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Forty years on, family renews appeal over Albert Pisani’s disappearance - Gippsland, VIC
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Victoria Police are renewing their appeal for information about the disappearance and suspected killing of Gippsland father Albert Pisani, whose remains were found in bushland in 1987.
Forty years after Albert Pisani disappeared from Moe in Victoria’s Gippsland region, police and his family are renewing their appeal for information that could help establish who was responsible for his death.
Pisani was 27 when he was last seen on 10 October 1986. Police say he was walking along Prince Street in Moe and was understood to be planning to visit a bank in the town centre before returning home to his partner and five children for lunch.
His disappearance was not immediately treated as unusual by his family because he regularly travelled for several days on road trips. He was reported missing on 15 October, after relatives became concerned that he had not returned.
Extensive searches followed. On 9 June 1987, Pisani’s remains were discovered in bushland at Driffield, approximately 20 kilometres from his home in Moe. Investigators believe he was the victim of foul play, but the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death remain unresolved.
Police have continued investigating the case over the decades, speaking with members of his family, friends and associates in an effort to establish what happened. Investigators have also examined information suggesting Pisani may have been involved in a dispute at his workplace, the State Electricity Commission’s briquette factory in nearby Morwell, before he disappeared. Police have not established who was responsible or confirmed a motive.
Pisani was the eldest of eight siblings and had a strong interest in trucks. According to police, he developed relationships with local and interstate truck drivers and regularly hitchhiked around Australia. Investigators have appealed to anyone who may have encountered him, travelled with him or heard relevant information to come forward.
The long-running investigation has had a profound effect on his family. His sisters have spoken publicly about the uncertainty and grief that followed his disappearance. One sister said the loss affected their mother deeply, and that the family still wanted answers after four decades.
A reward of up to $1 million, announced in 2016, remains available for information that leads to the conviction of the person or people responsible for Pisani’s death.
Police are asking anyone with relevant information, no matter how insignificant it may initially seem, to contact Victoria Police. Information from people who lived or worked in the Moe and Morwell areas during 1986, or who may remember Pisani’s movements, could assist investigators in revisiting the case.
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Forty years after Albert Pisani disappeared from Moe in Victoria’s Gippsland region, police and his family are renewing their appeal for information that could help establish who was responsible for his death.
Pisani was 27 when he was last seen on 10 October 1986. Police say he was walking along Prince Street in Moe and was understood to be planning to visit a bank in the town centre before returning home to his partner and five children for lunch.
His disappearance was not immediately treated as unusual by his family because he regularly travelled for several days on road trips. He was reported missing on 15 October, after relatives became concerned that he had not returned.
Extensive searches followed. On 9 June 1987, Pisani’s remains were discovered in bushland at Driffield, approximately 20 kilometres from his home in Moe. Investigators believe he was the victim of foul play, but the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death remain unresolved.
Police have continued investigating the case over the decades, speaking with members of his family, friends and associates in an effort to establish what happened. Investigators have also examined information suggesting Pisani may have been involved in a dispute at his workplace, the State Electricity Commission’s briquette factory in nearby Morwell, before he disappeared. Police have not established who was responsible or confirmed a motive.
Pisani was the eldest of eight siblings and had a strong interest in trucks. According to police, he developed relationships with local and interstate truck drivers and regularly hitchhiked around Australia. Investigators have appealed to anyone who may have encountered him, travelled with him or heard relevant information to come forward.
The long-running investigation has had a profound effect on his family. His sisters have spoken publicly about the uncertainty and grief that followed his disappearance. One sister said the loss affected their mother deeply, and that the family still wanted answers after four decades.
A reward of up to $1 million, announced in 2016, remains available for information that leads to the conviction of the person or people responsible for Pisani’s death.
Police are asking anyone with relevant information, no matter how insignificant it may initially seem, to contact Victoria Police. Information from people who lived or worked in the Moe and Morwell areas during 1986, or who may remember Pisani’s movements, could assist investigators in revisiting the case.
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