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Yvonne Whear

Missing-person case involving a 73-year-old woman last seen near Murwillumbah, NSW.

Missing person
last updated 18 August 2026 · 1 sources
Confirmed facts
9
Open questions
5
Last seen
19 Feb 2026
Age
73
Vehicle
Gold SUV
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Case file Yvonne Whear, reference D C zero one four three. According to ABC North Coast, Yvonne Whear, seventy-three, was seen on nineteenth February twenty twenty-six, at about three fifteen p.m., at the Shell service station on Tweed Valley Way at Murwillumbah, while driving a gold-coloured Ford Escape SUV. ABC North Coast reported that, that afternoon, CCTV recorded Ms Whear’s vehicle travelling along Queensland Road in the direction of her farm near Murwillumbah, in the Northern Rivers. ABC North Coast reported that Ms Whear’s daughter, Gillian Hallac, said there were no calls or messages explaining her leaving, and that after four forty-six p.m. Ms Whear did not contact family or respond to messages. As of tenth April twenty twenty-six, ABC North Coast reported Ms Whear and her vehicle had not been seen since nineteenth February, and that police were still searching. ABC North Coast also reported that Tweed-Byron Police Detective Inspector Gary Sheehan said police had not ruled out foul play and were keeping an open mind. The file’s open questions include where Ms Whear is, where her vehicle is, what happened after her phone was last active near the Rous River area, what explains the end of contact after four forty-six p.m., and whether any later verified public appeal added confirmed details. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one four three at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed9 entries
19 February 2026, about 3:15pm
Yvonne Whear was seen at the Shell service station on Tweed Valley Way at Murwillumbah while driving a gold-coloured Ford Escape SUV.
ABC North Coast
19 February 2026, afternoon
CCTV recorded Ms Whear's vehicle travelling along Queensland Road in the direction of her farm near Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers.
ABC North Coast
19 February 2026, after 4:46pm
Ms Whear's daughter Gillian Hallac said there were no calls or messages explaining her leaving, and that after 4:46pm Ms Whear did not contact family or respond to messages.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Ms Whear and her vehicle had not been seen since 19 February 2026.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Police were still searching for Ms Whear.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Tweed-Byron Police Detective Inspector Gary Sheehan said police had not ruled out foul play and were keeping an open mind about what may have occurred.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Police had been searching an area along the Rous River where Ms Whear's phone was last active, and the police dive unit was continuing river searches in the area.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Detective Inspector Sheehan said searches had used helicopters from New South Wales and Queensland police, drones from the rescue squad, and SES foot and line searches.
ABC North Coast
10 April 2026
Anyone with information about Ms Whear's whereabouts was asked to contact Crime Stoppers or Murwillumbah Police Station.
ABC North Coast
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Where is Yvonne Whear?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Where is Ms Whear's gold-coloured Ford Escape SUV?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What happened after Ms Whear's phone was last active near the Rous River area?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What, if anything, explains the end of Ms Whear's contact with family after 4:46pm on 19 February 2026?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Has a later verified public appeal added new confirmed details beyond the 10 April 2026 ABC North Coast report?unconfirmed in trusted-search results · unconfirmed
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