The disappearance of a New South Wales man who lived a “considerably reclusive way of life” is out of character, police say as they launch a contemporary enchantment for data this morning.
Allan Bentley, aged 63, was final seen leaving his house on Pindimar Highway, within the state’s Hunter area greater than a yr in the past on the morning of April 27, 2021.
An in depth pal reported him lacking two days later after he did not return house and attended pre-arranged appointments.
An intensive search was launched however police did not find Allan.
It is believed he was driving a white colored Holden combo van with NSW registration plates – UQG 146 – with the phrase ‘catering’ written on the aspect on the time of his disappearance.
Port Stephens-Hunter Police District Commander, Detective Appearing Superintendent Gerard Lawson, stated his mysterious disappearance has left his household and pals “eager for solutions”.
Police hope a contemporary enchantment for data will assist generate new data.
“Mr Bentley has no financial institution accounts or different belongings investigators can utilise other than his automobile – which has by no means been positioned nor has its registration been renewed,” he stated.
“We have established that he not often left the Tea Gardens space the place he resided and labored regionally for cash-in-hand funds to make ends meet.
“He had little or no cash, had no recognized enemies and was properly appreciated, (whereas) his unit was left in a state which suggests to investigators that he had deliberate on returning house.
“We hope this enchantment spurs the stream of recent data into the place he could also be”.
Allan is described as being of Caucasian look, about 180cm tall, of medium construct, with a beard and brief brown and gray hair.
The enchantment for data comes throughout Lacking Particular person’s Week 2022, an annual nationwide marketing campaign that runs between July 31 and August 6.
