The disappearance of Steven Goldsmith in Brisbane Australia

[Martin Timothy]

Missing Person : GOLDSMITH, Steven James

Brisbane Australia July 2000: On the supermarket checkout line one evening there is a guy in his twenties, red hair and looks a bit lost, his name was Steven Goldsmith he had come to my door a couple years before hawking a book of poetry he had written.

He was wearing worn football shorts, sneakers, a T shirt and light jacket, the line I was in ran parallel to his, while he shuffled forward open faced and vulnerable, he was with a fellow who was a regular patron of the local gym who was a policeman as far as I knew, who saw me looking and glared.

A couple days later Goldsmith was reported missing by a flatmate who has not seen him for several days.

After getting no response from an internet campaign, in 2006 I contacted Queensland Police Missing Persons and told them I had information re this young man's disappearance, the woman to whom I was directed said her name was Clair then got bitchy and hung up.

Ringing back she would provide no further information like her full name and police rank, and when I protested she got bitchy and hung up again, I went in to Police HQ in Brisbane the next day and told them I wished to report a sighting, the police at the desk told me to get out.

Update:

This poster has recently appeared in Sydney Street New Farm adjacent to Mr Goldsmith's previous residence!