A 74-year-old Victorian man failed to return from a drive he has done every single day in a missing persons case police describe as “a mystery”. Pat left his home on Speed St in Heathcote in a Toyota LandCruiser at 1.30pm on Friday to check on his cattle and properties in Baynton, about 30km away, and never returned. His family said he made the drive daily and always returned to Heathcote by the same evening.
Victoria Police Sergeant Holly Lembke described the disappearance as a “bit of a mystery” and said there had been an extensive search over the weekend of the 40km of land surrounding Pat’s Baynton property as well as in Heathcote. Police on dirt bikes have also been searching the area in case his vehicle left the road. “We’re worried he has driven his vehicle and taken a wrong turn and become disoriented and lost,” Lembke said. “He doesn’t have a mobile phone which has been difficult too.