Tarci Carey found dead in Imbil Forestry after month-long search

A desperate search by police, family and friends of the missing 22-year-old has come to a tragic end.

Missing 22-year-old Nambour man Tarci Carey has been found dead in the Imbil Forestry one month after he first disappeared.

Mr Carey’s body was located by search crews in bushland a considerable walking distance from where his abandoned car was first spotted in the Brooloo State Forest on August 8, 2022.

Police have reported that investigations surrounding his death are ongoing but the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious.

The body of missing Nambour man Tarci Carey has been found by searchers one month after he disappeared. Photo: Contributed

Mr Carey had last been seen leaving his home at Meditation Ct, Nambour, on Friday, August 5 about 4am.

He was headed to work at Dakabin on the outskirts of north Brisbane, but never arrived.

His silver Mitsubishi Lancer was found by four-wheel drive enthusiasts in the Imbil State Forest in dense bushland on the morning of Saturday August 6, but the group did not realise it belonged to the missing man they saw a desperate plea for help from Mr Carey’s family on social media the following day.

Tarci Carey and his Mitsubishi Lancer was found abandoned in the Brooloo State Forest on August 6, 2022. Photo: Queensland Police Service

Police, SES, family, friends and colleagues of Mr Carey scoured the Brooloo State Forest in the weeks since his disappearance.

Rescue crews including police on foot, on motorbikes and on ATVs, SES drones and police helicopters, and mounted police were all involved in the search before it was temporarily scaled back on August 12.

The general manager of Barung Landcare, where Mr Carey has worked for the past three years, said he was beloved by all his co-workers.

Tigerlily Boyce (left) was among Tarci Carey’s (second from right) friends and family who refused to give up the search for the missing 22-year-old.

The search crews were eventually joined by the Queensland Remote Area Tracking team as the search entered its third week.

Mr Carey’s co-worker Tigerlily Boyce told the Gympie Times on August 19 she felt like rescuers were “shouting into the void” as the search wore on.