Good morning ladies and gentlemen the following information.

It was to be the trip of a lifetime. A year-long adventure starting in England and perhaps fulfilling a

dream of traveling on the Orient Express.

51-year-old Marion Barta had resigned from a teaching position on the Gold Coast, sold her house, said goodbye to a grown-up children.

In late June 1997, she stepped aboard a flight

at Brisbane Airport in Australia. Bown for London via Tokyo.

Bown for London via Tokyo.

And was never seen again by a family and friends.

Yet customs has confirmed that she or someone with her passport did return to Australia just weeks later.

Yes, but I can remember every little detail. Her name, Miss Roy, everything.

Alfred Hitchcock Classic examined what happens to those left behind, when a person suddenly disappears.

There is no Miss Freud, never was a Miss Freud, merely a vivid subjective image.

Each year 38,000 people are reported missing in Australia.

Most found within a few hours or days.

There are around 1,600 people who have been gone for three months or longer. Some were taken, possibly murdered, never to be seen again.

Others fell ill and slipped away. A few, the smallest group among these lost souls, choose to leave their homes, partners,

children.

All traces of who they were.

This is a story about a woman, a mother, a teacher, the ex-wife of a national sporting hero,

gone for more than 20 years. Her children were both unable to live without knowing

what happened to her. One, her son is gone. Her daughter refuses to ever stop looking for her, needing to find an answer to what happens

when the lady vanishes. This is the case of missing person Marion Barta.

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