{"id":6653,"date":"2023-07-21T17:44:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T05:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T05:44:27","slug":"great-concern-for-missing-christchurch-real-estate-agent-after-cellphone-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6653","title":{"rendered":"‘Great concern’ for missing Christchurch real estate agent after cellphone found"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have found a cellphone belonging to missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao, and say they are becoming increasingly concerned about her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Watch the latest update from police here:<\/b><\/p>\n

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Bao, who works at Harcourts Wigram, was last seen on Wednesday in the Wigram area at about 10.30am. She was\u00a0reported missing by her husband<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

In an update this afternoon, Canterbury Investigations Inspector Nicola Reeves said Bao remains missing.<\/p>\n

She said police had searched a number of areas and located one of Bao’s cellphones in grass on the side of the Southern Motorway in Christchurch.<\/p>\n

Reeves said police have found “other items” while searching for Bao, but were unsure of their relevance to the case and would not give further details.<\/p>\n

“We’re not at the point of discussing whether we have subjects or persons of interest because we very much want the focus on Ms Bao.”<\/p>\n

Reeves said Bao was “last seen conducting her business as a real estate agent” on Wednesday and concerns were first raised when she failed to pick up her daughter from school.<\/p>\n

“Anyone with any piece of information, no matter how small, is encouraged to contact police immediately.”<\/p>\n

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Missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ NZ Police<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Police have been conducting door to door enquiries in the area Bao was last seen.<\/p>\n

“If you live in this area and have not spoken with police but have access to CCTV footage of the street area, police would like to hear from you.<\/p>\n

“Police and Ms Bao’s family are deeply concerned for her safety. This is very out of character and her loved ones are desperate to hear from her.<\/p>\n

“We are still dealing with a missing persons investigation,” Reeves said. “The fact that she no longer has her cellphone is of great concern for us.”<\/p>\n

Bao was knocking on doors on Wednesday morning, offering evaluations if people wanted to sell their houses, and she was last seen by residents at one of those houses.<\/p>\n

“We have identified that she has been to quite a number of houses,” Reeves said.<\/p>\n

Forty officers are involved in the search for Bao.<\/p>\n

Asked how the family is doing, Reeves said: “It’s pretty harrowing for them. They want some answers, they are desperate to have Ms Bao home.”<\/p>\n

Bao’s husband Paul Gooch posted a statement on Facebook, saying he and his daughter were “incredibly worried.”<\/p>\n

“Your support and vigilance mean the world to us, and we are praying for Yanfei’s safe return.”<\/p>\n

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Family, friends and police are supporting Bao’s husband and daughter.<\/p>\n

“Her family are very perplexed by her missing, it’s very out of character.<\/p>\n

“They are very alarmed, this is incredibly out of character and they do not know why she is missing.”<\/p>\n

Police have asked anyone with information on Bao’s whereabouts to call 111 immediately and quote event number P055385539.<\/p>\n

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VIA RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police have found a cellphone belonging to missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao, and say they are becoming increasingly concerned about her disappearance. Watch the latest update from police here: Bao, who works at Harcourts Wigram, was last seen on Wednesday in the Wigram area at about 10.30am. She was\u00a0reported missing by her husband\u00a0on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6655,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions\/6655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}