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'Out of character': Abandoned car found in search for missing couple

Yahoo News Australia
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A search is underway for a young couple who failed to return home from a weekend camping and fishing trip.

Victoria McCloy, 22, and 20-year-old Geoffrey Bignell went on a fishing and camping trip on Western Australia’s south coast over the weekend, and police were alerted to the missing pair on Monday morning.

Ms McCloy and Mr Bignell travelled from Northam to Bald Head in the Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia, on Friday morning.

Victoria McCloy and Geoffrey Bignell are missing, after the pair failed to return home from a camping trip in Bald Head in Torndirrup National Park. Source: Western Australia Police.
Victoria McCloy and Geoffrey Bignell are missing, after the pair failed to return home from a camping trip in Bald Head in Torndirrup National Park. Source: Western Australia Police.

Ms McCloy contacted family on Friday evening to say they had arrived safely, according to Western Australia Police.

The pair intended to arrive back home in Northam on Sunday afternoon or evening. The trip from Bald Head to Northam is roughly a five-hour drive.

Police said the two had missed other commitments since failing to return home and the situation was out of character for the pair.

A concerned family member made the trip down to Bald Head and located their black two-door Holden Barina, but they did not locate either Ms McCloy or Mr Bignell.

A concerned family member travelled to Bald Head and found their Holden Barina, but could not locate Geoffrey Bignell or Victoria McCloy. Source: Western Australia Police.
A concerned family member travelled to Bald Head and found their Holden Barina, but could not locate Geoffrey Bignell or Victoria McCloy. Source: Western Australia Police.

The 22-year-old woman is described as being fair-skinned, with long dark brown hair and blue/green eyes and 170 to 175cm tall with a slim build.

The 20-year-old man is described as fair skinned with short sandy hair, which is in braids, large ear piercings, 170 to 175cm tall and also of slim build.

Police are hoping to speak to anyone who saw Ms McCloy, Mr Bignell and their vehicle, which was in the Bald Head carpark between Friday night and Monday.

View to the southwest from Flinders Peninsula, Torndirrup National Park, close to where two West Australians have gone missing. Source: Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
View to the southwest from Flinders Peninsula, Torndirrup National Park, close to where two West Australians have gone missing. Source: Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

The search operation includes Albany Police, DFES Volunteer Marine Rescue, SES Search Teams, Fixed Wing Aerial Spotter Plane, Albany Surf Life Saving Jetski Rescue Unit and DBCA Rangers.

Torndirrup National Park is a 10-minute drive from Albany, which is at the southern tip of Western Australia.

Anyone with information about Victoria McCloy and Geoffrey Bignell is asked to call police on 131 444.

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