Montville search for Mermaid Waters man Edan Huntington in fourth month

A mum desperate for any information about her son is pleading with a hitchhiker to come forward, as police reveal the latest sad twist in the saga.

A mum desperate for any sign of her missing son is pleading for information about his disappearance as police start running out of search options.

Mermaid Waters man Edan Huntington was visiting family in Montville when he left unexpectedly and without notifying anyone in the early hours of January 18.

He left in a grey Ford Territory with New South Wales registration.

Sunshine Coast police are entering a fourth month of searching.

Throughout March and April, police have focused their search efforts near where Mr Huntington’s vehicle was last seen in Montville, on Main St near the Altitude on Montville hotel, and have hunted for any signs of him in Baroon Pocket Dam.

Mermaid Waters man Edan Huntington was visiting family in Montville when he left in this grey Ford Territory, with New South Wales registration, in the early hours of January 18.

Nambour Criminal Investigation Branch Detective Sergeant Paul Reilly said a specialist ex-military group had searched land along Palmwoods Montville Rd on April 17.

“They’ve basically cleared that area,” he said.

Delia Harpur with her son Edan Huntington.

The detective sergeant said because no one had come forward with new information, police were running out of options.

“Our search areas are becoming exhausted,” Sergeant Reilly said.

“Unless further information comes in we’ll be starting to prepare a report for the coroner.”

The detective sergeant said even electronic searches were turning up no new information.

Police released CCTV footage of the last known movements of missing Mermaid Waters man Edan Huntington about two months ago, and have no new leads on his whereabouts. Photo: Queensland Police

He said police had used helicopters, thermal imaging, groups on the ground and drones.

“We’ve left no stone unturned at this stage in the search,” Sergeant Reilly said.

He said police were still hoping to make contact with a hitchhiker who was seen in vicinity of Mr Huntington’s car on the day he went missing but appeared to be travelling in the opposite direction.

The woman, described as being in her late 30s or early 40s with dark long hair that was tied back, was seen shortly after 4am walking along Main St, near Hoffman Crt.

Mr Huntington’s mum Delia Harpur said the situation was “overwhelming” and she had come full circle in her thought pattern and had begun to think again of foul play.

Edan Huntington, with his mum Delia Harpur, has been missing since January 18 after driving off from a holiday rental in Montville.

When her son first went missing, those were her initial thoughts.

“My partner and I wake up and we cry every day, it’s the first thing we think about in the morning,” Ms Harpur said.

“All the time we just say ‘where is he, where is he?’

“It rules our very existence.”

Ms Harpur begged anyone, including the hitchhiker, to come forward if they had information.

“We really still call for that woman come forward if she’s around and just if anyone knows anything,” she said.

Anyone who has seen Mr Huntington or his vehicle, a grey Ford Territory with the NSW registration CQG59F, or who could have any information which could help police is urged to contact police.qld.gov.au/reporting or phone 131 444.