Police Release New Description, Search Wells in 1980 Lisa Mott Case

Overview

• Cold-case investigators issued a public appeal with a description of a man seen speaking with Lisa at Collie’s basketball courts on the night she vanished.
• An eyewitness described the male as tall with curly hair, about 18 to 20 at the time, leaning on a yellow Holden panel van, and said he had been seen at the courts before and appeared to know Lisa.
• Detectives are examining wells in the Noggerup area south of Collie following unrelated lines of inquiry, noting reports of a yellow vehicle in that vicinity in 1980.
• Police reiterated that Lisa was last seen around 9pm crossing the Forrest Street railway line before entering a yellow panel van and has not been heard from since.
• A $1 million state reward remains in place, with Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Dowding urging tip-offs to help provide answers for Lisa’s surviving family.