In this bonus episode of The Missing Matter, crime analyst Laura Richards joins Sally and Joni from Los Angeles to discuss the case of Sal’s mum, Marion, and their recent overseas trip.

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Patrick Liedke was 39 when he vanished from Tweed Heads in April 2024 a gentle, artistic soul loved by his family, with paintings on hospital walls and a life shaped by neurodiversity and complex health needs. In the days after a hospital discharge, sightings placed him around Cobaki, Piggabeen and into Currumbin Valley. Then… nothing.

This episode follows Patrick’s sister, Nicole, as she turns grief into an unrelenting search — combing ridgelines and creek beds with volunteers, dogs, thermal drones, even paragliders — while wrestling with the what-ifs: delays, borders, systems that didn’t move fast enough. The official multi-agency search stopped on May 1, 2024; Nicole never did. 

If you live near Tweed Heads, Piggabeen or Currumbin Valley, please stay alert.

Report any information to Tweed Heads Police or Crime Stoppers, and follow Find Patrick Liedke on Facebook for updates and ways to help. For Nicole, every share, every set of eyes on a track, is a step closer to home.

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Dr. Sarah Wayland is a social work professor and leading researcher who has spent decades working with families of missing people. From frontline support to shaping national conversations on ambiguous loss and trauma, she brings unique insight into what it means to live in the “missing” space and why these stories matter

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On Sunday, 25th June 2017, Jorn Jesper Jensen, known to all as Jesper, vanished without a trace. A devoted father and grandfather, Jesper’s sudden disappearance shocked his family and community. In this episode, we go back to the day it happened, retracing Jesper’s last known movements, the first signs that something was wrong, and the search that began to find him. More than 2,900 days later, the questions remain: what happened to Jesper, and why has he never been found?

In this episode Sally chats with Belle, one of his daughters, to ask why Jesper matters.

If you want to listen to Belle's full podcast about her Dad's disappearance, search Dad's Gone on your favourite podcast app.

You can sign the petition for justice for jesper here

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On Easter Sunday 2008, engineer and devoted dad Warren Meyer set out for a short, well-planned hike at Dom Dom Saddle. He never came home. In this episode, Warren’s wife Zee shares who he was, the day he vanished, and the search that followed. We examine early assumptions that shaped the investigation, the long path through the coroner’s process, and the quiet battles families face when someone goes missing. 

If you have a story about ambiguous loss and would like to share your story with Sally Leydon please email here

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In this new season Sally Leydon wants to help others who are dealing with ambiguous loss due to a missing loved one.

In this episode Jason Sallese tells the story of hsi Dad Nicola who was last seen in November 2008.

If you want to contact sally to have an episode feature your missing loved one, contact her here The Missing Matter

If you want to listen to know more or help Jason you cna visit him at  Help Find Nicola Sallese Facebook page

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In this new season Sally Leydon wants to help others who are dealing with ambiguous loss due to a missing loved one.

In this episode Jay Walkerden tells the story of his uncle Des Carr, who went missing in 1979 and has never been seen since. 

If you want to contact sally to have an episode feature your missing loved one, contact her here The Missing Matter

If you want to listen to the full podcast series on Des Carr's disappearance, search The Disappearance of Des in your preferred podcast app. 

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For more than 25 years, Sally Leydon has been waiting for answers about her missing mum, Marion Barter.

In Season 2, Sal steps beyond her own story to speak with other families enduring the same unthinkable reality—the ambiguous loss of a loved one who has vanished without explanation.

These are raw, intimate conversations about hope that refuses to die, grief that never finds closure, and the strength it takes to live in the in-between. 

Episode 1 for Season 2 is out Monday, August 18th. 

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Sally and Joni hit the road to northern New South Wales, knocking on doors, and coming face to face with people who just might hold missing pieces of the puzzle. Along the way, Sally unveils the next chapter for The Missing Matter — an ambitious new direction that will open up the podcast to other families of the missing, giving their stories a voice and their loved ones a platform.

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In this final episode of this series, Sally and Joni follow a curious lead about a passport found in Tasmania that belonged to the former owner of a house Rick Blum lived in and they journey to Rye, Tonbridge Wells and Burwash

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