One-year anniversary of Angie Fuller’s disappearance as homicide investigation continues

It has been 12 months since loved ones last heard Angie Fuller’s laugh, but her smile can still be seen in posters hanging around Alice Springs. One year since her disappearance, homicide detectives continue to search for clues.

It has been 12 months since loved ones last heard Angie Fuller’s laugh, but her smile can still be seen in posters hanging around Alice Springs in a plea for information.

The 30-year-old Territory mother vanished from the side of the highway on January 9, 2023, sparking a 400sq km search through the dry scrublands and rolling red dirt near Alice Springs.

It took more than 48 hours for a missing persons report to be made to police.

Major Crime Squad investigators continue to search for answers in the suspected homicide, offering a $250,000 reward for any information.

On the one year anniversary of her disappearance, Ms Fuller’s friends and family continue to appeal for clues that may bring the young mum home.

Police have offered a $250,000 reward for information about the disappearance of Territory mum Angie Fuller.

Despite a battle against her inner demons and addictions, Ms Fuller is remembered as a shining light who used her lived experiences to help others.

According to court documents and her own testimony, the 30-year-old’s life was marred by trauma, addition and domestic violence.

In a video the Drug and Alcohol Services Australia worker said she chose to turn her life around after losing two years and six months of her life to a jail cell over drug charges.

In 2021 sentencing remarks, Justice Peter Barr heard how Ms Fuller had been trapped in cycles of addiction triggered by her “feelings of worthlessness” and romantic relationships marred by violence.

30-year-old Territory mum Angie Fuller was last seen pulling up at a truck stop north of Alice Springs, on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Prison psychologists said the 30-year-old was “susceptible to abusive relationships”, with the survivor turning to methamphetamines as an escape.

Her psychologists said in around 2019 Ms Fuller was hit by the “perfect storm of her trauma” after her partner violently attacked her mother.

They said that driven by her “overwhelming need to feel no emotions” her methamphetamine use increased until she was “completely immersed”.

But Justice Barr said Ms Fuller had committed herself to rehabilitation while on remand, attending barista, first aid, construction and visual arts training.

She also worked as an numeracy and literacy instructor in the QuickSmart prison program.

30-year-old Territory mum Angie Fuller had worked hard to walk a different path.

Critically, Justice Barr said she took part in the YWCA’s Women of Worth program, which he described as a “turning point” as she promised to abstain from dangerous drugs – ending the young mum’s 20-year history of drug use.

The Women of Worth program lost its funding in 2021, despite an evaluation finding it reduced reoffending rates by 69 per cent.

Despite asking to attend an interstate residential rehabilitation to avoid “coming into contact with former associates”, Ms Fuller was sent to a Territory based residential rehab upon her release.

30-year-old Territory mum Angie Fuller was last seen pulling up at a truck stop north of Alice Springs, on Monday, January 9, 2023.

In a haunting video released months before she disappeared, Ms Fuller described how she had turned her life around.

“If I could speak to my younger self, I would tell myself that life will get easier.

“You can’t help what’s happened, it’s not your fault.

“It does get easier”.

“Life is good”.