THE desperate family of a pair of prospectors who have been missing for weeks in rural WA are still ?hoping for a happy answer? in the search for their mum.
Like many prospectors before them, Raymond and Jennie Kehlet headed out to the picturesque mid-west region of Western Australia hoping to strike it rich.
They were experienced campers but prospecting novices, having recently developed the gold-digging bug.
It?s been more than a month since the pair were reported missing, and their family is still desperate to find Jennie.
Hope is lost for Raymond. The search for the missing couple saw the Beverley father found dead earlier this month, his body located in a mineshaft approximately 1.8km from the campsite.
The search failed to locate Mrs Kehlet, and it?s torturing the family.
Braving the media, Mrs Kehlet?s son Darcy pleaded for answers in a press conference with WA police yesterday.
?It?s a big jigsaw puzzle we are fumbling with at the minute,? he said.
?Anything we can get our hands on would be a big help. Knowledge is what we are after at the minute.?
Mr Kehlet?s daughter Charmaine said the family last spoke to Raymond on March 17.
She said the family were hoping Jennie was still alive.
Jennie and her husband were formally reported missing after their dog was found at the Sandstone caravan park, its microchip leading to the identity of its owners.
An extensive land and air search covering 625 square kilometres failed to find Mrs Kehlet, and police have once again appealed for information.
Police believe Mrs Kehlet somehow got lost in the outback and may have been in possession of the couple?s prospecting equipment at the time.
Police have released images of ropes, a metal detector, and a GPS device they believe Mrs Kehlet may have been carrying and could have discarded along the way.
Anyone who has travelled to the Sandstone area and sees these items is urged to record the GPS location of the items and contact police immediately.
Police refused to make public the cause of Mr Kehlet?s death, but said there was nothing that suggested criminality.
Investigations continue into both Mr Kehlet?s death and Mrs Kehlet?s disappearance.
?You can come up with a thousand and one scenarios, and really, we?re probably never going to have an answer until we find Jennie,? Malcolm Kehlet, Raymond?s brother, said.
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