Missing person
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Four years ago, Genny’s brother went fishing but never came home. She still doesn’t know why
Thousands of people go missing in Australia each year. Those they leave behind experience “ambiguous loss” - grief with no clear end.
- Shona Hendley
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Etan’s disappearance changed childhood forever. Now this decades-old case has been reopened
When six-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school in 1979, frightened parents began to raise their children differently.
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- Police
A Sydney chef checked out of a Surry Hills hotel. He was never seen again
Simon Knight left the hotel by bike, withdrew $500 from the bank then “disappeared off the face of the earth”.
- Josefine Ganko
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- Perth
Rescued backpacker returns to Germany and taken to hospital
Rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga has bid farewell to Perth, with German media confirming she arrived back in the country at the weekend.
- Heather McNeill
Three missing children, including baby, possibly in NSW
Three children, including a baby, have been missing from the Gold Coast since yesterday and may now be in NSW, with police issuing an urgent appeal to help find them.
- Cloe Read
Body found near Snowy Mountains plane wreckage
Wreckage of the light plane was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Thursday afternoon. Experienced pilot David Stephens was the sole occupant.
- Penry Buckley and Kayla Olaya
When police got word a backpacker was missing in remote WA, they were already out there looking for someone else
Carolina Wilga is not the first person to go missing at the edge of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.
- Hannah Murphy
‘People might wonder why I left my car’: Rescued backpacker breaks her silence
German backpacker Carolina Wilga has released a statement from her hospital bed in Perth, thanking her rescuers and addressing the mystery of why she left her car in WA’s outback.
- Hamish Hastie
‘It was meant to be’: Backpacker’s rescuer describes miracle moment on remote WA road
Tania Henley was returning from a trip to Beacon in WA’s Wheatbelt when the waifish figure of a missing backpacker appeared on the side of the remote road.
- Cameron Myles
Car found in search for missing German backpacker
Carolina Wilga, 26, had not been seen for 12 days since taking off on a solo adventure in the Wheatbelt.
- Hannah Murphy
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