- In short: Homicide detectives are conducting a three-day search of bushland near the Jenolan Caves west of the Blue Mountains.
- They are looking for any sign of missing woman Jessica Zrinski who disappeared in November 2022.
- What’s next? Police and volunteers will spend three days scouring a section of the Jenolan State Forest.
A second search is being carried out in a remote area near the New South Wales Blue Mountains for a woman missing for more than a year.
Jessica Zrinski was last seen in Bossley Park in Sydney’s west on Sunday, November 27, 2022.
The 30-year-old was reported missing six days later when her family could not find or contact her.
Strike Force Keder was set up to investigate the woman’s disappearance and found she was in a hotel car park at Greenfield Park the night after she was last seen.
She then left in a blue Holden Commodore station wagon about 10 minutes later.
This vehicle is believed to have travelled west on the M4 motorway and the Great Western Highway towards the Blue Mountains.
Homicide detectives searched part of Hampton State Forest in May 2023, and have returned to the district to scour the nearby Jenolan State Forest, 13 kilometres north of the Jenolan Caves.
The officers are being helped by the Dog Squad, Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit, and volunteers.
The search is expected to take three days.
NSW Police announced a $500,000 reward on the first anniversary of Ms Zrinski’s disappearance to try to encourage anyone with information that could help find the woman to come forward.
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