{"id":106870,"date":"2025-07-31T06:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106870\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T06:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:31:13","slug":"search-for-missing-26-year-old-man-outside-of-alice-springs-enters-third-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106870\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for missing 26-year-old man outside of Alice Springs enters third day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Territory Police have covered 500 square kilometres of Central Australian desert terrain in search for a man who has been missing since Monday.<\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson said NT Police held “serious concerns” for the welfare of 26-year-old Gach, who has not been seen or heard from for three days.<\/p>\n

Gach was last seen leaving his Alice Springs home at 3:30pm Monday and later talked to his family on the phone at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n

He then failed to show at work for a rostered shift on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Police say Gach has been missing since Monday evening. (Supplied: ABC News)<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning police found Gach’s red Mazda CX5 on Larapinta Drive, 14.5 kilometres west of John Flynn’s Grave Historical Reserve, on the outskirts of Alice Springs.<\/p>\n

Search Coordinator Acting Sergeant Chris Grotherr said search efforts for the 26-year-old had been “extensive, with significant contributions from local resources”.<\/p>\n

“These efforts will continue into day three,” he said.<\/p>\n

“However, forecasted sub-zero overnight temperatures over the coming days are increasing our concerns for Gach’s welfare.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Police say searches have been extensive in the area. (Supplied: NT Police)<\/p>\n

Police have described Gach as a 6-foot-tall man of Sudanese appearance with a lean build and short curly hair.<\/p>\n

He was last seen wearing a red or orange puffer jacket, cream-coloured tracksuit pants and dark-coloured runners.<\/p>\n

The search, centred about 21 kilometres west of Alice Springs, has covered more than 500sqkm with teams on foot and using all-terrain vehicles, drones and helicopter support.<\/p>\n

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The search effort has included foot teams, ATVs, drones and helicopter support. (Supplied: NT Police)<\/p>\n

It has included over 50 people from local police units, NT Emergency Services, NT Fire and Rescue Service and Parks and Wildlife NT.<\/p>\n

Anyone who may have seen Gach around Larapinta Drive, Standley Chasm or Simpsons Gap on Monday evening, or may know his whereabouts, is urged to contact police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Territory Police have covered 500 square kilometres of Central Australian desert terrain in search for a man…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33398,13269,4740,2332,8750,68505,18572,68506,5425,50,7207,5855,4747,5812],"class_list":{"0":"post-106870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-aerial","9":"tag-alice-springs","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-car","12":"tag-emergency-services","13":"tag-gach","14":"tag-ground","15":"tag-mazda","16":"tag-missing-person","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-police","19":"tag-red","20":"tag-rescue","21":"tag-search"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114946446857082338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}