ELEVEN years after they last saw him alive, the family of missing Bathurst man Andrew Russell have not given up hope of finding his remains and bringing him home.
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But to do that they need the support of the community.
Not only are they again appealing for anyone with information on Andrew's disappearance to come forward, they have also launched a Go Fund Me Page to help with costs associated with their own investigations.
They want to hire a digger to excavate areas which they think may be of relevance to his disappearance.
George Maloukis, a private investigator who is working with the family created the Go Fund Me Page, called "Help Find Andrew Russell" with the aim of raising $4,500.
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"Eleven years of searching has become quite financially costly to the family and they just don't have the funds to continue the search to find Andrew," he said in the post.
"Your support will go a long way with great appreciation from the family who are trying to bring Andrew's remains home."
Mr Maloukis said after years of trying to access files for Andrew's case they have finally come to a stage where they are able to do so.
"We are also in search of funding to have a digger and operator go out to a sight where we believe Andrew remains are located.
"If you could find anything to help us with the costs of this we would greatly appreciate it," he said.
Andrew Russell was last seen alive in Bathurst on June 2, 2009, he left a Slim Street house at around 8pm that evening, with plans to visit his family, but he never made it there. He has never been seen again.
Earlier this year, the family launched a Facebook page "Help Find Andrew" to try and encourage anyone with information on his disappearance to come forward.
Kiara White, Andrew's sister, said she always wanted to have a page for Andrew, and has seen similar ones for Janine Vaughan and other missing people over the years.
She said it's a great way to keep missing persons cases out there in the community and more importantly generate conversations between people, which may hold the missing link to the case, and help solve the mystery.
