Search to be renewed for missing Aussie woman

Search to be renewed for missing Aussie woman
Source: Daily Mail Online

A renewed search has been launched for a missing woman whose disappearance is being treated as suspicious.

South Australia Police will return to Andamooka, in the state's far north, on Tuesday to continue searching for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who vanished on December 12.

Officers will comb multiple areas around the remote opal-mining town, searching for fresh clues.

Police declared the case a major crime on January 6 and are treating it as suspicious.

Detectives will conduct doorknocks around Andamooka on Wednesday, focusing on several locations where Ms Graf was last seen.

'We have established Trisha's movements on the evening and morning she was last seen, but we believe there are people who may have seen her within the town who have not yet contacted police,' Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said.
'We know there were people who were with Trisha at both the Roxby Downs Hotel and who saw her after she returned to Andamooka and we need to speak with them.'

Ms Graf was last seen at the Roxby Downs Hotel at 12.19am on December 12, leaving a short time later in a white 2012 Ford Territory (SA registration S254BCX), accompanied by a friend.

She drove towards Andamooka, colliding with a kangaroo just outside the township.

Despite the accident, Ms Graf and her friend continued into town and visited a house in the north-western area.

Shortly before 2am, Ms Graf left that address to make the short trip home. She was last seen driving along Dunstan Drive in Andamooka.

Just after midday on December 12, Ms Graf's partner and a friend, who were searching for her, found her Ford Territory perched on a dirt mound near the Blue Dam, east of the township.

The vehicle had sustained damage from the collision and could not be driven from its position.

Police and SES initially conducted ground and aerial searches, followed by a community search in Andamooka.

Police divers later searched the Blue Dam, but Ms Graf was not found.

Since then, police from the Far North, Port Augusta, the Missing Persons Section and PolAir have carried out further ground and aerial searches.

A community page stated Ms Graf was wearing black pants and a black top at the time of her disappearance.

Her hair was also up in a plait, away from her face.

Ms Graf is known to have a nose piercing, lip piercing and ear piercings as well as a skull tattoo on her upper right arm and a mermaid tattoo on her lower forearm.

Anyone with information about Ms Graf's whereabouts or her movements leading up to her disappearance is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.