Family prepares for worst
UPDATE:
LITTLE new information has come to light from today's media conference with police regarding missing Warwick woman Gail Lynch.
The search - which included the help of SES volunteers - has been suspended and police are appealing for information about red carpet rug they believe is missing from Gail Lynch's apartment.
The rug was about 2x3m in size with a gold trim.
If anyone has seen something matching this description, phone Crime Stoppers on 1800. 333. 000 or Warwick Police on 4660. 4444.
Police are still appealing for information about a 2004 model blue Ford Falcon seen in the Warwick and Toowoomba area on the night of Tuesday July 3 from 6pm until 6am on July 4.
Gail Lynch was last spoken to by family on July 3 and has not been seen or heard from since.
UPDATE:
A media conference about missing Warwick Gail Lynch scheduled for 11am today has been rescheduled to 12.30pm.
Warwick Police with the assistance of detectives from the Homicide Investigation Unit are continuing their investigations into the disappearance of Gail Lynch.
Police believe a carpet rug is missing from Ms Lynch's unit. It is described as being approximately 3m x 2m and is red in colour with a gold patterned border. Police are asking members of the public who may have seen a rug matching this description in the Warwick or Toowoomba areas to contact their local police (Warwick Police 4660 4444) or Crime Stoppers
DAY 14 and still no answers.
Gail Lynch's family have had a million and one "what ifs" running through their heads for the past two weeks, and now fear their beloved sister, aunt and mother is not coming home.
Ms Lynch's niece Jas McLaren said though hope was not lost, it was time to prepare for the worst.
"Now it's not about finding her alive, it's about finding her body and getting justice," Mrs McLaren said.
She said the family would not stop until they knew the truth.
"We will fight tooth and nail until the end and won't stop until it's finished," Mrs McLaren said.
But even her children had started to think the worst.
"I had to keep my eight-year-old home from school last week because other kids were saying 'they're searching for your dead aunty in the river', and she would come home bawling her eyes out," Mrs McLelan said.
Ms Lynch's sister, Lyn McMillan said she was bracing for the worst case, in fear of breaking down.
"I have to. Otherwise I won't be able to handle it," Ms McMillan said.
"We just want answers."
She said her sister's relationship with Ian Hannaford, who had his Rockville house searched and car seized by forensics last week, seemed to be a happy one, but was not meant to be.
"They seemed happy, always holding hands, but (when they broke up a few months ago) he kept calling and asking her 'why' and she would say 'I just need time'," Ms McMillan said.
Mr Hannaford was questioned by police last week but was released from custody.
Police still urge anyone with information on the movements of his blue 2004 BA model Ford Falcon on the night of 6pm July 3 and 6am July 4.