Rita-Marie COLLIN
Rita-Marie COLLIN
Appeal to locate woman missing from Central Coast
Thursday, 07 May 2026 NSW Police
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman
missing from the Central Coast NSW.
Rita-Marie Collin, aged 60, was last seen on Tuesday 5 May 2026
at Tudawali Crescent in Kariong NSW.
Officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District were notified
when she couldn’t be contacted.
Police and family hold concerns for Rita-Marie’s welfare.
She is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 165cm
tall, slim build with blonde hair and green eyes.
Rita-Marie is believed to frequent the Kariong and Mount Penang
areas.
Anyone with information about Rita-Marie’s whereabouts is urged
to contact Brisbane Water Police District or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact
Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au Information
is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report
information via NSW Police social media pages.
Police have renewed their appeal for information as they search for a woman who has been missing on the NSW Central Coast for more than a month.
Rita-Marie Collin, aged 60, was last seen walking south on Woy Woy Road, in the vicinity of Geoffrey Joseph Close, Kariong, at about 10.45am on Tuesday, May 5.
Rita-Marie is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 165cm tall, of slim build, with blonde hair and green eyes.
She was last seen wearing denim jeans, a denim-style jacket with a black t-shirt underneath, and was carrying a white bag.
Despite extensive inquiries, including multi-agency searches of bushland and several public appeals for information, Rita-Marie has not yet been found.
Today, police, assisted by the Dog Unit, will conduct a further search in bushland along Woy Woy Road.
Investigators are also set to address the media at about noon AEST.
Detectives continue to appeal for dashcam footage from the area around 10.45am on May 5.
Anyone with information about Rita-Marie’s whereabouts is urged to contact Brisbane Water Police District or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.
Families of two missing NSW residents face an agonising wait for answers as police warn investigations are running out of leads and all known sightings have gone cold.
In May 2026, NSW Police made 50 separate appeals to the media for help in locating a vast array of missing people from across the state.
Two of those individuals, former bricklayer Ivan Jakus, 75, and Rita-Marie Collin, 60, are part of the cohort yet to be found.
For any family, the toll of losing a loved one can be devastating enough, but for the Jakus and Colin families, this loss has been made all the more unbearable by a total absence of answers and investigations that are rapidly running out of leads.
Rita-Marie Collin’s disappearance
At the same time as the search for Mr Jakus hopes to drum up new leads in Sydney’s southwest, a similar appeal has been made in relation to Ms Collin’s disappearance on the NSW Central Coast.
Ms Collin disappeared seemingly without a trace when she left her home on Tudawali Crescent in Kariong on May 5.
On Wednesday, NSW Police announced a renewed search for Ms Collin with the help of the dog unit.
Detective Inspector Matthew Stingmore told media there had “already been extensive inquiries conducted by Brisbane Water Police District as well as multiple co-ordinated searches by police and partner agencies”.
“Police are today renewing our appeal to the public for anybody who may have information which may assist investigators with finding Rita,” Inspector Stingmore said.
“In particular, we’re interested in any person who may be in possession of dashcam footage along Woy Woy Rd or the surrounding areas around 2.45am on Tuesday, May 5.”
A GoFundMe managed by family friends of Ms Collin’s daughter Amy features a lengthy series of notes about the disappearance that Amy put together herself.
“My mum is still missing. Someone must know something,” Amy said.
“No, she did not say where she was going and no one was aware of any plans she had that day. She would usually diarise absolutely everything and there were no entries for that day.”
“She was not a bushwalker or camper or hiker or nature person at all, (but) we are keeping an open mind though.”
Amy said there had been “countless locals” who tirelessly helped search the area, and efforts from RFS, search dogs and SES volunteers were greatly appreciated.
“There are no further sightings and every single lead has gone cold,” she said.
“There are so many questions and absolutely no answers.”