Search called off for Brisbane woman missing for almost eight weeks

In early January, Detective Inspector Steve Hollands said police were losing hope of finding Ms Auld alive, but they still held out the slim possibility.

“The family are really distraught, obviously they’re fearing the worst,” he said at the time. “It’s been over three weeks now and we still haven’t had any contact from the missing person.

“There’s been no use of her phone, her bank accounts, or her social media sites, so as the passage of time has gone on, our expectation of finding her alive is somewhat lessened.

“We do fear the worst has happened to her.”

Police launched a fresh search earlier last month after scouring sections of Nudgee Creek using divers and SES volunteers in December, as well as bushland in a…