The Disappearance of 12yo Lisa Mott - WA

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Lisa Marie Mott was born in May 1968, she was 12 years of age at the time of her disappearance and lived on Atkinson Street in Collie with her Mother and two sisters.

CASE DETAILS:

At 6.45pm on Thursday 30 October 1980, Lisa left her home address to go to the local basketball courts situated on Throssell Street, Collie. At the time she was accompanied by a friend and had her mother’s permission to attend the courts on the understanding that she would get a lift home with the mother of Lisa’s friend. This was only the third time Lisa had been permitted out at night time with all previous occasions; to attend the basketball courts.

Lisa shot some goals at the courts but spent most of her time talking and socialising with several friends. At 8.45pm Lisa and a friend went to a pizza shop opposite the courts and returned to the courts a few minutes later.

At 9pm Lisa decided to walk home, with a friend accompanying her part of the way. They walked along Throssell Street, turning right on to Harvey Street towards the railway crossing. Within this vicinity Lisa’s friend stopped as she had to return to the basketball courts, and watched Lisa cross the railway line to Forrest Street.

This was the last time Lisa was sighted and she has not been seen since. The person or persons responsible for Lisa’s disappearance have not yet been identified.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Lisa Marie Mott, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

LISA MARIE MOTT • Crime Stoppers Western Australia

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[metic]

Detectives probe Lisa Mott’s disappearance 40 years on

Cold case detectives visited Collie last week to gather more information about the disappearance and suspected murder of 12-year-old Lisa Mott, who vanished from the town 40 years ago on Friday.

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"Cold case detectives visited Collie last week to gather more information about the disappearance and suspected murder of 12-year-old Lisa Mott, who vanished from the town 40 years ago on Friday."

 

[metic]

I know Lisa Mott's face , i've known it for 44 yrs.
I was 8 years old, and my sister was 10, she looked similar to Lisa mott so it had a noticeable effect on me, I still remember somewhat looking at lisas smile like the girl next door.
I was located pretty close to Lisa ,(a two hour drive away) my mother warned us to be cautious of sus cars/ panel vans/ (yellow panel van perhaps) as we had to go 2km to school bustop.
A few years later I would meet Lisa's brother and share classroom in high school.
Sad case, pray it gets solved soon

 

[Del220684]

It's so so sad that know one here nor the Western Australian media seems to be interested in beautiful Little Lisa!

I did a 2 part documentary on the 40th Anniversary of Lisa's disappearance on YouTube if anyone is interested feel free to watch and share!

 

[metic]

It's so so sad that know one here nor the Western Australian media seems to be interested in beautiful Little Lisa!

I did a 2 part documentary on the 40th Anniversary of Lisa's disappearance on YouTube if anyone is interested feel free to watch and share!

Yep post it here please

 

[FTY1]

Hey Met

This is a good one.



I think they have based it on a show that was around the 40th anniversary that I remember seeing. If it doesn't start part way through it commences just after 6 minutes in. The only thing they got wrong was it was reopened in 2000 after someone witnessed the yellow panel van but we both know that was a lot earlier.

 

[Del220684]

Yep post it here please

Youtube or google the keywords Lisa Marie Mott and you'll find my videos Metic

 

[Albertonarmy]

It's so so sad that know one here nor the Western Australian media seems to be interested in beautiful Little Lisa!

I did a 2 part documentary on the 40th Anniversary of Lisa's disappearance on YouTube if anyone is interested feel free to watch and share!

They reckon David Birnie did it, was working in Collie at the time

 

[zedx]

They reckon David Birnie did it, was working in Collie at the time

Agree. I would like to see his partner/wife from that time interviewed again, now that he is dead.

 

[FTY1]

Yesterday was the 44th Anniversary of Lisa Mott's disappearance.

WA police published a new season of Cold Case Western Australia with Lisa Mott Part 1 interviewing her sisters Vicki and Bernadette and the ongoing affect it had on their family.

 

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Lisa Mott cold case: Cold case detectives open mobile police facility in Collie in fresh bid for clues​

November 6, 2024 8:40AM

Detectives in WA town to crack vanishing schoolgirl mystery

Cold case detectives have travelled to the South West town of Collie in a fresh bid for clues in their quest to crack the disappearance and suspected murder of schoolgirl Lisa Mott more than 40 years ago.

www.perthnow.com.au

Cold case detectives have travelled to the South West town of Collie in a fresh bid for clues in their quest to crack the disappearance and suspected murder of schoolgirl Lisa Mott more than 40 years ago.

Senior detectives from the cold case investigation section will be stationed at a mobile police facility on Forrest Street on Wednesday and urge locals with information about the 12-year-old’s disappearance to speak with them.

A $1 million reward still stands for information that solves the schoolgirl’s suspected murder, and now, police are hoping new leads will give her grieving family closure more than four decades on.

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Dowding said losing a child without any explanation was “every parent’s worst nightmare”.

“We want to find that explanation and we believe that’s possible with the help of the community,” he said.

“Any small piece of information may be all we need to progress this investigation and find the answers for Lisa’s family.”

Police say that on the night of October 30, 1980, Lisa had journeyed to the local Collie basketball courts, on Throssel Street, to play with a friend but never made it back home.

She attended the courts before making her way to a nearby pizza shop and was last seen on her walk home crossing a railway line towards Forrest Street about 9pm.

At the time of her disappearance, Lisa was seen wearing a light-blue shirt and dark blue towelling shorts with a white trim around the legs. She is believed to have been wearing a pair of brown and fawn-striped sneakers with white socks.

When police travelled to Collie in 2020, Lisa’s mother said the first 10 years after Lisa’s vanishing were an “absolute despair”.

“There was nothing else but black,” she told The West.

“(But) I had other kids which needed a mother.

“I wasn’t any good at that for a while.

“Even now, it is a rough time for me. It’s been pretty hard.

“I was just sitting here thinking about what a lovely kid Lisa was. She was just gorgeous.”

The renewed call for information comes after the launch of the second season of WA Police’s Cold Case Western Australia podcast, which features Lisa’s case.

Anybody with information is urged to approach the mobile police facility or call crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.