Police appeal for Wayne Spratt, missing from Chillagoe
Police are appealing for information on a man who has been missing from Chillagoe since early this week.
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Police are appealing for information on a man who has been missing from Chillagoe, 206km west of Cairns, since early this week.
Wayne Spratt, 52, was last seen on Market Street around 6.30pm then outside a post office on Queen Street shortly after and has not been seen or heard from since.
He has not been seen or heard from since.
He is described as Aboriginal, approximately 165cm tall, with brown eyes and black short curly hair and a short grey beard and moustache.
Mr Spratt was last seen wearing a red and blue Indigenous cultural T-shirt with writing and a cultural pattern on the back, blue shorts and white and black thongs.
Family and police hold concerns for his welfare as his disappearance is out of character.
Police are appealing to Mr Spratt and anyone with information regarding his whereabouts to come forward.
Originally published as Police appeal for Wayne Spratt, missing from Chillagoe
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