William Carter: New revelation as missing FIFO worker seen at Trigg Beach after being dropped to Perth Airport
Police continue to desperately search for the 25-year-old FIFO worker, who went missing nearly five days ago and was last seen at Trigg Beach.
William Patrick Carter was dropped off outside Perth Airport Terminal 3 at around 12.40pm on Saturday, but never boarded his flight.
About half an hour later, Mr Carter ordered a taxi from Perth Airport to Trigg Beach and was last seen near the local surf club at around 2.40pm.
He has not been seen or heard from since.
Mr Carter was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, shorts and white sneakers, while carrying a small backpack.
He is described as being approximately 174cm tall, of slim build, with brown hair and blue eyes.
His mother, Jenny O’Byrne, said she dropped her son off at the airport after having breakfast together in Kelmscott and took a selfie just an hour before he disappeared.
“This photo was taken as I was leaving the Dome cafe in Kelmscott, I said ‘let’s take a selfie for your sister’ because she had asked me if I was with her and this was around 12.20pm on Saturday,” he told PerthNow on Tuesday.
The Bunbury nurse said she was concerned for her son’s mental health and his disappearance was “completely out of character”.
“There are serious concerns about his outlook on life at the moment, so police are now taking concerns about missing persons very seriously,” he said.
“He’s not well, he’s very vulnerable and at risk and we need lots of people to keep their eyes out.
“This is completely out of character for him, he is behaving quite strangely, he normally takes anti-anxiety medication but he has been off it for the last five months or so and this was a planned preparation.
“But I think there were other things going on in her life, a situational crisis, and that’s something that often happens in the mental health field.”
Ms O’Byrne said her son was a quiet but well-liked man, adding that he had recently returned from a family holiday to visit his father in Zambia.
“He’s a very quiet and gentle guy, he’s someone that everyone likes, he’s not loud and flashy, he’s very quiet, he’s been facing some challenges lately and because he’s so quiet by nature some of those challenges have gone unnoticed because he’s not very talkative,” she said.
“As a family we are very supportive. I talked to him a little bit on Saturday about what his concerns were, told him he had the full support of the family.
“We’re doing very well financially here and abroad; it’s just that when someone isn’t well and they’re going through a situational crisis, they don’t see the world the way we do, they see that it’s changed.”
Ms O’Byrne urged people to be with their loved ones and said Christmas could be a particularly “lonely” time.
“This is a really good lesson for everyone that mental health is prevalent and very important in everyone’s family, because you don’t know what might be causing them to get sick,” she said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police immediately on 131 444.
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