Belinda Shirley PEISLEY

 

Name:  Belinda Shirley PEISLEY Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1979 Age Now: 26
Age when missing: 19 Height (cm): 170.0 Build: Thin
Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Blue/Grey Complexion: Medium
Nationality:   Racial Appearance: Caucasian    
Circumstances - Belinda was last seen in Katoomba on the 26th September 1998.

Katoomba woman's disappearance reopened

15:03 AEST Sun Nov 28 2010 - Nine MSN
 

A young mum who went missing from her NSW home 12 years ago had inherited a substantial amount of money and her suspicious disappearance may be drug-related, police fear.

Police have reopened the case of 19-year-old Belinda Peisley who was last seen at her Trow Avenue home in Katoomba, west of Sydney, on September 26, 1998.

Ms Peisley had two young sons - aged three and one - at the time.

"Despite significant inquiries, no trace of Belinda has ever emerged, although police are convinced she met with foul play," police said in a statement on Sunday.

"Two years before her disappearance, Belinda inherited a substantial amount of money and was able to buy her Trow Ave home outright.

"Police investigations revealed she had begun associating with a number of people involved with illicit drugs in the months before she vanished and have not ruled out Belinda's disappearance may have been drug related.

"Despite significant inquiries, no trace of Belinda has ever emerged, although police are convinced she met with foul play."

On Sunday, Ms Peisley's father Mark Werne appealed for help to find out what happened to his daughter.

"Belinda was only just beginning her life and had two beautiful sons who she loved," Mr Werne said.

"Of course, we would like to hold out some hope but deep down the family has accepted that Belinda is gone.

"But until we know for sure, this will continue to haunt her sons and the rest of my family.

"It is an unimaginably cruel situation for my grandsons who never really got to know their mum.

"For their sake, I would ask anyone who knows what happened to Belinda to contact police and give this family a chance to lay things to rest and have some peace."

Blue Mountains police local area commander Acting Superintendent Mick Bostock said a female witness - who was one of the last people to see Belinda - returned to the Katoomba house with detectives on Friday (November 26) to explain what she saw in the hope of triggering new leads in the investigation.

"New witnesses have come forward in recent weeks with fresh information about her last months and we are slowly fitting together a number of pieces to this puzzle," he said in the statement.

"A 37-year-old woman who saw Belinda shortly before she vanished recalls attending the Trow Avenue home and finding it ransacked.

"It is likely Belinda was the victim of a drug-related incident and we are pursuing a number of fresh leads that will, hopefully, shed some light on her fate."

Police reopen investigation into suspicious disappearance of teenaged mum – SF Belonidae

Sunday, 28 Nov 2010 09:33am

Police have re-opened an investigation into the suspicious disappearance of a teenaged mum from her Katoomba home in 1998.

Belinda Peisley had inherited a substantial amount of money prior to her disappearance and was last seen at her Trow Avenue home in Katoomba on 26 September, twelve years ago.

The 19-year-old woman had two young sons at the time aged three and one years. She has never been seen since.

Despite significant inquiries, no trace of Belinda has ever emerged, although police are convinced she met with foul play.

Two years before her disappearance Belinda inherited a substantial amount of money and was able to buy her Trow Ave home outright.

Police investigations revealed she had begun associating with a number of people involved with illicit drugs in the months before she vanished and have not ruled out Belinda’s disappearance may have been drug related.

Blue Mountains LAC Commander, Acting Superintendent Mick Bostock, said a female witness – who was one of the last people to see Belinda – returned to the Katoomba house with detectives on Friday (26 November) to give an account of what she saw in the hope of triggering new leads in the investigation.

“New witnesses have come forward in recent weeks with fresh information about her last months and we are slowly fitting together a number of pieces to this puzzle,” A/Supt Bostock said.

“A 37-year-old woman who saw Belinda shortly before she vanished recalls attending the Trow Avenue home and finding it ransacked.

“It is likely Belinda was the victim of a drug-related incident and we are pursuing a number of fresh leads that will hopefully shed some light on her fate.”

Belinda’s father, Mark Werne, appealed to anyone with any additional information to come forward.

“Belinda was only just beginning her life and had two beautiful sons who she loved,” Mr Werne said.

“Of course we would like to hold out some hope but deep down the family has accepted that Belinda is gone.

“But until we know for sure, this will continue to haunt her sons and the rest of my family.

“It is an unimaginably cruel situation for my grandsons who never really got to know their mum.

“For their sake I would ask anyone who knows what happened to Belinda to contact police and give this family a chance to lay things to rest and have some peace.”