Veronica Green has been missing since 1976. 34527
By Cimara Pearce
VERONICA GREEN has not been seen since she left her Ardeer home for the Albion Railway Station on 13 February 1976.
The then 38-year-old parked her grey Morris Minor at the station and caught the train to work in the city but never returned to pick the vehicle up.
She left all of her belongings behind and has not been seen or heard of since.
Unfortunately, the heartache experienced by Ms Green’s family is one that is all too familiar for many Australians whose loved ones have vanished.
This was the message behind National Missing Persons Week last week in which Victoria Police urged the community to come forward with information about missing people and give their families much-needed peace of mind.
A major focus of this year’s campaign was also the elderly, with older people with memory loss or dementia a key group at risk of going missing.
Today Ms Green would be 71.
Victoria Police Safer Communities Unit Inspector Jill Wood said even the smallest piece of information could potentially provide the missing link for police when investigating reports of a missing person.
“Many families describe it like living in darkness when someone they love disappears – not knowing where they are, if they are safe or even if they have shelter,” Insp Wood said.
“Any piece of information can be of help to police in a missing persons case. A possible sighting, a conversation, a telephone call or any detail relating to a missing person could be the final link police need to end the questions of family and friends.”
Inspector Wood stressed it was not a crime for a person to be reported to police as missing and that some people simply did not want to be located.
“We are committed to undertaking a thorough and extensive investigation in locating missing persons, however our role is simply to establish that a missing person is alive, safe and well,” she said.
“Some people make a conscious decision to disappear and don’t ever want to be found. It is not the role of police to judge these situations.”
People with information regarding the whereabouts of Ms Green, or any other missing person, are urged to contact the Victoria Police Missing Persons Desk on 1800 808 606 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
