Patricia Anne RIGGS

                    

Last seen: 30 September 2001
Year of Birth: 1967
Sex: Female
Eyes: Green
Hair: Light Brown
Height: 165cm
Build:  Medium
Complexion: Fair

Late on the evening of Sunday 30th September 2001 Patricia Riggs walked out of her home at Janet Street, Margate after an argument with her husband. Her husband reported her as a missing person when she did not return home by Wednesday 3rd October 2001. He stated that at the time of her disappearance she was in possession of a mobile phone, a credit card and a set of house keys. Police are treating the disappearance of Patricia Riggs as suspicious as it is uncharacteristic for her to not contact her children. Any member of the public with information which could assist Police is asked to contact: Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


Friday, 16 November 2001

The Canberra Times by By DANIEL LANDON

The disappearance on September 30 of a Brisbane woman has baffled Queensland police who were in Canberra this week - the woman's home town - to search for clues.
Police said there had been no trace of mother-of-four Patricia Anne Riggs, 34, since she went missing six weeks ago. Her disappearance has been described as suspicious.
Mrs Riggs lived in Canberra with her husband Ian, 34, and their children, aged 15, 11, nine and seven, until moving to Darwin in 1997. They moved back to Canberra in January before moving to Queensland in July to be with Ian's family. Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Binney, of Queensland Police, said the leads police had about Mrs Riggs's disappearance were not strong. There was also no evidence available to determine whether or not she was alive. "The longer we go without [finding] any trace of her the more concerned we are that she is any longer alive," he said.
He said Ian Riggs went missing on October 15, but returned on October 26. There was no evidence to suggest the two disappearances were linked. Mrs Riggs's mother, Carol Saxton, of Queanbeyan, said her daughter's disappearance was a "complete mystery". "It is definitely not in her character to leave the children and not contact them, and for that matter not contact anyone." She said the children, who were very distraught, had always been her daughter's focus. Mrs Saxton cared for the children while both their parents were missing. Mrs Riggs ran her own swimming school while living in Darwin, served as an Olympic Games volunteer, started a national childbirth support group, and successfully home-schooled her children until 1999. She was also the manager of the swim school at the Canberra Olympic Pool in Civic earlier this year. Both Mrs Saxton and Senior Sergeant Binney called for the public to help with the investigation. "We ask anyone who knows Patricia or has any information whatsoever about her or the Riggs family generally to contact us," he said.

Information can be given to Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000.