NSW: Search expected to resume for missing partygoer

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2006
NSW: Search expected to resume for missing partygoer

SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - The search for a Queensland woman last seen at an Easter long
weekend party in northern NSW is expected to resume today.

Daneeka Nixon, 25, of Burleigh Heads, has not been seen since leaving a rave party
on a property at The Channon, near Lismore, on Sunday night.

A group of up to 200 people had been partying for at least 24 hours before Ms Nixon
left the property in a "disorientated state", police said.

Her mobile and purse were found in her car, which was located parked on the property
by her friends on Monday.

Police officers, State Emergency Service (SES) workers, PolAir, and the police rescue
squad searched the property's dense bushland for a second day yesterday without success.

The search was expected to resume today, a police spokesman said.

"I believe they will be back in the area, covering any spots that they are yet to go
to, or they might go back to an area they've already been over," he said.

Ms Nixon arrived at the party at 3pm on Saturday and was last seen by friends on Sunday
about 8pm.

She was last seen walking along the driveway to the premises, which are positioned
on the side of a mountain, police said.

They said rugged bushland in the area was making the search difficult.

Ms Nixon is described as being of white/European appearance and about 165cm to 170cm
tall with a medium build, long straight black hair and hazel eyes.

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