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The belongings of a Australian man who went missing from Rio de Janeiro’s main airport more than a week ago have been found. Some of missing Australian man Rye Hunt’s belongings have been found more than a week after he disappeared from Rio de Janeiro’s main airport.
Rye Hunt, 25, disappeared from Galeao international airport on 21 May, after arranging to meet his travelling companion again in 30 minutes, his family said in a statement on Sunday. The 25-year-old left Galeao international airport in a taxi on 21 May, after arranging to meet his travelling companion again in 30 minutes, his family said in a statement on Sunday.
Hunt, a miner from Hobart, Tasmania, left the airport alone in a taxi and has not been seen since. Some of Hunt’s personal effects have been found but their location has not been released.
Some of Hunt’s personal effects have been found in Rio de Janeiro but their location has not been released, his family said. Hunt and his travelling companion, with whom he had spent seven weeks travelling through south-east Asia and South America, were captured on CCTV before they split up.
Reports said Hunt’s bank account had not been touched and he had not contacted his girlfriend, who he had been talking to daily, since going missing. “There appears to have been an argument between Rye and his travel partner in the airport,” the statement said.
Before disappearing he reportedly had an argument with his travelling companion, Mitch Sheppard. A crowd-funding campaign has raised money to send Hunt’s uncle and his girlfriend to Rio to coordinate the search. The brother of his travel companion will also go to offer support.
His family had filed a missing persons report with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian embassy. “Receiving information today has given us, sort of, renewed hope,” Hunt’s sister Romany Brodribb told ABC Radio. “It better informs where the search will progress to from here.”
Hunt’s uncle and girlfriend were due to fly to Rio de Janerio this week to join the search. Tasmanian and West Australian police have been working with the foreign affairs department and Brazilian authorities to find Hunt, who has not used his social media, email and bank accounts, and does not appear to have used his phone.
“Receiving information today has given us, sort of, renewed hope,” Hunt’s sister Romany Brodribb told ABC radio on Sunday. “It better informs where the search will progress to from here.” Hunt grew up in Tasmania and had been working in Kalgoorlie until he left the country on 1 April.
Australian Associated Press contributed to this report He is an experienced traveller, having also visited south-east Asia and New Zealand.
A social media campaign to #findrye has been shared across Australia and South America.