Joseph Webb

24-year-old Joseph Webb was last seen between 2:30pm and 3:30pm on 23 July 2019 walking around the Whakatane coastline at Kohi Point.

CCTV footage confirms that earlier on the day he went missing, Webb went to The Warehouse wearing the clothing pictured below.

Webb’s mother, Tania Newton, positively identified items of clothing belonging to Webb that were found on the beach; Newton believes walkers found the clothes in the bush and put them on the beach.

Webb suffered from depression, and Newton believes that he might have gone bush in an effort to get himself out of a depressive episode. She has described Webb as a spiritual, nature loving person, who had previously talked about wanting to go bush.

In August 2019, Police, alongside search and rescue volunteers, revisited the Kohi Point track with specialist dogs, looking for signs of Webb. However, they did not find anything.

Webb’s family released a statement, advising that Webb “is a person who will help anybody. If he helped you in any way, please let the Police know, we just want to know that he is OK.”

If you have any information, please contact the Police on 105 and quote file number 190724/0842.

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