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| Elisa Curry search winds down – but police keep options open | Elisa Curry search winds down – but police keep options open |
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| Victorian police are carrying out a final day of intensive searching for missing Melbourne woman Elisa Curry but say crews may revisit the site in the future. | Victorian police are carrying out a final day of intensive searching for missing Melbourne woman Elisa Curry but say crews may revisit the site in the future. |
| 30 officers and 15 volunteers continued their efforts on Friday as investigators confirmed it would be the last day of ground efforts to find the 43-year-old, who vanished last weekend from Aireys Inlet, a small town on the Great Ocean Road. | 30 officers and 15 volunteers continued their efforts on Friday as investigators confirmed it would be the last day of ground efforts to find the 43-year-old, who vanished last weekend from Aireys Inlet, a small town on the Great Ocean Road. |
| “At this stage it’s really about supplying answers to the family, giving them some closure,” Inspector Peter Seel told reporters. “The likelihood of finding a missing person alive, especially out in the bush, is very remote.” | “At this stage it’s really about supplying answers to the family, giving them some closure,” Inspector Peter Seel told reporters. “The likelihood of finding a missing person alive, especially out in the bush, is very remote.” |
| For the past six days, scores of police and volunteers have scoured bushland, vacant properties, homes and caravans in the coastal town trying to find the mother of three. | For the past six days, scores of police and volunteers have scoured bushland, vacant properties, homes and caravans in the coastal town trying to find the mother of three. |
| An information caravan will be set up at the Aireys Inlet general store at the weekend so anyone with information can talk to police. | An information caravan will be set up at the Aireys Inlet general store at the weekend so anyone with information can talk to police. |
| Friday’s windy weather prevented divers and rope teams from searching nearby ocean and cliffs. Seel said those crews might return in the future, depending on the weather, new information and resources. | Friday’s windy weather prevented divers and rope teams from searching nearby ocean and cliffs. Seel said those crews might return in the future, depending on the weather, new information and resources. |
| The only thing missing from the family’s holiday home is Curry’s mobile phone, which has not pinged a reception tower since Saturday night. | The only thing missing from the family’s holiday home is Curry’s mobile phone, which has not pinged a reception tower since Saturday night. |
| Investigators do not know what she was wearing, what time between 10.30pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday she left the holiday home, or what direction she took. | Investigators do not know what she was wearing, what time between 10.30pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday she left the holiday home, or what direction she took. |
| The avid runner stopped using her fitness tracker in the days before her disappearance. | The avid runner stopped using her fitness tracker in the days before her disappearance. |
| Seel said police had not found anything to suggest the disappearance was suspicious but they were not ruling it out. | Seel said police had not found anything to suggest the disappearance was suspicious but they were not ruling it out. |
| Curry’s neighbours visited her on Saturday and another friend had been at her house earlier in the day to watch the AFL grand final. | Curry’s neighbours visited her on Saturday and another friend had been at her house earlier in the day to watch the AFL grand final. |
| A female neighbour later returned to have a “personal” conversation with Curry and saw her go to bed. | A female neighbour later returned to have a “personal” conversation with Curry and saw her go to bed. |
| Husband David Curry and their children watched the AFL grand final in Melbourne then returned to the holiday house on Sunday to find her missing. | Husband David Curry and their children watched the AFL grand final in Melbourne then returned to the holiday house on Sunday to find her missing. |
| Text messages on Saturday night between the couple showed no reason for concern, Seel said previously. | Text messages on Saturday night between the couple showed no reason for concern, Seel said previously. |
| Initially, the family’s black labrador was also missing but it was soon found in a neighbouring yard. | Initially, the family’s black labrador was also missing but it was soon found in a neighbouring yard. |
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