Desperate search for missing young Toowoomba mum continues

Family and friends of Jana Armstrong have continued their search on Saturday morning, focusing on an area of interest in Toowoomba in a bid to find the mother who vanished from her home earlier this week.

Jana Armstrong, 30, was last seen at her home in Newtown, Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on Tuesday afternoon. Police on Saturday also confirmed their search remained open and ongoing.

Her four-month-old son was found at the Newtown property, and is now with family members.

Her car was found unlocked on Wednesday morning.

Acting Detective Inspector Brian Collins said the white Hyundai Kona was “basically parked in the middle of the road”.

On Saturday morning, Armstrong’s sister, Faith Isaacs, posted that family and the community were searching locations of interest starting out at Preston Road.

Police have searched the Black Gully Reserve area and a further area of interest in Tabletop Drive, Rangeville, but have not found any items of interest.

There is no person of interest at this stage, Collins said on Friday.

“We are treating it [as] very alarming that a 30-year-old female with a four-month-old child disappears overnight and her car’s left the way in which it was,” he said.

“We hope that Jana’s still alive, but we have serious concerns about her welfare at this point in time.”

Armstrong’s sister said she would never leave her son willingly. Her brother Dean Armstrong said the little boy is struggling without her.

“We all miss her dearly,” he told Nine News.

Police were investigating the movements of Armstrong’s car, which has a Queensland registration of 273ZHQ, on Tuesday.

It was believed to have travelled along Tabletop Drive in Rangeville between 9pm and 10pm on Tuesday, then along Preston Road in Preston about 10pm, along Charker Street in Darling Heights about 10.15pm, and along Gordon Avenue in Newtown between 3am and 5am on Wednesday morning.

Collins said police were unsure if Armstrong was driving the vehicle during this time, and this was part of why they were seeking CCTV.

Anyone who has information, including CCTV footage or dashcam vision of the vehicle, was urged to contact police.

Armstrong is Caucasian and approximately 165 centimetres tall, with an average build, blue eyes, and brown hair.

She was last seen wearing a green and white striped Country Road shirt, T-shirt, blue jeans and a pair of thongs.

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