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Western Australia offers up to $500,000 rewards for information to solve 361 missing persons cases

One Australian state has offered up huge sums of money in a "first time" effort to help solve hundreds of missing persons cases. - thewest.com.au

Western Australia has announced it will pay up to $500,000 for information that helps solve hundreds of active missing persons cases across the state. On Saturday, Police Minister Paul Papalia announced the reward scheme — marking the first time in the State's history a payout is on offer for missing persons. "Families of missing people not only have to live with incredible trauma and loss but with the 'not knowing'," he said.

"This new reward provides half a million reasons for someone in the community with vital information to come forward. "Each of these unsolved cases are just as important as the next and any detail, no matter how small, could be the key to solving them." Camera Icon The new reward scheme was announced by Paul Papalia.

NewsWire /Philip Gostelow Credit: NCA NewsWire There are currently 361 long-term missing persons cases in Western Australia, categorised as someone that hasn't been seen for 90 days with no indications of...

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