Desperate search for missing young mum west of Brisbane
A desperate search continues for a young mother who disappeared from her home in Brisbane’s west.
Jana Armstrong, 30, was last seen at her home in Newtown, Toowoomba, on Tuesday afternoon.
Her four-month-old son was found at the property in Newtown and is now with family members.
His car was found unlocked Wednesday morning.
Acting Detective Inspector Brian Collins said the white Hyundai Kona was “basically parked in the middle of the road”.
Police searched the Black Gully Reserve area and another area of interest on Tabletop Drive in Rangeville but did not find any items of interest.
Collins said there is no one interested at this point.
“We treat [as] “It is very worrying that a 30-year-old woman with a four-month-old child disappeared overnight and her car was left where it was,” he said.
“We hope Jana is still alive, but we have serious concerns for her well-being at this point.”
Police were investigating the movements of Armstrong’s car, which had Queensland registration 273ZHQ, on Tuesday.
He was believed to have traveled along Tabletop Drive in Rangeville between 9pm and 10pm on Tuesday, then along Preston Road in Preston around 10pm, along Charker Street in Darling Heights around 10.15pm and along Gordon Avenue in Newtown between 3am and 5am on Wednesday morning.
Collins said police were unsure whether Armstrong was driving the vehicle at this time and that was one of the reasons they searched for CCTV.
Anyone with information, including CCTV footage of the vehicle or dashcam footage, has been asked to contact police.
Armstrong is Caucasian and approximately 165 centimeters tall, of average build, with blue eyes and brown hair.
She was last seen wearing a green-and-white striped Country Road shirt, T-shirt, blue jeans and a pair of thongs.
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