{"id":37872,"date":"2026-03-11T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=37872"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:12:21","slug":"appeal-to-locate-man-missing-from-metford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/appeal-to-locate-man-missing-from-metford\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal to locate man missing from Metford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man missing from the state\u2019s Hunter region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beau McDonald, aged 31, was last seen leaving a home on Hakea Way, Metford, in a 1997 white Holden Jackaroo SUV, at about 6.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 10 March 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District were notified and commenced inquiries into his whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police hold concerns for Beau\u2019s welfare as his disappearance is out of character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beau is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 170cm \u2013 180cm tall, of medium build, with black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is believed to frequent the Black Hill, Heddon Greta, Kurri Kurri and Maitland areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man missing from the state\u2019s Hunter region. Beau McDonald, aged 31, was last seen leaving a home on Hakea Way, Metford, in a 1997 white Holden Jackaroo SUV, at about 6.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 10 March 2026). Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District were notified &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/appeal-to-locate-man-missing-from-metford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appeal to locate man missing from Metford&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37873,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37872\/revisions\/37873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}