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Revelle Balmain: Police have stepped up the search for missing Revelle Balmain

The hotel room which is believed to have been the site of the next appointment of missing sex worker Revelle Balmain has been searched by police.

Police search for Revelle Balmain

A fresh search for answers about the disappearance of model-turned-prostitute Revelle Balmain has led police to an old hotel room they believe may have been her next stop on the day she died.

Ms Balmain was just 22 when she disappeared on November 5, 1994 with a coronial inquest five years later finding that she was likely the victim of a homicide.

But in the wake of a $1 million reward being offered and new information about the young woman’s disappearance received, police returned to three locations in Sydney’s east on Tuesday to carry out search warrants.

Model and part-time escort Revelle Balmain has been missing since 1994 and is believed to have been murdered.
Model and part-time escort Revelle Balmain has been missing since 1994 and is believed to have been murdered.
Her personal property – including a make-up bag, keys and a shoe – was later found scattered in Kingsford.
Her personal property – including a make-up bag, keys and a shoe – was later found scattered in Kingsford.

One of those was a room at what in 1994 was the Swiss-Grand Hotel — and is now the QT Bondi — which police believe may have been Ms Balmain’s next scheduled appointment on the day she went missing.

Police spent Tuesday morning searching the beachside hotel room.

Other locations that formed part of the new search included the sex worker’s former apartment at nearby Bellevue Hill and the Potts Point brothel headquarters where she used to work.

The Pacific hotel in Bondi has become part of an ongoing investigations into the 1994 disappearance of Revelle Balmain. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper
The Pacific hotel in Bondi has become part of an ongoing investigations into the 1994 disappearance of Revelle Balmain. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper
Forensic searches conducted by police on Tuesday as inquiries continue into 1994 disappearance of Revelle Balmain.,
Forensic searches conducted by police on Tuesday as inquiries continue into 1994 disappearance of Revelle Balmain.,
Revelle Balmain.was 22 at the time of her disappearance.
Revelle Balmain.was 22 at the time of her disappearance.

It is understood the agency Ms Balmain worked for had her next scheduled appointment as the room at the Swiss-Grand.

In the wake of the $1 million reward being offered, an anonymous tip was received that identified a person of interest, who it was suggested, may have information useful to the police investigation.

Police sources confirmed the mystery man had now been identified and is still alive.

A new coronial inquest into Ms Balmain’s disappearance and presumed murder is set to begin next year.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/revelle-balmain-police-have-stepped-up-the-search-for-missing-revelle-balmain/news-story/85de7bf24153b17c7519088bb5c1909b