Details: Travis Leigh Wooster, Australian citizen, born 16.Sep.1975, aproximately 6'3" tall, light brown hair, blue eyes, slim build and fair complexion.
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Missing person - Australian citizen Travis Wooster
Update: dead body found in his van
I saw this in the Süddeutsche Zeitung today and want to pass it around. This guy has been missing since December 2005 and was supposed to have been heading from Dormagen to Munich. Maybe somebody here knows him or has information.
Details: Travis Leigh Wooster, Australian citizen, born 16.Sep.1975, aproximately 6'3" tall, light brown hair, blue eyes, slim build and fair complexion.
Details: Travis Leigh Wooster, Australian citizen, born 16.Sep.1975, aproximately 6'3" tall, light brown hair, blue eyes, slim build and fair complexion.
It doesn't say in the ad, but that's an English registration number for the van.
Yeah, might have helped.
He's not listed on the official Australian national missing persons list: http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/missing.htm (look under 'overseas'). In fact, can't find anything under Google. Can anyone find some more info?
Couldn't find any info on the NRW or Bayern police websites either.
Have looked into the AU Embassy websites for Frankfurt & Berlin and the AU Department of Foreign Affairs site, and can find nothing about this person. Even tried my google foo... Nothing, Me thinks this might be a Hoax but the Phone # is the real # for the AU konsulat in Frankfurt
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Australisches Generalkonsulat - Austrade
Neue Mainzer Str. 52-58 (Main Tower, 28. Etage), 60311 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/90558-0, Fax 90558-119
Still funny though that the Frankfurt address is geared more towards trade to/from AU than normal AU konsulat affairs and is located in an office bldg, instead of a compound type place like all the other foreign konsulats in Frankfurt. Who wants to call the konsulat on Monday and find out
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Australisches Generalkonsulat - Austrade
Neue Mainzer Str. 52-58 (Main Tower, 28. Etage), 60311 Frankfurt
Tel. 069/90558-0, Fax 90558-119
Still funny though that the Frankfurt address is geared more towards trade to/from AU than normal AU konsulat affairs and is located in an office bldg, instead of a compound type place like all the other foreign konsulats in Frankfurt. Who wants to call the konsulat on Monday and find out
Tell the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Bet they don't care as long as the ad was paid for.
Well is Phish touring? If so this answers everything...a buddy of mine disappeared for two months in 1990(?)then finally appeared out of the blue. We were all so excited it was like"Dude where you been?" He responded" saw The Dead in Vegas"...that answered everything.
Phish has been split up for...uh, ahwile now. (ask a Vermonter, we know these things). Sad story.
I tend to notice UK registrations so I'll be keeping my eye out for the van around town.
Anyone think it woorth hanging up a blown up version of the ad in the usual watering holes?
Anyone think it woorth hanging up a blown up version of the ad in the usual watering holes?
QUOTE (UrbanAngel @ Jan 14 2006, 3:59 pm) 
He's not listed on the official Australian national missing persons list:
QUOTE (Keydeck @ Jan 14 2006, 4:15 pm)
Couldn't find any info on the NRW or Bayern police websites either.
QUOTE (Darkknight @ Jan 15 2006, 2:24 pm)
Have looked into the AU Embassy websites for Frankfurt & Berlin and the AU Department of Foreign Affairs site, and can find nothing about this person.
Tut, tut... must try harder.
I quote from the Shepparton News, dated January 6, 2006 - this is the local rag of Shepparton, VC, Australia (Source: McPherson News Archives)
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Fear for missing carer is growing
Missing: Travis Wooster.
By Christie Peucker
Concern is mounting for the safety of Shepparton man Travis Wooster, who has been missing in Europe for more than a month.
The 30-year-old was last heard from on December 2 after catching a ferry from England to The Netherlands.
A personal carer, Mr Wooster has been living in the United Kingdom for the past two years and was scheduled to drive from The Netherlands to Munich Airport in Germany to meet a disabled client and take him skiing in Austria.
Mr Wooster never arrived at the airport.
His mother Faye told The News her son's van had been spotted on closed circuit television footage at a ferry port in The Netherlands and credit card statements show he bought petrol about 100 km from the port.
He also phoned a friend in England on the evening of December 2, when he said he was in Germany, but Mr Wooster has not been heard from since.
Mrs Wooster said she did not panic until her son failed to phone home for Christmas.She said his disappearance was completely out of character.
"There's no way he would leave a disabled person waiting," Mrs Wooster said.
"It's obvious that something has happened." Mrs Wooster said agencies including Australian Federal Police and the Australian ConsulateGeneral in Germany were working to locate her son, but the mystery of his disappearance was of the greatest concern.
"We don't know where to start," she said.
"There is no point us going over to a foreign country where we don't know the language.
"It's very frustrating that nothing seems to be happening."
Mrs Wooster said she would not give up her search until her son was found.
Missing: Travis Wooster.
By Christie Peucker
Concern is mounting for the safety of Shepparton man Travis Wooster, who has been missing in Europe for more than a month.
The 30-year-old was last heard from on December 2 after catching a ferry from England to The Netherlands.
A personal carer, Mr Wooster has been living in the United Kingdom for the past two years and was scheduled to drive from The Netherlands to Munich Airport in Germany to meet a disabled client and take him skiing in Austria.
Mr Wooster never arrived at the airport.
His mother Faye told The News her son's van had been spotted on closed circuit television footage at a ferry port in The Netherlands and credit card statements show he bought petrol about 100 km from the port.
He also phoned a friend in England on the evening of December 2, when he said he was in Germany, but Mr Wooster has not been heard from since.
Mrs Wooster said she did not panic until her son failed to phone home for Christmas.She said his disappearance was completely out of character.
"There's no way he would leave a disabled person waiting," Mrs Wooster said.
"It's obvious that something has happened." Mrs Wooster said agencies including Australian Federal Police and the Australian ConsulateGeneral in Germany were working to locate her son, but the mystery of his disappearance was of the greatest concern.
"We don't know where to start," she said.
"There is no point us going over to a foreign country where we don't know the language.
"It's very frustrating that nothing seems to be happening."
Mrs Wooster said she would not give up her search until her son was found.
Fears mount for missing man
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© Herald and Weekly Times
FAMILY fears are mounting for a Victorian man missing in Europe for the past five weeks.
Travis Wooster, 30, of Shepparton, has not been seen since December 2 after catching a ferry from England to the Netherlands.
His bank accounts and mobile telephone have not been used since.
Mr Wooster, who works as a personal carer, had been due to drive from the Netherlands to Germany to meet a disabled client, but did not show up.
His mother Faye said her son's failure to make the appointment was the strongest indication something terrible had happened.
Mrs Wooster said Travis was deeply committed to his job and would not willingly break such an engagement.
"That's the main point -- that he didn't pick up this fellow." she said.
Mrs Wooster said her son was not the most frequent caller to home but had promised to ring at Christmas. The fact he had not been in touch with a childhood mate now living in London was further cause for alarm, she said.
"We've got absolutely nothing. Something has happened to him. I have a gut feeling things aren't as they should be," Mrs Wooster said.
Australian Consulate officials in Germany are helping the family book advertisements in newspapers in the hope that will yield answers.
FAMILY fears are mounting for a Victorian man missing in Europe for the past five weeks.
Travis Wooster, 30, of Shepparton, has not been seen since December 2 after catching a ferry from England to the Netherlands.
His bank accounts and mobile telephone have not been used since.
Mr Wooster, who works as a personal carer, had been due to drive from the Netherlands to Germany to meet a disabled client, but did not show up.
His mother Faye said her son's failure to make the appointment was the strongest indication something terrible had happened.
Mrs Wooster said Travis was deeply committed to his job and would not willingly break such an engagement.
"That's the main point -- that he didn't pick up this fellow." she said.
Mrs Wooster said her son was not the most frequent caller to home but had promised to ring at Christmas. The fact he had not been in touch with a childhood mate now living in London was further cause for alarm, she said.
"We've got absolutely nothing. Something has happened to him. I have a gut feeling things aren't as they should be," Mrs Wooster said.
Australian Consulate officials in Germany are helping the family book advertisements in newspapers in the hope that will yield answers.
QUOTE (MonksTown @ Jan 15 2006, 4:30 pm)
I tend to notice UK registrations so I'll be keeping my eye out for the van around town.
Anyone think it woorth hanging up a blown up version of the ad in the usual watering holes?
Anyone think it woorth hanging up a blown up version of the ad in the usual watering holes?
Matter of fact, I suggested the same thing to Scogs yesterday. I will contact the Ozzie pubs and ask them to post the printed ad.
Maybe we should open up this info to a wider audience by moving it from "Miscellaneous and random chat" into one of the sections that can also be viewed by guests?
Thanks YL6 and PES. As I said, I couldn't find anything in Google.. it's not a matter of 'trying harder'.
How about sending it to the GEA? Since they meet right beside the Hauptbahnhof strangers sometimes wander over to their Stammtisch. Just a thought. Leave no stone unturned. Ask them to hang the picture up on their noticeboard.
What makes you think he's lounging around Munich? - highly unlikely. He's a carer and missed an appointment at Munich airport in early December to meet a client. He is a man who presumably takes his social responsibilities seriously, and was coming here to earn money as a caring escort. Six weeks later I can't see it likely he's sitting down The Arc (or wherever) sipping a couple of jugs of the amber nectar, or if he was, then he'd have called home in the meantime...
QUOTE (YorkshireLad6 @ Jan 17 2006, 8:30 am)
...Six weeks later I can't see it likely he's sitting down the Arc (or wherever) sipping a couple of jugs of the amber nectar, or if he was, then he'd have called home in the meantime...
He wouldn't be the first person to lose track of time and miss an appointment after a session at The Arc
But in all seriousness, Yorkshirelad is right - there's a pretty good chance he never even got to Munich. However just in case he did get here earlier and disappeared after he got to Munich, I'll stick up a poster - can't hurt, anyway...
QUOTE (Hazza @ Jan 17 2006, 8:54 am)
He wouldn't be the first person to lose track of time and miss an appointment after a session at The Arc
Yeah, but six weeks? - when did you last look under the tables?
Herald Sun: Body found in van
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The body of a Victorian man missing in Europe for more than a month has been found. [...]His body was found in his campervan parked at a roadside in Germany. Mr Wooster's family has been told he died of natural causes.
so did he die of natural causes or did the police just tell them that?
was it cold on dec. 2? maybe he froze? how sad. thanks for posting that malc.
was it cold on dec. 2? maybe he froze? how sad. thanks for posting that malc.
I wonder causes a 30-year old dies of naturally.
What kind of natural cause? It seems quite suspicious to me since he is in the healthcare care taker ,he should know his limits if he has a health problem.
That is sad.
Natural causes could be any number of things. Probably means there was no foul play or suicide. Could have been due to the cold, or a pre-existing, undiagnosed medical condition. Anything really...
Natural causes could be any number of things. Probably means there was no foul play or suicide. Could have been due to the cold, or a pre-existing, undiagnosed medical condition. Anything really...
Yep death has no age restrictions whether it be natural or not. At least the family now knows where he is.
It did say he was coming from Holland, so it was probably drugs.
I'm not saying it's a lie or suspicious, it's just odd. 30 years old and to just kick the bucket is unusual.
it's unusual, but it's not unheard of
30 year olds have been known to die of heart attacks before now
kza, if it was drugs, then it wouldn't have been natural causes, would it?
30 year olds have been known to die of heart attacks before now
kza, if it was drugs, then it wouldn't have been natural causes, would it?
QUOTE
BODY FOUND
Travis Wooster
By Christie Peucker
January 16 2006
Shepparton News
The body of missing Shepparton man Travis Wooster has been found in his camper van at a rest stop in Germany.
Mr Wooster's parents Faye and Bill were notified by Shepparton police early Saturday morning that their son's body had been found after he was reported missing six weeks ago.
His body was found just off the autobahn near Darmstadt in south-west Germany on Friday Australian time.
Preliminary reports indicate Mr Wooster died of natural causes.
The 30-year-old personal carer was last heard from on December 2 after catching a ferry from England to the Netherlands.
He was scheduled to drive from the Netherlands to Munich Airport in Germany to meet a disabled client and take him skiing in Austria but never arrived at the airport.
Mr Wooster had been living in the United Kingdom for the past two years.
Mrs Wooster said she had mixed emotions about hearing of her son's death.
"They seem to think it was from natural causes, so whether that was a heart attack or an aneurism we don't know yet," Mrs Wooster said.
"It's a relief that he didn't suffer at the hands of others.
"That was our initial thought and dread."
Mrs Wooster said it was hard to believe someone as fit and athletic as her son could have died in such a fashion.
"I can't fathom it," she said.
"He was a skier and had to lift a quadriplegic for his job."
It has also been difficult for the Wooster family to understand why he was at the rest stop for so long before being found.
An autopsy is expected to be carried out on Monday German time.
Mrs and Mr Wooster and their Melbourne-based son Sean are scheduled to fly to Germany on Friday, where they will meet their other son Jason, who will fly in from Brazil, and Mr Wooster's best friend Scott.
There they will conduct a private cremation before returning to Australia with Mr Wooster's ashes.
Mrs Wooster said the family was likely to hold a memorial service for Travis on their return.
"It's going to be a harrowing week but I want to see him and organise to bring him home," she said.
Prayers and condolences have been pouring in to the Wooster family from locally and across the globe, support that Mrs Wooster finds consoling.
"All his friends are devastated," Mrs Wooster said.
"Strangers have turned up at the door telling us how great Trav was.
"It's comforting to us that he was thought of in such a way."
Mr Wooster's life was remembered during a special candle-lighting service at South Shepparton Uniting Church parish yesterday.
Travis Wooster
By Christie Peucker
January 16 2006
Shepparton News
The body of missing Shepparton man Travis Wooster has been found in his camper van at a rest stop in Germany.
Mr Wooster's parents Faye and Bill were notified by Shepparton police early Saturday morning that their son's body had been found after he was reported missing six weeks ago.
His body was found just off the autobahn near Darmstadt in south-west Germany on Friday Australian time.
Preliminary reports indicate Mr Wooster died of natural causes.
The 30-year-old personal carer was last heard from on December 2 after catching a ferry from England to the Netherlands.
He was scheduled to drive from the Netherlands to Munich Airport in Germany to meet a disabled client and take him skiing in Austria but never arrived at the airport.
Mr Wooster had been living in the United Kingdom for the past two years.
Mrs Wooster said she had mixed emotions about hearing of her son's death.
"They seem to think it was from natural causes, so whether that was a heart attack or an aneurism we don't know yet," Mrs Wooster said.
"It's a relief that he didn't suffer at the hands of others.
"That was our initial thought and dread."
Mrs Wooster said it was hard to believe someone as fit and athletic as her son could have died in such a fashion.
"I can't fathom it," she said.
"He was a skier and had to lift a quadriplegic for his job."
It has also been difficult for the Wooster family to understand why he was at the rest stop for so long before being found.
An autopsy is expected to be carried out on Monday German time.
Mrs and Mr Wooster and their Melbourne-based son Sean are scheduled to fly to Germany on Friday, where they will meet their other son Jason, who will fly in from Brazil, and Mr Wooster's best friend Scott.
There they will conduct a private cremation before returning to Australia with Mr Wooster's ashes.
Mrs Wooster said the family was likely to hold a memorial service for Travis on their return.
"It's going to be a harrowing week but I want to see him and organise to bring him home," she said.
Prayers and condolences have been pouring in to the Wooster family from locally and across the globe, support that Mrs Wooster finds consoling.
"All his friends are devastated," Mrs Wooster said.
"Strangers have turned up at the door telling us how great Trav was.
"It's comforting to us that he was thought of in such a way."
Mr Wooster's life was remembered during a special candle-lighting service at South Shepparton Uniting Church parish yesterday.
Seems like Hazza got him out from under that table then...
This is really getting to me, I somehow felt close to the family. My heart goes out to them.
December 2 - January 16
I find it strange that no one noticed the smell. Sure it has been cold, but that rest stop had to be stinking to high heaven and no one noticed?
I find it strange that no one noticed the smell. Sure it has been cold, but that rest stop had to be stinking to high heaven and no one noticed?
Probably wouldn't have decomposed that much in the cold. And being inside a van would dampen the smell. And have you been at a normal rest stop? They stink pretty much already without a dead body there.
Have you ever smelled a dead body? It isn't pleasant and it imperviates everything. A neighbor of a friend of mine died once and three days later the entire building stunk! When I worked at a hospital, a lady had gangrene eating up her leg and that whole wing of the hospital was sickening. We are talking 6 weeks! Even refrigeration doesn't stop the decay.
Granted, you are right about normal rest stops stinking anyways, but this is like a dead mouse somewhere in the house. We may hear more about this and it will be interesting as to the time of death.
Granted, you are right about normal rest stops stinking anyways, but this is like a dead mouse somewhere in the house. We may hear more about this and it will be interesting as to the time of death.
Nothing in the Süddeutsche today. Does anyone know whereabouts he was found? Maybe the regional papers have something about it.
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just off the autobahn near Darmstadt in south-west Germany
QUOTE (eurovol @ Jan 19 2006, 11:20 pm)
A neighbor of a friend of mine died once...
Only once?
That's sad.
No luck with local police reports. It makes me poor and sick to think of that guy lying there dead for weeks and his family going frantic.
At least they found him. Some people go missing and never get found again and the families never have any idea of what happened years and years later.
Sounds suspicious. Maybe he died somewhere else and someone drove the van and left him at the stop - seems more likely somehow. Are they checking the van for fingerprints etc.?
QUOTE (YorkshireLad6 @ Jan 20 2006, 9:26 am)
Only once?
Isn't that enough?
QUOTE (Nicky @ Jan 20 2006, 1:34 pm)
Sounds suspicious. Maybe he died somewhere else and someone drove the van and left him at the stop - seems more likely somehow. Are they checking the van for fingerprints etc.?
Yeah, seems he was planning an armed raid at The Arc, but Hazza got to him first and "sorted it". Don't tell the police, though, it's a secret.
QUOTE (Nicky @ Jan 20 2006, 1:34 pm)
Sounds suspicious. Maybe he died somewhere else and someone drove the van and left him at the stop - seems more likely somehow. Are they checking the van for fingerprints etc.?
Absolutely - never let the facts get in the way of complete supposition and the assumption that the Police have no idea what they're doing
sorry but that was funny
So some random Australian guy went missing and died. Happens quite a lot all over the world. Maybe we need to start a Forum topic for random missing people and we can all post how sad and sorry we are in a vane attempt to go to heaven.
Yeah, it is sad but no more than the deaths of thousands of other people every day who I do not know...
Yeah, it is sad but no more than the deaths of thousands of other people every day who I do not know...
QUOTE (Crawlie @ Jan 20 2006, 3:13 pm)
So some random Australian guy went missing and died.
Not quite. This one died then went missing. Long may he pickle in Fosters...
QUOTE (Crawlie @ Jan 20 2006, 3:13 pm)
Maybe we need to start a Forum topic for random missing people and we can all post how sad and sorry we are in a vane attempt to go to heaven.
the prize for bitter old cynic of the week is hereby awarded to Crawlie
Ah right.. So am I the only one who can see the events as follows?
Rented standard van from UK (no internal standing heating for, say, when you want to sleep in it
Went to Holland and bought some wicked grass
Started driving to Munich
Got tired so decided to pull over for a but
Got out grass a proceeded to get totally stoned
Ate everything he brought with him
Fell into a deep grass-induced sleep and forgot that it would get fucking cold
Urrmm... that is it
Rented standard van from UK (no internal standing heating for, say, when you want to sleep in it
Went to Holland and bought some wicked grass
Started driving to Munich
Got tired so decided to pull over for a but
Got out grass a proceeded to get totally stoned
Ate everything he brought with him
Fell into a deep grass-induced sleep and forgot that it would get fucking cold
Urrmm... that is it
Nicky have you been in touch with Sin?
QUOTE (Nicky @ Jan 20 2006, 1:34 pm)
Sounds suspicious. Maybe he died somewhere else and someone drove the van and left him at the stop - seems more likely somehow. Are they checking the van for fingerprints etc.?
Probably Aliens. Or Rumanians
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