Name: Annette Shirley Briffa
Case Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Missing Since: January 10, 1980
Location Last Seen: Asquith, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Birth: March 10, 1961
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Briffa has an olive-colored complexion. She has a slight build.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Briffa was last seen hitching on the Pacific Highway from Mt Colah to Asquith, Australia on January 10, 1980.
She may have been seen entering an orange Mazda sedan or similar vehicle heading toward Hornsby. It is unknown what happened to Briffa; she has never been heard from again.
She was reported missing to the Hornsby Police Station.
In January of 2005, the NSW Deputy State Coroner found that Briffa had most likely been abducted and murdered. An inquest on her disappearance found that one of the last people to see her, a man with whom she had been out drinking, has since been jailed for murdering his de facto wife.
Briffa's brother told the court that his uncle owned an orange Ford Escort. The vehicle matched the description of the car his sister was seen getting into as she hitchhiked on the Pacific Highway at Mount Colah about 03.00 on the day she vanished. Not long after Briffa disappeared, the uncle dumped his car in bushland at Lake Munmorah on the Central Coast.
According to a police statement the uncle had been convicted of a sexual-related matter.
Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: New South Wales Police Service
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 02-9265-4455
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
New South Wales Police
The Sydney Morning Herald 1/27/05
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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