Police, family searching for missing Roma mum Tayla Spies

Police are now focusing on a town of just 400 people amid “grave fears” for a missing mum, who lost contact with family just before her 29th birthday. LATEST.

The Queensland Police have released three images of missing woman Tayla Spies, the middle of which police say depicts the clothes the 28-year-old mun was wearing.

Wearing a fluoro pink shirt and driving on a country highway in a distinctive Toyota Hilux, Tayla Spies disappeared into the night and has not been in the 10 days since.

Police have now narrowed their search for the 29-year-old mum to the area around the tiny sound of Surat which is home to just 400 people.

It comes as they renew their appeal for members of the public to come forward with information about Tayla’s whereabouts.

Detective Inspector Gary Watts said police were focusing their efforts on small Maranoa town and believed Tayla was last seen there between 11-11.30am of the day she vanished.

“We did conduct some aerial searches with Polair around the Surat area with negative result,” he said.

“Along with the aerial assets, we have also had police patrols out looking for Tayla and her vehicle.

“We are hoping we can jog someone’s memory, and they come forward.”

Tayla’s friends and family have launched their own search efforts to support the police.

“We share her family’s concern,” Inspector Watts said.

“We have grave concerns about her safety, she has gone quiet in the previous times, but never for this long.

“It was her birthday a few days ago, she turned 29 and there was no contact with family which is out of character.”

Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 28-year-old woman missing from the Roma and Dalby areas since February 2, 2025. Tayla Spies (pictured below) was last seen travelling along the Carnarvon Highway, just south of the Condamine turn-off heading towards Roma between the hours of 10am and 1pm, on Sunday afternoon February 2.

The 29-year-old Roma mum disappeared on February 2.

She was heading south from Roma along the Carnarvon Highway in a white 2017 dual cab Toyota HiLux with a distinctive black bumper bar, blacked-out wheels (Qld rego 559 GJ7) and has not heard from or seen since.

Tayla is described as Caucasian, with brown shoulder length hair, blue eyes, slim build and approximately 170cm tall.

She was last seen wearing a fluorescent pink long-sleeve shirt and light-coloured shorts.

The Queensland Police Service cast a wide net, appealing to community members and travellers from Roma to Dalby across a 300km range in the Maranoa and Western Downs regions.

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