A professional tracker who helped find William Tyrell and AJ Elfalak made a surprising claim nine days after a man went missing from the Central Coast.
A professional tracker brought in by the devastated NSW family of a 20-year-old missing for nine days believes the young man is most likely still alive.
Central Coast man Logan Losurdo was last seen last Friday at around 1:15 a.m. and reported missing to police around 8:15 p.m. that night. He has not been seen or heard from since then.
Officials from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District, along with SES Volunteers, PolAir, Water Police, Marine Rescue, NSW Surf Lifesaving, and the Volunteer Rescue Association have been on land and water in Magenta and The. looking for him entrance areas.
The last known sighting of the missing person was on Wilfred Barrett Drive, a stretch of road surrounded on both sides by bushland. Much of the search effort has therefore been concentrated there.
Jake Cassar, 46, is among the seekers. He makes a living from his location skills and was previously part of the original search team when William Tyrell went missing in 2014 and more recently helped find three-year-old AJ Elfalak, who was found alive and well after three days alone at NSW -Bush.
He also believes that Mr. Losurdo is still alive.
“Nine days sounds like a long time (but) a person can go without food for up to a month in cold weather. With a little rain, they could do without a lot of water for a week, ”Cassar told news.com.au.
The tracker has revealed its working theory as to why Mr Losurdo appears to have disappeared and is calling for more resources to be put into the search effort.
Mr Cassar believes the missing Central Coast man may have been hit by a car and stumbled into the bush.
“My main concern is that a car could have run him over him,” he said.
“He could live very, very well out here, be disoriented, he could live another two weeks, (he could) have a broken femur or a head injury, (it) could be a variety of different things.”
NSW police on Wednesday released CCTV images of a mysterious figure in a white car who may hold the key to the young man’s disappearance.
The vehicle was seen on Magenta Drive just before 1:10 a.m. on Friday, November 26th.
A man gets out of the vehicle and speaks to Mr. Losurdo before getting back into the car and driving away.
“There is no evidence that this vehicle or person was involved in Logan’s disappearance, but the detectives want to speak to the man because they believe he could help with their investigation,” NSW police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr Cassar had no explanation for the mysterious driver and said he was still focused on pursuing Mr Losurdo.
Now that the search has begun its ninth day, the police and SES presence is noticeably decreasing, which, according to Cassar, was the opposite of what had to happen.
“The police did a wonderful job, but I would like to see more resources on the ground,” he said.
“If AJ (Elfalak) has taught us anything, it is not to underestimate the human spirit.”
Mr. Losurdo is described as Caucasian, about 170 to 180 cm tall, strongly built, with black, curly hair and brown eyes.
Mr. Cassar tried using tracker techniques to find the missing 20-year-old in the “thick” bushland.
He came across a number of tracks that turned out to not belong to Mr. Losurdo.
In particular, the Bush tracker said it used local wildlife to narrow down its search.
Birds will call out alarms if something they perceive as a predator – like a human – comes close to them.
A few days ago, Mr Cassar followed the bird calls and 20 minutes later found a large goanna that he believed had scared off the birds.
He also looks out for birds and flies that congregate in an area.
“If you’ve been around for a while, flies fly over your face,” he said.
“Even if someone is still alive, they could have a bowel movement in that area, have an open wound, and the crows could start hanging around.
“You can use the animals to see if there is a person.”
The bushcraft pro added that Mr. Losurdo “had a tough life, he made it through” and hoped the young man would come out relatively unscathed.
News.com.au had previously announced that Mr. Losurdo came from a broken home and had fought hard to achieve his dream of becoming a lawyer before he disappeared.
In 2018, the then 17-year-old gave a speech in which he described his upbringing as “anything but stable”.
“My brothers and I were exposed to things that shouldn’t be a young person every day,” he told the crowd of 500 teachers.
“Things like substance abuse, domestic violence, serious criminal activity, police raids, visits to family and community services were just the norm for our family. Every day was a fight and every day there was a different lie to tell someone what really happened. “
One of his teachers eventually became his guardian.
About his birth mother and his birth father, the teenager said: “My parents were not able to give me the start in life that I needed, they were absent most of the time.”
As police continue their investigation, officers continue to urge anyone who finds Logan on the evening of Jan.
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