Yvonne Whear vanished from a NSW town. Her daughter believes some people aren’t talking

Police say there is no evidence to suggest the 73-year-old voluntarily disappeared.

Gillian Hallac says the family just wants answers

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The only time Gillian Hallac sees her mother’s face now is on the posters she puts up around town.

Yvonne Whear can be seen half-smiling on the counters and walls of shops, cafes and supermarkets.

But it has been six months since Hallac heard her mother’s voice. “It’s like I was talking to her and then she was gone,” she says.