images have been created by AFP forensic artists and will be featured across a series of short videos to be progressively launched from Sunday for National Missing Persons Week 2021 (NMPW), which runs from 1-7 August.

This year’s theme for NMPW is ‘Their face might have changed. Missing them hasn’t.’

Families of each of the missing persons were directly involved in the production of the videos, providing personal images and describing the emotions and heartache they have lived with while searching tirelessly for their missing loved one.

Christine’s son William Fenner has spent the past 22 years seeking answers to the whereabouts of his mother, who went missing from Bundaberg in February 1999.

Christine Fenner disappeared in February 1999.

He said that if his mother happened to see the campaign, he would want to pass on one simple message to her.

“I would say to her that I love her,” he said.

“I love her very much and she is very much missed by the family. I still wish she was here with us in this life, to come and share laughter and fun times. It definitely means a lot to get this far down the track and still have people that are willing to help me.

“My mum’s wish was for her ashes to be scattered in Fremantle, WA. If she is no longer alive, we would love to be able to honour this wish so we ask that if anyone has information, please come forward.”

According to the missing persons website, Christine’s defacto left home at Booyal on February 12 1999.

When he returned she was not there.

Christine would now be 69 years old and has brown hair, green eyes and a blue scroll/green heart tattoo on left shoulder.

She also has a scar on left shoulder.

The AFP have released an age progressed image of Christine with the aim of showing what she could look today in hopes of finding her.

The AFP’s National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC) Coordinator Jodie McEwan said the age progression campaign was an opportunity to educate the broader community on the need to be aware that long-term missing persons have aged and could look very different to the last time they were seen.

“This year’s campaign acknowledges that as people age, their appearance changes and this obviously also applies to those who are missing. Using the capabilities of specialist AFP forensic artists who work closely with family members, we are able to produce a depiction of how the missing person could look today,” she said.

“It is hoped the images, some of which show how a person may look more than 40 years after going missing, provide the community with an updated idea of who we continue to search for.

“The seven people who will be featured throughout the week all have families who continue to wait for answers.

“They are sons and daughters, parents, siblings, colleagues and friends. They are more than faces on a poster or a website, they are real people who are valued members of their communities and we continue the search to find them.

“If you have any piece of information that you think could assist police, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.”

The videos and images will be progressively release throughout the week.

To view them visit the AFP or the NMPCC Facebook pages.

To find out more about Australia’s missing persons visit the missing persons website.