Hildegard (Liah) Elisabet FALKENBERG

   

 

(From QLD Police - ) Name: Hildegard Elisabeth FALKENBERG Last seen: Tolga, North Queensland September 2010 Year of Birth: 1930 Sex: Female Eyes: Blue Hair: White Height: 168cm Build: Slim Complexion: Fair Circumstances:

Hildegard was last seen by friends in the Tolga area near Mareeba. Her vehicle was located in the vicinity of her rural property. Extensive searches of the area have failed to locate the missing person.

 

 

Missing woman, Tolga

Last Updated: 10/09/2010

QLD Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 79-year-old Tolga woman last seen on Monday, September 6.

Hildegard Elisabet Falkenberg, known as Liah, was last known to be at her residence at Bowcock Road, Tolga.  

Police hold concerns for Ms Falkenberg as she suffers from a medical condition and it is unusual for her not to maintain contact with family and friends for this many days.

Ms Falkenberg owns a dark blue 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara, registration plates of 357LBH. Her car is not at her home address.

Liah is described as being 168cm tall, with white hair and blue eyes.

Any one who may have seen Ms Falkenberg or her vehicle should contact Mareeba Police on 4030 3300.

Update: Missing woman, Tolga

Last Updated: 11/09/2010

Police are continuing the search for missing 79-year-old woman, Hildegard Falkenberg, and are appealing for public assistance.

Ms Falkenberg, known as Liah, was last known to be at a residence at Bowcock Road, Tolga .  

Police hold concerns for Ms Falkenberg as she suffers from a medical condition and it is unusual for her not to have contacted family and friends for this many days.

Ms Falkenberg’s car, a dark blue 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara with  registration plates 357LBH, is not at her home address.

She is described as being 168cm tall, with white hair and blue eyes.

Any one who may have seen Ms Falkenberg or her vehicle should contact Mareeba Police on 4030 3300 or Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers is a charitable community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.

Police find car, woman still missing

By Kristy Sexton-McGrath - ABC

Posted Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:50am AEST

Police have found a car belonging to a 79-year-old woman missing in far north Queensland.

Hildegard Falkenberg was last seen at her home at Tolga on the Atherton Tableland, south-west of Cairns, on Monday.

Police have been searching the area for Ms Falkenberg, who suffers from a medical condition.

She is described as 168 centimetres tall and has grey hair and blue eyes.

Police divers search for missing woman Liah Falkenberg

A CHANGE to Lia Falkenberg's regular daily routine first alerted her friends that something was wrong.

The alarm was raised when the 79-year-old missed her daily visits to the post office. No one has seen or heard from her in about 10 days, The Cairns Post said.

Now, Mareeba police have stepped up a ground search for Ms Falkenberg around Tolga and have called in officers from the homicide and dive squads in Brisbane.

Before she was reported missing, Ms Falkenberg kept regular contact with members of her church congregation and close friends.

Police are piecing together Ms Falkenberg’s movements since she was last seen on September 6.

Police say hopes of finding her alive are fading.

"Because of her age and her frailty, it is a concern to us," Far Northern region crime co-ordinator Det Insp John Hartwell said.

Her blue four-wheel-drive was found bogged and abandoned on an isolated dirt road after a 16sq km helicopter search of the Tableland.

The remote track, a few kilometres from Ms Falkenberg’s home at Bones Knob, is the back access to a rural property but detectives do not know why she was in the area.

"We believe that Ms Falkenberg suffers from early onset dementia and recently has become confused," Det Insp Hartwell said.

The car was found locked on the side of the road and there were no signs of trauma in the vehicle.

Detectives also have not found any clues at her Bowcock Rd house as to where she is.

But as the search continues, officers are treating the disappearance as suspicious and foul play has not been ruled out.

The dive squad will search a large private dam near Draney Rd where her car was found.

Ms Falkenberg is described as being 168cm tall with white hair and blue eyes.

If you have an information call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Lifting the lid on three Atherton Tablelands’ missing persons cases

THREE different women — three different scenarios — three families left looking for answers.

Grace Mason, The Cairns Post

THREE different women – three different scenarios – three families left looking for answers.

These are some of the lost souls of the Atherton Tablelands, who vanished without a trace and left authorities baffled about their whereabouts.

HILDEGARD ELISABETH FALKENBERG

DOB: 1930

Disappeared: September 6, 2010

Circumstances: Last seen by friends at her Bowcock Rd home in Tolga, her car was found bogged and abandoned on an isolated dirt road several kilometres from the house.

AUTHORITIES still cannot fathom that elderly Tolga woman Hildegard Elisabeth Falkenberg was never found.

When her 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara was found bogged on a remote road almost six years ago they launched a major air, land and water search that spanned 16sq km and included a large private dam nearby.

But Det Sen-Sgt Brett Devine said the searchers found absolutely nothing.

“Not a trace, it was unbelievable,” he said.

“There was no reason her car was where it was.

“She could have perished in bushland and we haven’t found her, but there was an extensive search.”

State Emergency Service volunteers and police returned to the scene earlier this year, using the scenario of her disappearance to test out new search techniques.

SES area co-ordinator Peter Rinaudo said it was a vital practice that would assist in similar incidents in the future.

“And if we found anything of interest that would have been an added bonus,” he said.