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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • February 7, 2006

    A mother's nightmare: her 14 year old daughter goes missing for the fourth time; the cruel irony of Colin's lifelong search for his father; the investigation into Bill Rudge takes a sinister twist.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • February 21, 2006

    After the initial jubilation at finding a DNA sample in the Bill Roach case, it's back to square one for Sergeant Mark Samways. Bill was adopted, so Mark needs to find his biological mother before he can match the DNA. There's hope in a three-year-old case, and Pat is looking for a missing man who ran out on his wife three weeks before she was due to give birth.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • February 28, 2006

    A sweet 16-year-old disappears; the search for a woman called Talei Pless who's been missing for 9 years; how the love for a lost son helped two mothers find each other.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • May 11, 2006

    A dad does his best to cope as this mother of four simply vanishes; a race against the clock as a young man goes missing; a cold case heats up as they prepare to question the woman they think is Talei Pless, who had been missing for 9 years

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • May 18, 2006

    A devoted wife is shattered as her husband disappears without a trace; a brother puts his life on hold to track down his sister who vanished three months ago; the search for man overboard goes on

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • May 25, 2006

    A dementia sufferer vanishes two days after learning of her brother's death, leaving her life-saving medication behind, and another search is launched for the missing tourist, Jamie Herdman

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • June 1, 2006

    There is finally a breakthrough in the case of missing grandmother Yvonne Ruban. Meanwhile, a strong lead brings new hope in the case of missing schoolgirl Lynette Melbin, last seen 35 years ago

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • June 8, 2006

    There is a twist in the ongoing case of missing 14 year old Gavin. Meanwhile, Adam Taylor is called to Broken Hill to join the search for David Hawes, missing in the desert for three weeks

  • S01E09 Episode 9

    • June 15, 2006

    The disappearance of David Halls - after three weeks of scouring the outback, there's now a glimmer of hope; the four year old mystery of missing student Niamh May; the bizarre disappearance of Kevin O'Connor.

  • S01E10 Episode 10

    • June 22, 2006

    The bizarre conclusion to the disappearance of Kevin O'Connor missing for 8 days. Plus, Colin's heartbreaking 40-year search for his dad.

  • S01E11 Episode 11

    • June 29, 2006

    The case of the missing schoolgirl, 15-year old Natasha; the unexpected conclusion in the case of the unidentified human bones

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • February 1, 2007

    In the ongoing case of Veronica Green, missing for 30 years, her daughters Jacqui and Penny find a brother their mum gave away at birth. Also,the mysterious disappearance of Sydney grandmother Yvonne Davis, who never made it home from work.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • February 8, 2007

    The search for missing 14 year old JayDee is ramped up after a fresh sighting brings renewed hope. Also, Lisa Brown travels to Albury where her forensic skills will help identify a body found

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • February 15, 2007

    A teenage runaway is urged to stop roaming the streets. Meanwhile, an elderly woman has disappeared. Will she be found before she comes to harm?

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • February 22, 2007

    Bill Roach has been lost for 13 years, while a 13 year-old girl remains missing. Will 13 prove unlucky for the investigators at the Missing Persons Unit

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • March 1, 2007

    In South Australia the baffling disappearance of Robert Nixon has left his family shattered. Elsewhere, the missing 13-year-old Lismore girl, Lisa Peters, has been found by police

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • March 8, 2007

    A young gymnast has gone missing, but he needs to be found in time to administer his medication; meanwhile, a schoolgirl may have been kidnapped.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • March 15, 2007

    Officers take to the hills in search of a missing teenager, while elsewhere an avid walker is thought to have become lost in the bush. His friends and family fear for his safety

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • March 22, 2007

    In Queensland, the police have a new lead into the mysterious disappearance of weapons and surveillance expert, Signals Lieutenant Sean Sargeant.

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • April 12, 2007

    A family are gravely disappointed when the search for Alan is called off; meanwhile, an ageing former boxer has gone missing and those around him start to worry

  • S02E10 Episode 10

  • S02E11 Episode 10

    • April 19, 2007

    In South Australia, the team look at the real-life `Thelma and Louise' case of two mums who vanished together, leaving 11 kids behind.

  • S02E12 Episode 12

    • April 26, 2007

    The stakes increase in the search for missing teenage mum Andrea Streek, as police close in on a new lead. The team then head south in their long search for Joanne Butterfield.

  • S02E13 Episode 13

    The disappearance of Carrie Culberson has dire consequences for two families in Blanchester, Ohio.

  • S02E14 Episode 14

    Missing teenager Renae hears that police are on her trail and makes contact. But why won't she return home? In Queensland police investigate the mysterious disappearance of Englishman Steven Goldsmith.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • October 11, 2007

    A look at the hunt for missing 13-year-old Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morecombe and the support garnered in the search from a very special celebrity.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • October 18, 2007

    Even after an extensive coastal search, sailor Ron Anderson is still missing, so police divers are called in; in Sydney, a 63-year-old dementia sufferer has wandered away from his nursing home.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • October 25, 2007

    Police search for Eric Trist and discover upon searching bunkers on Sydney's south coast that he is living in a Salvation Army refuge. In Darwin, police conduct another search for missing tourist Jamie Herdman, who was last seen at a truck stop.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • November 1, 2007

    A police search has failed to find teenager Danea Atkinson, but a car is discovered that may belong to her older boyfriend; 98-year-old Rokas Lapinskas was planning to reach 100, but now he's vanished

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • November 8, 2007

    In Newcastle, the search for young mum Caroline intensifies with a lead at a Sydney hospital. Police are concerned when they find a note from missing 49-year-old lecturer Elaine Morgan in her car at a known suicide spot

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • March 15, 2007

    Queensland police search dangerous dams for Kerry Mackay; a reported sighting of a missing father brings hope to a distressed family; a woman last seen at a shopping center leaves police baffled.

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • November 22, 2007

    An injury led to depression for one happy family, and now husband Peter has vanished, leaving his wife to fear the worst. Plus the team are worried by a note left by missing 19-year-old Dean Johnston.

  • S03E08 Episode 8

    • November 29, 2007

    A look at the search for missing friends Shannon and Taatua. A Vietnamese grandmother catches the train with her husband but then disappears. Plus, the search for Helen Courtney with new technology to try and solve the 16-year-old mystery.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    Life had been tough for 16-year-old Jessica Johnson until she moved in with Nicole Bowers. 64-year-old former Baptist preacher, Wilfred Simons, went missing after a visit to the Catholic Club at Liverpool. 22-year-old David Randolph said he was going fishing with his cousin, but disappeared instead. Teenager Michaela Godau, whose family immigrated to Australia, went missing 24 years ago

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    Following an update for 16-year-old Jessica Johnson's case. 14 year old Joanna Toalei failed to come home from a school. In September 2007, 53 year old Robert Mumford, left his car and then disappeared. 14-year-old Joel Harrison disappeared after being dropped at Campbelltown train station by friends. 47-year-old Christine Redford disappeared from Kensington Gardens in South Australia in 1998

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    79-year-old Jan Mrozik, lived with his estranged wife Anna and was a regular on the bridge circuit. 36-year-old Robert Nivison was last seen on 30 January 2007. 15-year-old Cora Hutton had been living with her grandmother Sheryl Mattson in Riverwood after her mother Carmen sent her over from New Zealand to keep out of trouble

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    81-year-old Leslie Hicks disappeared from his home on Sunday, 23 March, 2008. 15-year-old Derek Cheong disappeared while his mum was working overseas. On March 10 1980, 15-year-old Ronya Livoni had a fight with her mum and arranged to run away. After being found, New Zealander Cora Hutton refused to return to her grandmother's and is living in temporary accommodation

  • S04E05 Episode 5

    55-year-old Neil Maher left Queensland in October 2007 to work on a bee farm at Morgan in the South Australian Riverland. Winnie McGill is a 13-year-old African refugee who is living in Australia. When 52-year-old surfie Ross Hipwell disappeared with his surfboard, his pregnant daughter feared the worst

  • S04E06 Episode 6

    15-year-old schoolgirl, Jacinta Coyte went to school one morning and never returned that afternoon. Amelia Hausia was last seen on the 17th of December 1992. She was 18 years old. 16-year-old Chevy Eru had words with his family then jumped out of a moving car and took off

  • S04E07 Episode 7

    Chirag is a 32-year-old man who's wife reports him missing after he fails to come home from work. Tracey is a 38-year-old mother of two teenagers, who is possibly pregnant. 27-year-old Jamie has been missing for nearly two years

  • S04E08 Episode 8

    Following updates on Jamie's case. Lucas Blacker is very distraught when his 78-year-old mother who has dementia goes missing. After a fight with his fiance, 24-year-old Mandilli Barletta takes off. He doesn't go to work or contact his family. 52-year-old Marlene has not been sighted by her family for four months

  • S04E09 Episode 9

    Rahma was just a toddler when she was abducted from her bedroom in the Western Sydney suburb of Lurnea in the early morning of November 10th 2005. When 21-year-old Renee White disappeared, she left her three young children with her mum, Eunice. Jesse Evans is 12-years-old and has run away from home. Her mother reported her missing after 6 days

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    Cassie is a 14 year old teenager who has run away from home to be with an older boyfriend. Police are on the search for 46-year-old mother of four, Susie Lynch, who has not been seen for five days. A 51 year old woman grief stricken over the death of her mother whom she nursed through her final dying days goes missing on the street

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    Jade's story begins with a confrontation on a Sydney suburban street as her emotional mother angrily accuses an older man of helping Jade to run away from home. A family desperately worried for the safety of their daughter Malisha Woo. A father travels from England to the Northern Territory to conduct his own search for his son Jamie Herdman who disappeared three years ago

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    It is every parent's worst nightmare. A 15-year-old girl missing for a week and determined not to be found. And In the case of the missing Janiff sisters, clashing culture has meant the disappearance of two Muslim girls who do not want to be forced into an arranged marriage

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    A 19-year-old University student runs away from home for no reason. A 47-year-old truck driver who is a loyal and diligent employee suddenly vanishes without a trace. A much loved 89-year-old Grandad disappears from a Sydney suburban street and it becomes a race against time to find him

  • S05E05 Episode 5

    In New South Wales Dan Higgins and Ted Bye of the Missing Persons Unit are looking for two 13 year old girls who don't think they need to be living at home. Meanwhile a 12 year old boy with serious medical problems has disappeared overnight.

  • S05E06 Episode 6

    A teenage boy has not turned up at school for several days. His worried mother believes he may be camping in the bush on Sydney's Pittwater. Mounting debts and a relationship breakdown are too much for Mandili Barletta who disappears without telling his worried family or friends where he's going

  • S05E07 Episode 7

    Time is running out to find an 88 year old grandfather who's been missing in the Blue Mountains for 36 hours. In Alice Springs a new witness has come forward in the mysterious case of a 52 year old woman who disappeared in 2004. The missing woman hoped to become a missionary for Aboriginal people in remote communities

  • S05E08 Episode 8

  • S05E09 Episode 9

    Another case of missing children but this time it's a brother and sister who vanish without a trace. Meanwhile After ten years of searching for Nicolee Moss, MPU Police receive a lead that she may be living overseas in Bali.