NSW Police locate two women in national park search, one still missing
Two young women who went missing in the Royal National Park on Wednesday afternoon have been found after braving the elements overnight.
21-year-olds Nikki Groves and Kate Bateup “are being assessed on site by NSW paramedics" after they were reported as missing in the national park on Wednesday afternoon.
NSW Police confirmed the girls had been located, however the search for 16-year-old Cassie Olczak, who went missing nearby, continues.
Miss Olczak's mother has made an emotional plea for help to find her missing 16-year-old daughter.
She was last seen alone near Waterfall Train Station, in the Sutherland Shire, around 7pm on Sunday.
“I need her home,” Cassie’s mother Connie said.
“My gut tells me she’s alive, I need help. I am running out of time. I am desperate.”
Cassie had just returned from a two-week holiday to Abu Dhabi, visiting her father.
Miss Olczak picked up the 16-year-old from the airport on Saturday night. The next morning she went to a friend’s home in Earlwood and later boarded a train at Banksia.
Since she was last seen on Sunday, her phone has gone dead and her bank accounts have been untouched.
Miss Olczak fears her daughter may have taken a banned substance and become disorientated.
A rail commuter reported seeing Miss Olczak “glazed and dazed”.
It’s also suspected she was upset after an incident with two friends.
Police were searching bushland in the vast Royal National Park surrounding Waterfall on Wednesday.
“We need anyone who has any information in relation to where Cassie might be or if anyone has definitely seen Cassie since that period of time on Sunday evening, to get in touch with police,” Superintendent Gary Ford said.
