Mum of missing man Gary Pearce ‘fears for son’s life’

Gary Pearce will have been missing for three weeks on Tuesday. His disappearance has left his family devastated, but his mum Jo Pearce refuses to give up hope.

The mother of missing man Gary Pearce, aged 21, fears for his life. He was last seen on April 23.

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Gary Pearce will have been missing for three weeks on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old was last seen on April 23 at North Wollongong.

His disappearance has left his family devastated, but his mum Jo Pearce refuses to give up hope.

Mrs Pearce has created a Facebook page called Please Help Find Gary Pearce, urging anyone with information about her son’s whereabouts to come forward.

“Someone knows where he is and all I ask is that person tells me or the police, she said in a Facebook post.

Gary Pearce was last seen on April 23.

“You don’t have to say who you are just let me bring my boy home.”

Gary’s family and police hold serious concerns for his welfare, as his disappearance is described being out of character.

“He is a loving, kind hearted person,” Mrs Pearce wrote on Facebook.

“He would pull silly faces just to make me smile.

“He rang or messaged me nearly every day. Sometimes for no reason at all. He is my boy. I need my boy home.”

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Gary was last seen driving a white VY Holden Commodore station wagon with NSW registration BH21YN.

Gary is described as 165 to 175cm tall, of medium build, with brown hair and a beard and moustache.

Mrs Pearce said she “feared for Gary’s life” and would “do anything to hug her son again”.

“If you are a mum, dad, sister, brother, just think about how it feels to be in our situation,” she said via the Facebook page.

“We do not wish it on anyone.”

Anyone with information relating to Gary’s whereabouts is urged to contact Lake Illawarra Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.