Missing woman Tina Greer's dad draws strength from Morcombes

THE father of a missing woman doesn't know how the Morcombes waited for nine years to learn the fate of their son.

PHIL Greer doesn't know how the Morcombes did it. For nine years they waited to learn the fate of their son before a breakthrough in Australia's most famous missing person case.

This week will mark one year since Beechmont woman Tina Greer vanished without a trace.

Her father, brothers and daughter are still waiting for answers.

The attractive 32-year-old, whose life had run on and off the tracks over the years, was finally starting to pull things together.

She had reconnected with her teenage daughter, Lili, and the pair had just finished a shopping trip together, buying shoes and supplies for the new school year.

That was on January 18 and Lili, now 14, has not seen her mother since.

Police know Ms Greer went to visit her 54-year-old boyfriend, a patched outlaw bikie, out near Aratula that afternoon.

He reportedly alerted her brother to her disappearance the following day.

On January 22, her 2003 model maroon Holden Commodore was found abandoned and locked at the Governors Chair Lookout near Cunningham's Gap.

Despite an extensive search of the area over the following days and weeks, there has been no trace of Ms Greer.

Talking to The Sunday Mail this week, her father Phil said that he accepted she was no longer alive, but not knowing what happened to her was the very worst part of the whole tragedy.

"You keep thinking of the Morcombes," he said. "They had to hang around not knowing for nine years.

"It's only been one year for us, but you think about it and your mind goes through it over and over.

"Those thoughts and feelings don't go away."

Mr Greer admitted his daughter had been "a bit of a wild child" at times, but said there was no way she would have disappeared when she was making such strides in re-establishing relationships with her family.

"She wouldn't have just gone," he said. "She was getting things sorted out and if she was ever in any real trouble she would usually give me a call.

"We know something terrible has happened to her."

Police do not believe Ms Greer jumped from the look-out where her car was found.

Detective Senior Sergeant Gary Dixon from the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch said police were pleading for anyone with clues on Ms Greer's disappearance to come forward.

"We hope that someone who was out there at the time, who may have been camping nearby, or been out there since, may have seen something," he said.

Ms Greer is described as Caucasian, 178cm tall, with a slim to average build, blue eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair.

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