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• MALMSBURY BODY FD ULD SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF PATRICIA ANN GAY'S DISAPPEARANCE
• POLICE OFFER $100,000 REWARD BID TO SOLVE SPECTED MURR OF VICTORIAN WOMAN PATRICIA ANN GAY
• PAT GAY
• PATRICIA GAY
• GAY, MS. PATRICIA ANN

MALMSBURY BODY FD ULD SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF PATRICIA ANN GAY'S DISAPPEARANCE

Patricia Ann Gay, 55, was last seen by her dghter on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at her Malmsbury property about 100 kilometr north-wt of Melbourne. "Followg ial examatns, sadly, we believe the remas belong to Patricia Ann Gay, " Detective Senr Sergeant Shane O'Connell said. Patricia Ann Gay's dghter, Brooke Jam, reacts to news a body found outsi Malmsbury uld be that of her mother.

A $100, 000 reward remas on offer for any rmatn that leads to the nvictn of any person volved Ms Gay's possible have spected a lol had rmatn about the murr of the mother of five and grandmother of remas were found unrgrowth near Back Creek, and prelimary forensic ttg nfirmed they belong to a middle-aged Csian woman. Patricia Ann Gay wh dghter Brooke Jam.

POLICE OFFER $100,000 REWARD BID TO SOLVE SPECTED MURR OF VICTORIAN WOMAN PATRICIA ANN GAY

Detective Senr Sergeant O'Connell said Ms Gay had only been Malmsbury a few days before she went missg om the Duffy Street home. Police were vtigatg whether more than one person was volved the homici squad took over the vtigatn shortly after Ms Gay's disappearance, and an area of the property near Back Creek had been searched at the time. The creek, which is almost dry but overgrown bee of past floods, ss at the foot of hills wt of was no accs to the creek om the rear of the property where Ms Gay was last seen, but the property is upstream om the creek.

Detective Senr Sergeant O'Connell said Ms Gay had a good relatnship wh her adult children.

Ms Gay's fay spoke outsi Broadmeadows police statn on Tuday afternoon.

PAT GAY

Her son Brett Churchill said the door to the Malmsbury home where Ms Gay was last seen had been ajar and the book she had been readg was open.

" Ms Gay's dghter Brooke Jam said her mother was a funny and rg person wh a betiful nature who would do anythg for anybody. She had no enemi, and had cid to move om Broadmeadows to Malmsbury for a change of scenery only days before she her poor health was not the reason for the move, Ms Jam said Ms Gay's asthma was so bad she would have stggled to make down the steps of the Malmsbury hoe by herself.

" The fay were told of the disvery on Monday and will plan a funeral for Ms Gay's fay held a memorial for her Malmsbury last year to mark the anniversary of her years after her disappearance, one of Ms Gay's dghters, Samantha, posted on a Facebook page dited to her mother's memory: "To this day we still don't know why or how this tragedy occurred but the pa has ed is unexplaable. "Ms Gay was last seen readg a book the livg room of the hoe she shared wh Samantha.

PATRICIA GAY

When Samantha woke the next morng, Ms Gay was not said at the time that Ms Gay had a medil ndn and was unable to walk long distanc.

GAY, MS. PATRICIA ANN

Patricia Ann Gay disappeared 12 months ago om her property the small town of Malmsbury about 100km northwt of Melbourne.

Detectiv said the disappearance was "spic" and are offerg the reward the belief that people the area know what happenedMs Gay was wearg pyjamas when she was last seen by her dghter about 10.