POLICE are offering a $100,000 reward for information to help solve the mystery disappearance of an intellectually disabled woman who went missing days before she was due to give birth.
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Pyramid Hill woman Krystal Fraser, 23, was last seen leaving a house in Albert Street, Pyramid Hill, about 9.30pm on June 20, 2009.
Lead investigator, Detective Sergeant Wayne Woltsche, said the monetary reward might provide the incentive for someone to come forward with information.
“It’s an opportunity for someone who may have changed circumstances, a relationship or something, or perhaps they now feel strong enough, to come forward with that vital piece of evidence,” he said.
Detective Sergeant Woltsche said Krystal’s family had accepted they would never see her again but needed closure.
He said he maintained regular contact with the family and, because of all the hours spent trying to solve the mystery, had a personal interest in the case.
“They’re after closure, they’re just after something... I’m still on the case.
“It remains with me and a team who’s been with it from the start.
“And I probably don’t want to pass it on – I’ll hold it with me.”
Krystal was last seen wearing an orange top, black track suit pants and a camouflaged-patterned baseball cap.
Detectives have established that Krystal travelled on a V/Line train from Bendigo to Pyramid Hill on the day of her disappearance, getting off the train at Pyramid Hill Railway Station about 8.40pm.
She received a phone call on her mobile from a public phone booth outside the Leitchville Post Office in Findlay Street just before midnight.
It is believed the caller was the last person to speak to Krystal before her disappearance.
Detective Sergeant Woltsche believes Krystal has met with foul play. “We’re very firm on that,” he said.
“To just disappear like that was completely out of character.
“She would talk two or three times a day to her family via text or phone.
“And she didn’t have any means or mechanisms to just disappear.”
A reward of up to $100,000 will be paid at the discretion of the police for information leading to the apprehension and subsequent conviction of the person or persons responsible for Krystal’s disappearance.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Krystal Fraser should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.