Steven John BAILEY
Steven John BAILEY
On 2 March 2025, a gold-coloured Hyundai sedan belonging to Steven John Bailey (aged 62 years) was located bogged in soft sand on the West Boundary Track of the Ngarkat Conservation Park SA. Footprints attributed to Steven were located several kilometres east of his vehicle, but despite an extensive search of the area he has not been located.
Anyone with information which may assist in locating the whereabouts of Steven are urged to anonymously contact Crime Stoppers on their website or free call 1800 333 000.
07 Mar 2025 9:22am
SA Police News
The search for missing man Steven in the Ngarkat Conservation Park was completed yesterday evening.
Steven is 62 years and was last seen at Lobethal on Friday 28 February. Police and family have concerns for his welfare. Steven is described as slim build with grey hair and a goatee, and was last seen wearing a beige coloured t-shirt, long pants and one thong.
Police focused their search on that area after Steven’s vehicle was located abandoned on the West Boundary Track of the Ngarkat Conservation Park on Sunday 2 March.
Over the last five days, police from Murray Mallee LSA, Star Group, Mounted Operations Unit, State Operations Support Branch, PolAir as well as local SES volunteers have conducted foot and aerial searches of the vicinity where the vehicle was located, as well as searches through tracks and scrub within the Conservation Park.
Officer in Charge of Murray Mallee LSA, Superintendent Cynthia Healey said unfortunately despite these searches, Steven has still not been located.
“The efforts of those involved in the search over the past week have been exhaustive. The terrain we have been searching has been dense and difficult to search,” Superintendent Healey said.
“I’d like to thank the SES volunteers, as well as the police resources who travelled to assist our local resources."
“I am certain that all of the area accessible to the search team by air and foot has been searched. However, I won’t rule out the possibility of searching this area again if further information is provided which hasn’t been available to us at this time.”
Investigators will now review the available information and identify any further avenues of investigations to locate Steven.
Anyone who sees Steven or has any information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the police assistance line on 131 444 and quote reference #59133
Police have been unable to find a missing man at Ngarkat Conservation Park.
Police will focus on other avenues of investigation after calling off a search for a missing man at Ngarkat Conservation Park.
Steven Bailey, 62, of Mypolonga, was last seen leaving his Lobethal workplace about 3pm on Friday, February 28.
On Sunday his gold Hyundai Elantra was located abandoned on the West Boundary Track at Ngarkat Conservation Park.
SA Police officers spent five days searching the nearby scrub using horses, drones and a helicopter equipped with a thermal imaging camera, in concert with State Emergency Service volunteers.
They also checked out tracks and other areas of scrub throughout the park.
But after another unsuccessful day on Thursday, investigators made the decision to call off the search.
Police Superintendent Cindy Healey thanked everyone who had helped look for Mr Bailey so far.
“The efforts of those involved in the search over the past week have been exhaustive,” she said.
“The terrain we have been searching has been dense and difficult to search.
“I am certain that all of the area accessible to the search team by air and foot has been searched.
“However, I won’t rule out the possibility of searching this area again if further information is provided which hasn’t been available to us at this time.”
Investigators will now review all the information they have available and try to identify any other means of locating the missing man.
Steven Bailey has a slim build with grey hair and a goatee.
At the time he was last seen, he was wearing a beige T-shirt, long pants and one thong.
Anyone who spots him or has information on his whereabouts should contact the police assistance line immediately on 131 444, and quote reference number 59133.