EXTRA detectives and police divers have joined the strike force combing every clue behind the suspicious disappearance of a Tamworth mother.
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Johann Morgan vanished without a trace almost three weeks ago and yesterday the search for the 40-year-old mother-of-four deepened with police divers from Sydney joining the hunt.
Two police divers scoured Timbumburi Cr off Heiligmans Ln, close to where a white station wagon connected to the family of Ms Morgan was found burnt out on August 10.
“We’re looking at a number of areas, that’s just one area,” Head of Strike Force Chiltern, Detective Sergeant Jason Darcy told The Leader.
Battling chilly temperatures and almost zero visibility, police divers are expected to resume searching another waterway today, while detectives sift through information from the public.
“We want to make a renewed appeal to the community to help us,” Detective Sergeant Darcy said.
“Unfortunately, there are some people who are reluctant to talk to us, but we would urge them to come forward and talk to detectives and help the Morgan family find out what happened to their mother, sister and auntie.”
Yesterday, detectives from Armidale and Mudgee joined Strike Force Chiltern, which was set up last week with investigators from the homicide squad to find Ms Morgan.
Police maintain it is a missing persons investigation but concede her disappearance is suspicious, and out-of-character for Ms Morgan, who hasn’t touched her bank accounts or used her mobile phone.
“Our search is continuing to try and locate Johann or any clues to where she might have gone,” Oxley crime manager Inspector Phil O’Reilly said.
“This investigation has become a priority because of the time that has lapsed since Johann went missing.”
Her family are desperate for answers, and made a heartbreaking plea for help after exhausting all options to find their mother, sister and grandmother, who was last seen on the weekend of August 8.
Inspections from the air, as well as line searches by police of vacant paddocks near her Cole Rd home, have failed to find any sign of Ms Morgan.
“We’ve used the dog unit, the specialist police searchers, forensic examiners and we have local and state crime investigators, and we are assisted by some of our detectives from our neighbouring commands,” Inspector O’Reilly said.
