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Lost from Memory

17 Episodes

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Episode 1: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis01

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00:01That's him coming across there.

02.39Yeah, okay.

02.89Yeah.

06.21he's got Parkinson's,

07.01he's got dementia,

07.71not taking any medication.

09.21The risk is high.

13.09He can't look after himself.

16.99We're in for a really cold night tonight.

18.69My biggest fear is that hypothermia

20.19is going to kick in.

21.69Our concerns are definitely increasing

23.09at this point in time.

24.59Terry!

25.49I've got a hotspot here.

26.49Terry!

27.39just before the road takes

28.69the first sharp bend to the left.

30.19Terry!

30.79Could be animals.

32.29Terry!

Episode 2: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis02

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00:07Concern for welfare.

00:08A male, Terrence Elwell,

00:10born '47 has gone missing.

00:16Police receive a description

00:18of a vulnerable 74-year-old

00:20who's disappeared.

00:23Been missing since uh quarter past midday.

00:26was spotted outside on foot.

00:29Described as Caucasian appearance,

00:31basically bald, white beard,

00:32grey track pants,

00:34glasses.

00:36Navy veteran Terry

00:38was last seen pacing the corridor

00:40near the front door of his care facility.

00:43Despite a thorough search of the grounds

00:45by staff,

00:46Terry has vanished.

00:49That was more than two hours ago.

Episode 3: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis03

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00:01Sergeant Katrine O'Connor takes charge

00:04and immediately sends patrols

00:06to search the area.

00:07Yeah, that'd be amazing.

00:08Thanks so much.

00:11Lake Macquarie 42,

00:12we'll copy that job at Booragul

00:14for the missing person.

00:16So it's a 74-year-old

00:19dementia patient.

00:21He's got Parkinson's,

00:23depression.

00:24He's also got high cholesterol

00:26and he's known to fall.

00:29So that's a bit concerning.

00:31It is supposed to be a secure facility,

00:33and we believe that he's actually left

00:34through the front doors

00:36with two other visitors.

00:37Lake Macquarie 42,

00:38going off at Booragul train station.

00:41Because we don't have

00:42an exact direction of travel,

00:44we really need to widen that net

00:46and search all of those surrounding suburbs.

00:49Lake Macquarie 42 radio.

00:51We're just at Booragul train station.

00:53There's no sign of that missing person here.

00:56Almost 250 Australians

00:58are reported missing with dementia

00.79every month.

02.59People like Terry now make up some

04.29of missing persons' most time-critical

06.69and high-risk investigations.

09.20When we consider someone like Terry

10.70with those medical conditions

12.90and also his age,

15.80the fact that it's cold,

16.70we're in the middle of winter.

18.70That risk increases.

19.70He is very much a vulnerable person.

22.60We're really focused

24.00on finding him as quickly as possible.

Episode 4: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis04

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00:02At his home nearby,

00:04Terry's younger brother Tom

00:06is anxious for any news

00:07of the former sailor.

00:09No worries, thanks for that.

00:11Okay.

00:12Right, righto, bye.

00:14He knows how vulnerable

00:15Terry is.

00:17He's had dementia now

00:18that we've known of for five, six years.

00:22That's why he's in a nursing home,

00:24you know, because

00:25he can't look after himself.

00:27This is a path down here

00:28that goes down under the the lake.

00:31We might go for a walk there

00:32and have a look.

00:34Police officers Louise Walton

00:36and Christy Searle

00:37are checking the nearby lake.

00:39I know,

00:40it's pretty dangerous really, isn't it?

00:41Yeah.

00:43Hopefully if he's come this way

00:44he's kept to the path.

00:46Lake Macquarie is surrounded

00:48by a maze of waterways,

00:50swamp, and dense bushland.

00:53Well, because we are

00:54surrounded by waterways,

00:55we do have some concerns

00:57that once he has left that facility

00:58that he may approach the water

01:00and that risk is increased.

01:02Well, it's going to be freezing.

01:04Come tonight if we don't find him.

Episode 5: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis05

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00:02It's been almost four hours

00:04since Terry disappeared.

00:05and as the afternoon wears on,

00:07Terry's brother Tom

00:09is unable to sit and wait any longer.

00:13Oh yeah, I'm really worried

00:14and uh got to get in my car

00:16and just drive around

00:18the places that he knows of

00:20and go looking for him.

00:22The brothers grew up here,

00:25and Terry has always loved

00:26returning to their childhood haunts.

00:29When we were kids,

00:30we traveled for miles going up the bush tracks

00:32and to the swimming pool

00:34and everything like that and up the bush.

00:36Tom's hoping

00:37that Terry might have found his way back to his old home,

00:40which has sat empty

00:42since he was moved into care.

00:47The only reason I think he he could be at his home

00:49is because

00:50he can think back what's going back 50 years,

00:53but he can't think of what's going on five minutes ago.

00:56I thought

00:57if he was coming anywhere,

00:59it'd be straight over towards here, home.

01:04Terry?

01:09I've had a good look.

01:10He's not here.

01:12With no sign of Terry anywhere,

01:15Tom's hopes of finding his brother safe and well

01:18are fading.

01:20Greatest fear is

01:21him drowning

01:22or getting in the river or

01:24getting himself lost

01:25and uh hurting himself

01:27and just have laying down until someone finds him

01:29dead or alive.

01:31You know, people in those sort of conditions

01:33don't last too long.

Episode 6: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis06

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00:02It's going to be cold tonight too, isn't it?

00:04Yeah, it's due to rain.

00:05Yeah.

00:06Despite hours of searching,

00:08local patrols have failed to find

00:10retired naval officer Terry,

00:12missing since he slipped out of his aged care facility

00:15over four hours ago.

00:17Sergeant O'Connor updates her boss,

00:19Inspector Romans,

00:21about their next steps.

00:24We've got crews out there searching,

00:26but we really don't have much.

00:27All we've got is him leaving

00:29the aged care facility.

00:31We don't have a specific location.

00:33Uh he's got Parkinson's,

00:34he's got dementia,

00:35not taking any medication.

00:37The risk is high.

00:37If we can get onto a geo-targeted text message

00:39and get that out straight away,

00:40I think it's going to be critical.

00:42Okay.

00:43The geo-targeted message

00:44will reach thousands of phones in the area

00:47where Terry went missing.

00:52They aren't actually used

00:53in all circumstances of missing persons,

00:55but in the situation with Terry,

00:57he met the criteria.

00:59A serious set of circumstances

01:00with a high level of vulnerability.

01:05Toowoon Bay Police Station,

01:06Constable Walton speaking.

01:08When did you see this missing person?

01:11Within minutes of the alert going out,

01:13calls start coming in to the station.

Episode 7: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis07

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00:01That lady there, she said that she saw

00:02the missing person.

00:04He was walking along near the service station,

00:06heading up towards the weir.

00:08This eyewitness

00:10is the first potential lead they've had.

00:12But that service station would have CCTV,

00:15'cause I've been there for a fail to stop before.

00:17We might head out there.

00:21If the service station has CCTV,

00:24it could show which direction Terry was heading.

00:28If he's come along this road,

00:30hopefully this CCTV will be able to

00:33confirm or deny that.

00:42Half an hour later,

00:43the CCTV is uploaded.

00:46Oh, is that him?

00:48Oh, yeah, maroon jumper.

00:50Yeah.

00:51They have a hit.

00:53It looks like an older guy, doesn't he?

00:54He's just walking.

00:56It's the first confirmed sighting

00:58since Terry went missing more than four hours ago.

01:02That has to be him.

01:03So he's gone past the servo.

01:04And that's at 12:00, right on midday.

01:07Okay, down towards the weir.

01:10This CCTV gives police

01:12a vital lead about the direction he was traveling.

01:15Is that him coming?

01:17That's him coming past there.

01:18Yep. Okay.

01:19That's him.

01:21But police are now hours behind Terry,

01:23and he's heading towards danger.

01:26Up ahead is the old weir,

01:28Cockle Creek,

01:30and a narrow road with no footpath.

01:33And beyond that, bush and swampland.

01:38With nightfall just a few hours away,

01:40it's getting colder.

01:42And Tom's fears for his older brother are growing.

01:46It's getting dark.

01:48It feels horrible because

01:49he he wasn't a sort of person who could handle the dark.

01:52But when he went anywhere,

01:54he was always home before dark.

Episode 8: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis08

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00:03That's him coming across there.

00:04Yep.

00:05Okay.

00:05That's him.

00:14By late afternoon,

00:15Teralba police,

00:16Senior Constable Walton speaking.

00:17police have received

00:18over 30 calls about Terry.

00:20Was that before or after

00:22um midday?

00:23Then just after 5:00 p.m.,

00:25another call comes in.

00:28And where did you see him?

00:31Oh, Teralba, yep.

00:32On the main road there?

00:34What, was he by himself?

00:37Thank you so much.

00:37Bye-bye.

00:39This may be the breakthrough

00:40they've been waiting for.

Episode 9: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis09

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Episode 10: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis10

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Episode 11: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis11

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Episode 12: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis12

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Episode 13: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis13

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Episode 16: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis16

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Episode 17: Missing_Persons_Investigation_S01E02B_epis17

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A veteran missing in freezing conditions - police turn to technology and the public in a desperate race to find him.

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