Overview
- NT Police, which said Monday the case is an abduction, named 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis as a person they urgently need to find.
- The search entered a third day Tuesday with helicopters, heat-sensor drones, dogs, horses, ATVs, and dozens of volunteers combing dense scrub near the Old Timers town camp.
- Investigators say Lewis was staying at the residence when Sharon Granites vanished and has not made contact with police since.
- Officers say Lewis was recently released from prison on violence-related convictions that did not involve children, and they are examining whether he had help escaping the area.
- Authorities and local groups, including Tangentyere Council and Purple House, are supporting the family and urging residents to share dashcam or CCTV footage and any tips that could pinpoint Sharon’s or Lewis’s movements.