Distinguishing Features:
Tattoo Right Arm – Aboriginal Flag, Tattoo below left eye – Star,
Tattoo Left Chest – AHFAT (letters)
Update 2: Missing man, Mount Isa
Police have released vision as they continue to appeal
for public assistance to locate 22-year-old Tallis Ahfat missing from
the Mount Isa area since mid-December.
The search for Tallis continues, as police recommence a comprehensive
land and aerial search in the area he was last seen.
Tallis was last seen by family at about 4am on December 16, 2022 on
Carbonate Street.
Police obtained CCTV footage which shows Tallis crossing the Alma Street
bridge on foot at 3:51am that morning.
Investigators are urging anyone who was in the area at that time to
contact police.
Tallis has not been in contact with family or friends since he was last
seen.
Tallis suffers a medical condition which requires medication and serious
concerns are held for his welfare.
Tallis (pictured) is described as a First Nations man, about 170cm tall,
proportionate build, dark curly hair with short back and sides.
He has a distinctive star tattoo under his left eye and an Indigenous
flag on his left forearm.
Tallis was last seen wearing an orange, black and white polo shirt with
black shorts and shoes and a maroon bucket hut.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to contact
police immediately.
Tallis Ahfat: Family suspect foul play in case of missing man in Mount Isa
Natasha Emeck Townsville Bulletin
February 26, 2023
Tallis Ahfat told his family he was “going bush” around 4.30am on Friday,
December 16.
He took off on foot from his family’s home in Miles End while it was still
dark with nothing but a didgeridoo and a few clothes he’d packed into a
drawstring bag.
His mum Chelsea Ahfa said he’d come into the house that morning with a beer
can in hand looking for her, but she had been out working the night shift.
“His brother and their mate had been at home playing video games when Tallis
mentioned he wanted to go bush and asked his mate to go with him, but he
declined,” she said.
“Tallis walked off by himself. It was the last time our family has laid eyes
on him.”
Mrs Ahfat said she got worried when Tallis didn’t show up to work later that
day.
She reported him missing on Monday (December 19), and their family started
looking around town at places Tallis was known to frequent.
“We searched the Leichhardt River near where we live and showed his picture
to some Indigenous people sitting under one of the bridges along there,” she
said.
She said some claimed to have seen Tallis at a hangout colloquially known as
Dinner Camp that Saturday.
There’s been no sign of Tallis for some 10 weeks, and his family are now
starting to dread the worst.
Mrs Ahfat said her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but it was
seriously out of character for him not to make contact after this long.
“I have to have hope he’s still alive, but his bank accounts haven’t been
touched, and he hasn’t reported to Centrelink,” she said.
“I know Tallis, he couldn’t go long without having a bet, beer or smoke.
“He was streetwise but wouldn’t be able to survive for long by himself out
bush.”
Mrs Ahfat said her son had struggled with drug use, and she was worried his
disappearance was a result of foul play.
“I heard that he did have a debt,” she said.
“I heard he was getting death threats. I’ve heard it all.”
She believes if Tallis had taken his own life, he wouldn’t have gone to such
lengths to do so.
When asked if police had ruled out possible foul play, a spokeswoman from
Queensland Police Service said: “It is inappropriate to discuss in detail
the methodologies of this ongoing investigation at this time”.
“Police in the Northern Region have been actively investigating the
disappearance of Tallis Ahfat and employing multiple strategies, including
seeking assistance from interstate jurisdictions,” she said.
Tallis is a First Nations man, about 170cm tall, has a proportionate build
and dark curly hair with short back and sides.
He has a distinctive star tattoo under his left eye and an Indigenous flag
on his left forearm.
Tallis was wearing an orange, black and white polo shirt, black shorts and
shoes and a maroon bucket hat.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to contact the
police immediately.