- Published:
- Friday 20 January 2017 at 10:20 am
First name: Jake
Last name: Lyons
Date of birth: 1994
Date of disappearance: Monday, 25 August 2014
Location: Dandenong North, Victoria
Height: 178cm
Build: Medium
Circumstances:
Jake Lyons was last seen at his Dandenong home on Scullin Street, about 9am on 25 August, 2014.
He was last seen wearing a blue hooded jumper, green jeans and black runners.
He has not made any contact with his family nor accessed his bank account since.
Jake may have been driving a 2006 silver Holden Astra, registration ULC 965.
The 20-year-old lived at the house with his father Rick, who told police that Jake had been at home when he left for work in the city early that morning.
On the afternoon of 25 August 2014, a friend of Jake’s came around to the house to collect him as they planned to go looking at rental properties.
The friend found the front door open and no one appeared to be home.
When Jake’s dad returned from work about 7pm that night, he found his silver 2006 Holden Astra station wagon missing and Jake wasn’t at home.
Rick made several attempts that night to contact Jake, believing that he was simply out and using the car as he did on a number of previous occasions.
Jake’s dad made a number of further attempts to contact his son over the next couple of days, before reporting him missing to police on 28 August.
Police made a number of enquiries but were unable to locate Jake.
On 31 August, the Holden Astra was located at Warner Reserve in Springvale near the soccer club rooms.
An extensive search of the area was subsequently undertaken, however no further trace of Jake was located.
Police were also unable to establish if Jake had driven himself to the reserve.
Since then, there have been no further sightings of Jake and his phone and bank accounts have not been accessed.
Jake’s disappearance is considered to be extremely out of character.
Over the past decade, a significant investigation by the Missing Persons Squad has been conducted however police have never been able to definitively establish if his disappearance is suspicious.
Detectives are keen to speak to anyone who may have knowledge of Jake’s disappearance and the circumstances surrounding it.
They are also keen to establish if there have been any unreported sightings of Jake over the past 10 years.
“The anniversary of Jake’s disappearance gives us an opportunity to remind people that we are still investigating and we are still fighting for answers for Jake’s family, no matter how hard those answers might be."
Detective Acting Inspector Anthony Combridge, Missing Persons Squad.
If you have any information that may assist police to locate Jake, please call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make an online report (under the category 'suspicious activity or other crime'.)
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