<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> are appealing to the public as they continue to search for a missing 73-year-old woman whose family believe her disappearance is "out of character".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yvonne Whear, 73, was last spotted at the Shell Service Station on Tweed Valley Way at Murwillumbah at about 3.15pm on February 19.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's believed she was heading north on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> Road in Murwillumbah.</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/victoria-ses-40-000-dollars-worth-of-equipment-stolen-melbourne/48637823-174b-4978-8a27-5d0ab58cf2aa" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Thieves swipe $40,000 of rescue gear from SES depot</span></strong></a><span> </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities were alerted to her disappearance two days later, leading to an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/investigation" rel="" target="" title="investigation"><span>investigation</span></a><span> into her whereabouts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say there are serious concerns for her whereabouts, as her family believes the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/missing-persons" rel="" target="" title="disappearance"><span>disappearance</span></a><span> is out of character.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was believed that the last sighting of Yvonne was on Wednesday at Dungay however, police established that she was seen at the Shell Service Station last week.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/appeal-to-locate-woman-missing-from-dungay/6d4a19ec-54ac-41c0-b150-e2d9d24a68fe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On February 19 at about 3.22pm, her gold Ford Escape wagon was spotted heading north on Queensland Road towards Dungay.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The wagon has an NSW license plate with the registration EWS28P.</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/sydney-rain-downpour-weather-warnings-adelaide-australia/92b97ab6-8dc6-48b6-b8a2-8f78fab86afa" target="_blank"><strong><span>Dozens rescued from floods as rain hammers Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 73-year-old has not been seen or heard from since.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Whear is known to frequent both the Murwillumbah and Dungay regions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, with grey/brown hair, around 154cm tall, of a medium to solid build, possibly with a large scar on her right arm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER 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