<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities hold serious concerns for a German backpacker who is believed to be missing in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carolina Wilga, 26, has been backpacking through Australia for the past two years and works on mines to fund her stay at hostels.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was last captured on CCTV in the Beacon area on June 29 — the same day she was last in contact with her friends.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/medicinal-cannabis-doctors-and-nurse-practitioners-targeted-in-crackdown/356ab469-9a47-4115-bf09-8fcec7fa5bad" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>One doctor issued 17,000 medical cannabis scripts in six months</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe she visited a convenience store on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay the day before.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her family, with whom she keeps in regular communication, are worried as they have not heard from her since June 18. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are very concerned for her welfare," WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-wheatbelt-serious-concerns-missing-german-backpacker-carolina-wilga/7777a69f-b742-4956-9242-f1bd6074e7c2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have been conducting large-scale land and air searches for Wilga. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The homicide squad have now joined the investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Blanch stressed that her disappearance is not being treated as a murder "at this point" and their involvement was to have "our very best capabilities to investigate something that is very concerning to us".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/recipetin-eats-cook-upset-after-beef-wellington-recipe-used-in-mushroom-lunch/b0ef8220-c17d-4aad-9094-42ebbe9d38ef" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Celebrity chef responds to mushroom verdict after recipe used by killer</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Searches are continuing, and anyone with any information is urged to contact police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are also appealing to anyone with footage of the Beacon area and the surrounding north-east Wheatbelt area between June 29 and July 4 to come forward.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilga is described as having a slim build, with frizzy or curly long dark blonde hair, brown eyes and several tattoos, including one which depicts symbols on her left arm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She may also be driving a black and silver 1995 Mitsubishi Station sedan with Western Australian registration 1HDS 330.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we would ask is our community keep their eyes and ears peeled for anything relating to the whereabouts of Caroline," Blanch said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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