Tayla Spies: New footage released as search continues for missing person
New CCTV footage has been released of a 29-year-old who vanished more than a month ago, as police continue their search across a vast portion of southwest Queensland.
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Police have released new footage in their continued efforts to locate missing woman Tayla Spies.
The 29-year-old vanished on February 2, last seen travelling on the Carnarvon Highway south of Roma between the hours of 10am and 1pm.
It has also been confirmed she left a hotel in Dalby at about 8am that day, travelling west towards Surat in a white 2018 Toyota HiLux.
The new footage shows Ms Spies purchasing fuel from a service station on Wambo Street in Condamine about 9.20am the day she went missing.
CCTV footage released last month also showed her vehicle at the intersection of Burrowes Street and Cordelia Street in Surat at 11.10am.
Police continue to scour 9000 square kilometres of southwest Queensland land, which includes Yuleba, Wullambilla South, east to Roma, south to Teelba past Surat and west to Glenmorgan and Meandarra.
The search Operation Xray Spa has included aerial searches of this vast area.
Tayla’s sister Rebecca Spies, who lives at Roma last month appealed for the public to come forward with information, “no matter how big or small”.
“If any of my friends have seen my sister or heard from her in the past week, please get in touch with the Roma police or myself,” she said.
“Or even if you see a Toyota HiLux that matches this description around the area, just a photo of the car or licence plate will be enough to confirm if it is her car or not.
“Every little bit of information will help us.”
Ms Spies, who was last seen wearing a pink long sleeve shirt, is caucasian, with brown shoulder length hair, blue eyes, slim build and approximately 170cm tall, and has the word KARMA tattooed across her chest.
The HiLux she was travelling in has a distinctive black bumper bar and Queensland registration 559 GJ7.
A social media page has listed a $5000 reward for any information that could help locate Ms Spies.
Police are still looking for anyone who might have relevant dashcam footage.
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