The search for a missing 24-year-old woman in Victoria has continued into its fourth day, with police and emergency service volunteers combing kilometres of “heavily forested” bush terrain in Gippsland.
Key points:
- Lucinda Miller, 24, has been missing since Sunday morning
- She was dropped off on a track 2.5km from her West Gippsland home
- A police-led search involving 50 people has entered its fourth day
Lucinda Miller was last seen at 11am on Sunday when she was dropped off on a track 2.5 kilometres from her home by a rideshare driver in Neerim South, about 110km east of Melbourne.
The bush between the drop-off point and her home has since become the site of a 50-person search, including mounted police and the dog squad.
Victoria Police Inspector Peter Fusinato said Ms Miller was familiar with the area and knew her way home.
“There’s tracks all the way through it, it’s out of character that she didn’t come home,” he said.
Police have interviewed the rideshare driver but said they did not have evidence to suggest the driver or anyone else was involved.
“There’s no indication a second party is involved in the disappearance of Lucinda,” Inspector Fusinato said.
Searchers are also navigating around disused mineshafts that dot the area.
“We’ve come across a few, we’ve obviously interrogated those, but at this stage they’re not hampering the search,” Inspector Fusinato said.
Ms Miller was last seen wearing a pair of pink pants, a white top, green jumper, beanie, scarf and face mask.
Police have been doorknocking nearby homes in the hope Ms Miller has looked for shelter to escape cold overnight conditions.