Police are offering a $1 million reward for information on missing Footcray woman Shari Davison who disappeared 30 years ago this week.
The then 27-year-old mother has not been heard from since making two phone calls from a payphone on Ballarat Road on the afternoon of February 18, 1995.
One of the calls Ms Davison made was to her employer confirming she would be at work that evening.
The second was to her boyfriend, arranging to meet him to collect personal items including her mobile phone charger.
She never made it to work that evening or picked up her phone charger.
Detectives have pieced together Ms Davison’s movements on the night before her disappearance, beginning with her leaving a Dandenong strip club with a female colleague at about 10.50pm on February 17.
The pair travelled to Croydon, then onto the Mentone Hotel where they met two male friends and remained until 1am.
Ms Davison and one of the men, her boyfriend at the time, left the hotel and went to a nearby residence in Hampton before taking a taxi to Crown Casino at 2am.
At about 7am Ms Davison’s boyfriend left her on her own at the casino and it’s believed she caught a taxi home to Footscray at about 7.40am.
Ms Davison later left her Footscray home to make calls from the payphone near a Ballarat Road service station between 12pm and 2pm.
Missing Persons Squad’s Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said police believe Ms Davison was murdered.
He said by offering a $1 million reward (up from $50,000 offered in 2012), police hope someone will come forward with information to help them solve the case and bring closure to Ms Davison’s family.
“It is unimaginable to try and understand what Shari’s family have had to live through over these years,” Detective Inspector Stamper said.
“At the time of her death, Shari had a loving family and a young son who misses her very much and still deserves answers. I can absolutely assure Shari’s loved ones – along with the person or persons responsible for her death – that detectives from the Missing Person Squad remain committed to this investigation.”
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://www.crimestoppersvic.com.au/report-a-crime
