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The young children of a Bendigo woman who has disappeared under suspicious circumstances will be interviewed by police as the search continues for her.
At least two of Samantha Kelly's four children - aged six, five, four and just one - will be spoken to by authorities in NSW on Thursday, where they have been staying with Ms Kelly's brother since she was reported missing.
The hope is the interview will garner some answers to the disappearance of their mother and their living circumstances in Victoria.
Meanwhile, the people who claim to have been the last to see the 39-year-old before she disappeared have hit out at suggestions they were involved.
Ms Kelly and her children had lived with Christine Lyons, Ronald Lyons and Peter Arthur in a nondescript house in Kangaroo Flat since last July.
Ms Lyons, distantly related to the fathers of Ms Kelly's children, said they have been fully co-operative with the homicide squad investigation; handing over their mobile phones, Ms Kelly's computer and giving statements on Monday.
The trio are among at least 10 people police have spoken to over Ms Kelly's disappearance.
"We've got nothing to hide, we just want her home ... we're not guilty of anything except letting her walk out that door," Ms Lyons said.
Despite detectives maintaining the last independent and confirmed sighting of Ms Kelly was on January 20 at an ATM, Ms Lyons said Ms Kelly left their home at 3.30am on January 23.
"She woke me to tell me she was going, she said 'I'm done, I've had it with this Mark s--t, I'm done'. You can have the f--king kids, I'm gone and that's it," Ms Lyons said.
The man Ms Lyon's referred to was her relative Mark Glare, who is believed to be the father of her one-year-old. His brother, Matthew Glare, fathered Ms Kelly's older children, according to family.
Ms Lyons said Ms Kelly's moods had been up and down in the days before it.
"She was very strange for four to seven days, she didn't want to come anywhere near the kids," she said.
Ms Kelly's brother and father, who both live interstate, have previously refuted Ms Lyons' claims, saying Ms Kelly would never leave her children.
They said she would not have missed her daughter's first birthday, which was last Thursday, the day she was reported missing by her brother.
Her brother, Michael Kelly, said the childrens' heads had been shaved, their names had been changed and they believed Ms Lyons was their mother when he took them into his care.
Ms Lyons said the childrens' heads were shaved because of lice and claimed Ms Kelly changed her childrens' names two days after Christmas to "get back at Mark and Matty".
Mr Kelly, who made the missing persons report last Thursday, was still searching for answers as to why his sister's flatmates had not notified police sooner.
Ms Lyons maintained she believed Ms Kelly would be returning and said another relative had made a report to police on Thursday.
"I've told them [police] the reason and I'm not prepared to tell them another reason why, it's a safety issue ... it will put my life and another girl's life in danger," she said.
Ms Lyons said she was fearful for Ms Kelly's safety.
"Something is not right, something's just not right," she said.
Detective Senior Sergeant Shane O'Connell told reporters on Wednesday that police believed Ms Kelly had met with foul play.
He said Ms Kelly, a prolific Facebook user, had not been touched since on or about January 21 nor had her bank account or mobile phone.
Anyone with information should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.