Police conference on missing Canberra woman

ACT Policing and NSW Police have formed a joint taskforce to find missing woman Laura Haworth.

Transcript

00:00Today, during National Missing Persons Week, we're announcing the establishment of Strike

00:13Force Biking, a joint investigation between ACT Policing and the New South Wales Police

00:18Force to investigate the disappearance of Laura Ayworth.

00:23Laura was last seen on Collett Street, Queenby, New South Wales in January 2008.

00:27Her car, a red Mazda 121, was later found at Reid, ACT.

00:34Police have received information to lead us to suspect she met with foul play on or about

00:39that time.

00:40Despite extensive investigations at the time and over the years, Laura has never been located.

00:47We believe there are people in the community that have information about Laura's disappearance.

00:53We are urging those people to come forward.

00:56It's been 16 years since Laura went missing, and that 16 years her family has not had Laura

01:02or had any answers.

01:05I implore anyone with information, no matter how big or small, to contact Crimestoppers

01:09on 1800 333 000.

01:13The information you provide could be the key to giving Laura's family some much-needed

01:16answers.

01:18Information can be provided anonymously, and each lead should be thoroughly investigated.

01:26Thank you.

01:27Good morning, everyone.

01:28Neil Grace, my name.

01:29Detective Chief Inspector of Police from New South Wales Police, Monaro.

01:32It gives me great pleasure to announce today that we're joining forces with the ACT Police

01:37in investigating Laura's disappearance.

01:40Sixteen years is a long time for a family to wait for someone to come home.

01:45The ACT have done a tremendous job in investigating thus far and have established lines of inquiry

01:50that go into New South Wales, and it's for that reason that we're commencing this

01:54strike force today.

01:56We're hoping that there's someone out there with some information, no matter how small,

02:00that will ring up the Crimestoppers number and provide that little piece of the puzzle

02:04that we need so we can go forward and give Laura's family some answers.