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Mum's tearful plea for help finding her son Darren Garwood after he vanished without a trace almost a month ago
A Perth mother has fought back tears as she begged for help finding her missing son after he vanished without a trace in bushland almost a month ago.
Darren Garwood, 38, left a home in Sawyers Valley, east of Perth, on the morning of Sunday May 25.
He had been driving a white Ford Ranger utility with registration SW18692 when police believe he travelled deep into bushland south of the Great Eastern Highway.
Mr Garwood's mother, Cecelia McCarron, said she was desperate for answers.
'Not knowing where he is, is extremely, incredibly hard for us,' Ms McCarron told reporters on Friday.
'As his mother, and also his father and the rest of our family, I'm pleading if anyone has any information, whether from before his disappearance or at any point over the past four weeks, we would be so deeply grateful for your help.
'His last known location was somewhere in the Mundaring area, possibly within the national parks - anywhere between Mundaring and York.
'So please just help us bring him home.'
Mr Garwood's bank account and mobile phone haven't been accessed since he disappeared.
Police are concerned he wasn't carrying enough resources for an extended time in the bush.
Sergeant Tania Mackenzie said aerial and ground searches for Mr Garwood, including along bush tracks in the Mundaring area, had yielded no sign of him, leading officers to believe he had gone off the beaten path.
'It is unusual, we know Darren spoke to family on the Saturday night, late in the night, and is normally in contact with family and friends, so it is unusual, and hence our concerns for his welfare,' Sgt Mackenzie said.
'All we can ask is that people look out for his car, that's our best chance, (for) someone to see his white Ford Ranger in that bush land, and (for people to) just to be cognisant of the fact that he's probably gone deeper into the bushland, rather than just on tracks.'
Officers are not treating Mr Garwood's disappearance as suspicious.
