HE hasn't touched his bank accounts or contacted family. International travel, using the conventional means, has been checked and ruled out and police say all indications are he is still alive.
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But David Webber, 48, is missing, among the 11,803 people reported cases in NSW in 2013 and one of 36 who remain outstanding.
Members of his family were hesitant to comment when contacted by the Newcastle Herald yesterday, the torment of the unknown still raw.
They did say he had two new grandchildren he hadn't met yet and, of course, they wanted him to come home.
National Missing Persons' Week, which runs until August 9, can be a particularly hard time for the family of those who disappear.
Mr Webber was last seen by his girlfriend at his home in Hamilton Street, Hamilton North about 7am on January 12, 2013.
Two days later - January 14 - friends visited his residence and, when they couldn't locate him, filed a missing person's report.
Newcastle City detectives say investigations have identified Mr Webber was last seen at Waratah Village on January 18.
He is Caucasian, about 175 centimetres tall, medium build, with sandy grey hair and blue eyes.
Police said he may have been driving a dark grey Holden Colorado dual-cab utility with registration plates CDI-07L and "Hunter Prestige Constructions" written on each side.
Newcastle City Crime Manager Detective Inspector Steve Laksa said yesterday police believe Mr Webber is still alive as there is no information to indicate otherwise.
Inspector Laksa confirmed Mr Webber had not touched his bank accounts or contacted relatives. "International travel has also been checked and there were no flights out," he said.
NSW police launched the 2014 Missing Persons' Week campaign on Sunday to raise awareness of the issues and impacts surrounding missing persons.
This year the National Missing Persons' Co-ordination Centre has partnered with Alzheimer's Australia for: "Dementia and Missing Persons ... Learn how to prevent these words appearing in the same sentence".
In 2013, 11,803 people were reported missing in NSW and 36 people remain missing.
An average of 227 missing person reports are made each week.
An average of 32 missing person reports are made each day.
60per cent are under 18 years old.
10per cent are over 60 years old.
11,797 missing people were located in 2013 (some were reported missing in previous years).
There are currently 684 long-term missing persons (missing for more than 12 months), however, 431 of those cases have been finalised at Coroners Court.
So far in 2014, 5635 people have been reported missing to NSW Police. Of those, 30 have been missing for more than three months.
NSW Police Force investigated 120 reports of missing people suffering from dementia in 2013.
One person suffering dementia and reported missing in 2013 has not been located.
On average, a person suffering dementia will be missing for up to a day before they are found.
