Disappearance of Trudie Adams

Trudie Adams
Born
Trudie Jeanette Adams

(1959-09-19)19 September 1959
Disappeared25 June 1978 (aged 18)
Newport, New South Wales, Australia
StatusMissing for 46 years, 11 months and 22 days
NationalityAustralian

Trudie Jeanette Adams disappeared in the early hours of 25 June 1978 after attending a dance at the Newport Surf Life Saving Club, New South Wales, Australia. She left the event early before hitchhiking home, at which point she entered a vehicle on Barrenjoey Road and has not been seen since. Her disappearance sparked New South Wales' biggest missing person search at the time, attracted extensive and ongoing national media attention, and eventually a $250,000 reward.