Name: | Darren Brian MCALLISTER |
Last seen: | 20 November 2006 |
Year of Birth: | 1971 |
Sex: | Male |
Eyes: | Brown |
Hair: | Brown |
Height: | 170cm |
Build: | Slim |
Complexion: | Fair |
Circumstances: | Darren McAllister was last seen on 20 November 2006 in bushland near Cooktown in North Queensland. There has been no further contact with his family or friends since this time. |
Thursday, November 23, 2006. 1:33pm (AEDT)
Search for missing pig hunter enters third day - ABC
Time is running out to find a man missing near Coen on Cape York in far north
Queensland.
The search for Darren McAllister has entered its third day after he disappeared
while on a pig hunting trip on Monday afternoon.
A plane, helicopter, State Emergency Service volunteers and an Aboriginal
tracker have failed to find any trace of the 35-year-old.
Inspector Katarina Carroll says the situation is all the more critical because
Mr McAllister is a diabetic and he was not carrying any insulin.
"I don't know much about his background, but I understand he's not an
experienced bushman. The terrain is quite wooded ... that's why we've asked for
more searchers on the ground and more quad bikes," she said.
Hopes are fading for finding alive a man missing in bushland near Coen, on Cape York Peninsula, in far north Queensland.
The search for Darren McAllister, 35, enters its fourth day today after he disappeared during a pig hunting trip on Monday.
Inspector Katarina Carroll says the Millaa Millaa man suffers from diabetes and has been without his medication since he went missing.
He also did not have any food or water and was not wearing a shirt.
Inspector Carroll says searchers are doing all they can.
"The rescuers have been out there for some 48 hours ... it's quite hot, it's well into ... [the] 30s ... it's dry, it's wooded area, so it's not an easy area to search and we're looking at giving some of those rescuers a break and looking at getting fresh people in," he said.
November 24 2006
Search concludes for missing man, Coen:
The co-ordinated search for a missing 35-year-old Millaa Millaa man has ended
this afternoon without success. The man was reported missing after going pig
hunting with a friend on Monday. Police received information from the man’s
friend that they became separated about 1pm about 40km north west of Holroyd
River station on the Holroyd Kendal Road. The missing man went to look for the
dogs which had run off. The man’s friend searched throughout the afternoon until
light faded and returned to the area Tuesday with others however found no sign
of the man. A large co-ordinated search was mounted utilising aircraft, quad
bikes and foot searches. Concerns were held for the man who requires daily
medication for a health condition. This afternoon the co-ordinated search
efforts have concluded. The man’s family has been kept abreast of the search
efforts undertaken and the reasons for the search being wound down.