The family of a missing man have made a desperate plea for answers after their beloved son and brother vanished. Marc Mietus hasn't been seen since January 2000 near Bundaberg. Today police announced a $500,000 reward for information.
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00:00 Mark Mitus was 21 when he went missing, causing more than two decades of anguish for his family.
00:07 "Like 24 years of not knowing anything is really an emotional stretch for the family."
00:17 His father is hoping to finally get some answers.
00:20 "We are resigned to the fact that he's deceased and he's actually met with foul play."
00:26 "I just hope someone comes forward with information so we've got closure as a family. It's been a long time."
00:33 Police have announced a $500,000 reward for information.
00:37 "We do believe that with public assistance, irrespective of the passage of time, this crime can be solved."
00:43 On the 6th of January 2000, the Melbourne man left home for a new life in Queensland.
00:49 He picked up a hitchhiker at Gilgandra in country New South Wales.
00:53 "The hitchhiker was travelling to his home at Buyal. They arrived at the property the following day."
00:58 "This was how Mark came to live in a caravan."
01:01 Over a fortnight, he travelled to Brisbane and back and stopped at a Gympie petrol station on the Bruce Highway.
01:07 "A witness records a person seating in the passenger seat of the ute who did not exit the vehicle."
01:12 "This person is described at about 30 years of age with shoulder length, long dark hair."
01:18 Police want any witnesses to come forward.
01:21 "We're appealing for any person who may recall seeing Mark at the Buyal Roadhouse on 26 January 2000."
01:28 "Any person who observed or knows anyone in the Buyal Childers area in 2000 or who owns or drove a brown XD Ford sedan with a dull alloy bull bar and standard wheels to contact police."
01:40 Police are now re-interviewing witnesses and persons of interest.
01:44 Tomorrow they will search the Buyal property where he was living in 2000.
01:49 "I just appeal particularly on behalf of the family for someone to provide this information to bring closure to our family."
01:57 For more information visit www.fema.gov