Territory mum Angie Fuller wished for ‘a better future for my kids’ before her disappearance

MISSING PERSON’S WEEK: A heartbreaking video of a Territory mother-of-two taken months before she disappeared captured her hopes for the future.

Listening to the wind brush over the dry grass of the Alice Springs scrubland, Angie Fuller smiled and told the camera: “Life is good”.

Four months later police would be combing through that same desert landscape – hoping that somewhere in the 400sq km rolling red dirt was a clue to the young mum’s disappearance.

Ms Fuller is one of 171 people who vanished in the Territory, and among 2500 long term missing persons across Australia.

NT Police are still treating her case as a potential homicide six months after she vanished off the side of the highway on Monday, January 9.

Police confirmed a reward was being considered for information related to her disappearance. Four months before she vanished, Ms Fuller appeared in a heartfelt testimonial sharing her battle against her inner demons and addictions.

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

The young mother was working for Drug and Alcohol Services Australia — which provides rehabilitation services in Central Australia — when she took part in a video about her own lived experience.

Ms Fuller said early childhood trauma meant she used drugs for the first time at just 11 years old.

“I started using little bits at first,” she said.

“Then my drug addiction escalated and it ended up being a dependency and skyrocketed.

“My main drugs of choice were methamphetamines, cannabis, prescription drugs and alcohol.”

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

The 30-year-old said after losing two years and six months of her life to a jail cell, she was ready to “change my life”.

“I wanted to change to have a better future for my kids and for myself,” Ms Fuller said.

“And to stop the pain in my family.”

“My life in general is so much easier. I have a better quality of life now.

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

“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”.

That promise to her younger self echoes online, even as the search continues for the missing mother.

Ms Fuller was last seen pulling up at a truck stop north of Alice Springs, during sunset on Monday, January 9.

The missing persons poster for Angie Fuller, a 30-year-old Darwin mum who went missing in the Alice Springs region on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Her red Toyota Corolla was discovered abandoned on Tanami Rd 12 hours later — with no sign of the Territory mum.

It took more than 48 hours for her disappearance to be reported to police.

Cold case taskforce detective sergeant Toby Wilson, who previously worked in the Alice Springs crime division, said he had ‘flashbacks’ to Ms Fuller’s case whenever he saw her missing person’s poster.

NT Police Cold Case Taskforce Detective sergeant Toby Wilson said “strong concerns” were held for Angie Fuller.

“It’s ongoing … we have very strong concerns for her,” Sgt Wilson said.

While he said any information about her disappearance was critical, he was wary of people speculating or creating theories about Ms Fuller’s case.

“We’re mindful of anything that potentially in the future might damage if there was to be a court process,” he said.

“People need to be responsible with their comments. 

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

“But if anyone has any useful information to provide them, we want to hear it.”

Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, police were unable to confirm if persons-of-interest continued to work with investigators, or if interstate police were helping with the investigation.

Sgt Wilson said the Territory’s ‘no body, no parole’ legislation in 2017 was a helpful tool for the missing persons and cold case taskforce when dealing with suspected victims of violent crimes.

“It’s bringing that closure for the families and giving more of the circumstances is really significant,” Sgt Wilson said.