Kevin Miller~Boater~2/12/09

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Kevin Miller
Age: 53
Last seen: Feb. 12.09
Boat: 12 Metre Wooden Trawler





Posted Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:16pm AEDT
Updated Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:39pm AEDT




http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200902/r342113_1557978.jpg (http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200902/r342113_1557983.jpg) Police call-off the search for missing man Kevin Miller.




The search for a 53-year-old man missing off the Western Australian coast has been called off.


Kevin Miller left Kalbarri in WA's Mid-West nine days ago in a 12 metre wooden trawler headed for Shark Bay.


Planes and helicopters have been scouring the area since Tuesday, in the biggest sea search ever undertaken by WA police.


Sergeant Mike Wear says the search has been suspended until police receive some clues as to Mr Miller's whereabouts.


"If we happen to find anything else, today or if something comes up or evidence comes forth, we'll have to look at those things," he said.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/21/2497701.htm?section=justin

[awakening2lite]

Missing man's family surprised search called off

Posted Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:23pm AEDT
Updated Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:44pm AEDT
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200902/r342977_1563182.jpg (http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200902/r342977_1563187.jpg) Authorities have called off a search for Kevin Miller. (User supplied)



Map: Kalbarri 6536 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/maps/map.htm?lat=-27.7119&long=114.1656&caption=Kalbarri%206536)



The family of a man missing off Western Australia's mid-west coast are hopeful he is still alive, although the search for him has been called off.


Kevin Miller, 53, has not been seen since he left Kalbarri in a 12-metre wooden trawler, bound for Useless Loop near Shark Bay.


Police wound down the search on Friday, after using dozens of planes and boats to scour an area spanning 100,000 square kilometres.


Mr Miller's daughter Tammy says the family is surprised the search was called off after just four days.


"We really didn't expect it to end so quickly, we are still pretty shocked at that, considering there's not much else we can do and they've sort of left it at that," she said.


"We ... just think, okay - we're still holding out hope, so it would be good if the support that we had there with the search is still holding that same hope."


The family are trying to contact the Kalbarri fishermen that sold his boat to their father.


Tammy is hopeful the fisherman can shed some more light on her father's movements.


"We would like to talk to him, we do have a few questions of our own, the police have spoken to him, apparently, but we haven't been told of any of the conversation and we're hoping that he'd like to talk to us, it will ease our mind a lot ... how things were left before he set sail," she said.




http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/24/2499931.htm

[packy]

I hope they can talk to the fisherman just for some peace of mind, or maybe to find some clue that he may have planned to go somewhere and will still be found safe.