2 July 1972
GAYE CHRISTINE BAKER
Last seen - parking her yellow Datsun at Clayfield, QLD. She was an escort due to meet a client that morning.
Reward - Queensland
Sunday, July 2, 1972
Monday, June 5, 1972
Lynette Ann MELBIN
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 1957
Last Seen 5 June 1972
At Time of Disappearance
Age: 15
Height (cm): 155.0
Build: Medium
Hair Colour: Fair
Eye Colour: Hazel
Complexion: Fair
Nationality:
Racial Appearance: Caucasian
Circumstances
Lynette was last seen at Penrith
Tuesday, March 21, 1972
Marilyn Wallman
Personal Details
Last seen:
Employment: Student
Age:
Year of birth:
Height:
Build:
Eyes:
Hair: Fair
Complexion: Fair
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Feature:
Circumstances: Marilyn Wallman, 14, was abducted from Eimeo, near Mackay, on March 21, 1972, while riding her bicycle through canefields near her home to catch a school bus. Her bicycle and school case were found, but her body was never located.
Saturday, December 18, 1971
Patricia Susan SCHMIDT - Murdered
18 December 1971
Last seen - outside the fast food restaurant where she worked in Darlington , SA. Raped, murdered and dumped at Hallet Cove, SA. Traces of metal and paint were found on her body and it is believed she may have been in an engraver's or key cutter's workshop.
Reward - Government of South Australia
Person of Interest
A few days prior, Patricia had been offered a lift home by a man in his 30's, "unattractive" and with a "flash car".
Wednesday, August 18, 1971
Tamara Milograd
Last seen: September 18, 1971
Employment: Student
Age:16
Year of birth:
Height:
Build:
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Hair: Fair
Complexion: Fair
Gender: Female
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Circumstances:The bustling grounds of the Royal Melbourne Show were a thrill for teenager Tamara Milograd and one of her school friends.
It was September 18, 1971 and the pair decided to split up briefly so she could get change from the $5 note tucked in her pocket.
The 16-year-old was never seen again.
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Steve Lillebuen Sydney Morning Herald August 2, 2010
The bustling grounds of the Royal Melbourne Show were a thrill for teenager Tamara Milograd and one of her school friends.
It was September 18, 1971 and the pair decided to split up briefly so she could get change from the $5 note tucked in her pocket.
The 16-year-old was never seen again.
Her frantic family has searched for nearly 40 years and even hired a private investigator in their efforts but the trail has run cold.
"It's been ups and downs with sightings and optimism and there's been despair," her brother Eugene Milograd said on Monday.
Their father died in 1989 pleading with his family to continue the search and never lose hope, a mission that still haunts the missing girl's mother, Luba.
"Every day is a nightmare for her," Mr Milograd says of their 85-year-old mum.
"It's always at the foremost on her mind and we just feel a bit helpless."
Missing persons detectives are hoping Ms Milograd may still be alive but is living under a different identity.
She's now featured as a cold case for Missing Persons Week 2010, launched in Melbourne, in the hope that she will contact police and let them know she is OK.
The largest demographic of the 35,000 reported missing persons every year are teenage girls and police are encouraging everyone to report disappearances quickly.
"With quick, prompt reporting we can actually locate many of those people," said Chris McDevitt, AFP commander of the national missing persons unit.
"Don't waste time. Don't believe the myth that you have to wait 24 hours. It's not true. Report as soon as you can."
In Ms Milograd's case, her family did file a police report soon after she disappeared in the crowd but she still hasn't been located.
Police believe, however, that she probably vanished willingly.
She had been fighting with her family over a boyfriend and had told a few friends that she wanted to start a new life.
Sergeant David Butler says it is believed MsMilograd spent a few nights in the showgrounds' stables before moving on to St Kilda and possibly interstate.
Her disappearance is one of 500 active, longterm cases being investigated by the Victoria Police Belier Taskforce, many sifting through a paper trail of births, deaths and marriages listings compiled well before electronic records were kept.
Detectives have discovered it was quite simple for a young woman to disappear back then.
"Right up to 80s it was pretty easy for women to move interstate, marry and get themselves a new life," Sgt Butler told AAP. "At that point they are virtually lost forever."
The latest leads in Ms Milograd's case ran cold in 1984 with possible sightings in Melbourne and in NSW.
Her brother says they've accepted that she could have taken off but the family wants closure with one phone call from her that she is alive and well.
"I had a sister that I haven't got anymore and reality is, I just miss her," he says.
© 2011 AAP
Friday, February 26, 1971
Keren Ellen ROWLAND - Murdered
26 February 1971
KEREN ELLEN ROWLAND (20)
Last seen - driving to a party at Deakin, ACT. Her car was found shortly afterwards in Campbell
Thursday, October 8, 1970
Eastwood, Joyce
Last seen: Thursday, 8 October 1970
Year of birth: 1935
Height: 166cm
Build: MediumE
yes: Hair:
Light brown curly
Complexion: Fair
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Feature:
Circumstances On 8 October 1970, Joyce was picked up from home by a co-worker (Hazel Pope) along with her two sons to attend their place of employment (Noarlunga Meat works). The boys were dropped off at the gate whilst Hazel parked the car. There was a security guard on duty at the gate and he stated that the woman arrived at the meatworks between 07.00am – 08.00am where they unloaded two suitcases and were almost immediately both collected by a male taxi driver and drove off, leaving the car (mini minor) in the car park. It is believed that the women both handed in the resignations about a week prior to leaving. No contact has ever been received from any members of the families.
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