Police are profiling a woman who went missing from the Illawarra three decades ago.
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Tanya Nicholls, then aged 16, was reported missing by her family after having left her grandparent’s home on the Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow in September 1988.
It’s believed she went to live with an unknown person in Bondi, police said.
At the time of her disappearance, Ms Nicholls was described as being of Caucasian appearance, with fair hair and brown eyes. She has two distinctive tattoos – a dragon on her right shoulder and a small insect on her right shoulder blade.
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Ms Nicholls was also known to use the alias Marie Ann Owen.
The renewed appeal is part of the 30-year anniversary of Missing Persons Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of the issues and impacts surround people who go missing.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
