Australian man 'discovered missing wife on Antiques Roadshow' after 28 years

An Australian has claimed his missing wife has been spotted on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow in Britain, almost three decades after she mysteriously vanished. Lynette Dawson, a mother-of-two, went missing from Sydney in 1982 and was presumed dead - although her body was never found. Now her ex-husband Chris Dawson claims that an image of a woman at the Antiques Roadshow, which was filmed in Padstow, Cornwall in 2006 and recently aired on Australian TV is his former spouse.

But her Australian family dispute his claims that the woman is Lynette and have launched an appeal to help trace the identity of the woman. They have called on residents of Padstow to identify her they hope they can finally put the matter to rest. Mr Dawson, a former Sydney footballer, who has remarried and is living on the Golden Coast sent an email to his daughter after a friend recorded the show.



"The show was filmed in Padstow, Cornwall, in England, and the likeness to your mum is uncanny. It has given us a strong sense of hope that at last her whereabouts may be known," the email read. Since the email was published in Australia Mr Dawson has refused to talk further about the television sighting.

But Lynette's sister, Patricia Jenkins, said she believes the images are not her missing sibling. "There is no way this is Lyn. Just the clothes tell me it's not her," she said. "She would never wear anything frilly or lacy." Two separate coroners' inquires in 2001 and 2003 found Mrs Dawson was murdered and recommended a known person be charged with an indictable offence, but no charges have ever been brought.