An Aussie claims to have spotted his missing wife on a BBC One show, Antiques Roadshow - almost 30 years after she mysteriously disappeared

Missing wife spotted on hit TV show

An Aussie claims to have spotted his missing wife on a BBC One show, Antiques Roadshow - almost 30 years after she mysteriously disappeared.

Lynette Dawson, a mother of two, vanished from Sydney in 1982 and was presumed dead by authorities, despite her body never being found.

Her ex-husband Chris Dawson now claims that a woman he's seen on an edition of Antiques Roadshow filmed in Padstow, Cornwall in England was his former wife.

Dawson, who has since remarried, saw the mysterious woman after a friend recorded the programme for him, reports the Cornish Guardian.


In an email to his daughter, Dawson said: "The likeness to your mum is uncanny. It has given us a strong sense of hope that at last her whereabouts may be known."

However, his sister-in-law Patricia Jenkins does not believe that the woman is Lynette.

"There is no way this is my sister. Just the clothes tell me it's not her. She would never wear anything frilly or lacy. I have compared the jaw line and nose," Patricia said.

"Lyn came from a loving family and her disappearance left her adored daughters, who were two and four at the time, to grow up never knowing their mother or their mother's love."

Patricia is calling on anyone who may know the mystery woman to come forward with information.

"We want to put this desperate claim to rest. Any information would help. How long have you known her? Do you know her family?" she said.

"Does she have an Australian accent? All this would be such a help to us. Everyone in the family believes she is dead, it's just a horrible reality."

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Published Jan 3 2011