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Along WA's Midwest coast, sandy 
tracks wind through low coastal 

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scrub towards stretches of beach
overlooking the Indian Ocean. 

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Around 260 kilometers north of 
Perth sits Lehman, a small 

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coastal town with a long 
connection to the fishing 

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industry. 
Beyond the town, there are 

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places where homes are few and 
far between, and where someone 

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can spend much of the day 
without encountering a single 

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person. 
For Corey Feehan, this part of 

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WA was home. 
He'd spent around 20 years in 

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the Lehman area, making his 
living on fishing boats and 

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spending much of his time close 
to the ocean near Freshwater 

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Point. 
Corey had built a home around an

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old boss, gradually creating 
somewhere he could live on his 

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own terms. 
It was an unconventional 

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arrangement, but one he'd 
invested years of work into. 

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In April of 2025, Corey was 47 
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He had friends in the area, a 
family who knew how much his 

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home meant to him, and a life 
he'd spent years establishing. 

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Then, during the final weekend 
of April, Corey disappeared. 

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When concerns were raised about 
his whereabouts, attention 

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turned towards the coastline and
surrounding bushlands, but the 

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searches that followed failed to
locate him. 

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More than a year later, his 
disappearance remains 

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unresolved, and despite 
everything that's been done to 

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find him, there is still no 
publicly established explanation

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for what happened to Corey. 
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investigations that followed, 
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Corey Feehan had spent much of 
his working life in the 

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commercial fishing industry. 
Over the years he worked to 

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board vessels involved in Cray 
fishing, shark fishing and 

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octopus fishing. 
It was physically demanding 

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work, often involving long hours
at sea. 

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Around 2016, Cory began 
developing a property on family 

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land near Freshwater Point, 
approximately 20 minutes from 

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Lehman. 
What began with an old bus 

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gradually became a more 
permanent living arrangements. 

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Cory constructed additional 
spaces around us, putting 

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considerable time and effort 
into the property. 

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Photographs published by the ABC
after his disappearance showed 

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how extensively the original 
structure had been developed. 

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In September 2025, his sister 
Tommy spoke to the ABC about the

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property, describing it as 
Corey's own little paradise. 

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Although he lived outside Lehman
itself, Corey maintained 

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connections with the local 
community through his work and 

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friendships. 
He regularly spent time with 

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friends in the area, including 
at his property. 

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Those friendships formed part of
his everyday life and some of 

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those people would spend time 
with him over the Anzac Day 

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weekend in April 2025. 
Friday the 25th of April 2025 

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was Anzac Day in Australia and 
New Zealand. 

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Anzac Day is a national day of 
remembrance commemorating those 

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who have served and died in 
wars, conflicts and peacekeeping

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operations. 
Dawn services are held across 

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both countries, bringing 
communities together to pay 

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their respects. 
According to an account Corey's 

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mother, Julie Dearie, gave to 
the Geraldton Guardian in June 

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of 2025, Corey attended a dawn 
service in Lehman before having 

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breakfast with friends. 
Later that morning, he 

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reportedly visited a local shop 
where he purchased alcohol. 

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Corey spent the afternoon and 
evening with friends at his 

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property near Freshwater Points.
At some point that evening, 

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Corey and another person 
reportedly paddled out in a 

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kayak to his fishing boat, which
was moored offshore. 

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The intention was to go fishing,
but when they reached the boat, 

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it's engine wouldn't start. 
The planned trip apparently 

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didn't go ahead. 
In the same interview, Julie 

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described being told that Corey 
had paddled away in his kayak 

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later that night. 
The precise sequence of events 

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isn't clear from the published 
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In particular, it doesn't 
establish whether Corey returned

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to shore after that reported 
journey or where he spent the 

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remainder of the night. 
By the following morning, there 

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would be another reported 
sighting of Corey on the water. 

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On Saturday the 26th of April 
2025, Corey was reportedly seen 

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paddling a blue and white kayak 
near Freshwater Points. 

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It was approximately 9:00 AM and
he was said to be heading north 

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along the coastline. 
The sighting placed Corey back 

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on the water the morning after 
the attempted fishing trip 

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described by his mother, but the
available accounts do not 

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establish whether he returned to
his property overnight or what 

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he been doing before setting off
that morning. 

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There was also a second possible
sighting. 

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In July of 2025, a separate 
account emerged suggesting that 

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a witness had seen someone 
resembling Corey further 

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offshore at approximately 11:00 
AM. 

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The information was reportedly 
shared by Corey's family, with 

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the witness said to have spoken 
to police. 

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However, this account hasn't 
been independently confirmed 

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through publicly available 
police statements or news 

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reporting. 
If the person seen at 11 AM was 

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Corey, it would place him on the
water around 2 hours after the 

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earlier sighting. 
But the precise location of that

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possible sighting, the distance 
from shore and the certainty of 

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the identification haven't been 
publicly established. 

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There is also the question of 
where Corey intended to go that 

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morning. 
He was reportedly traveling N, 

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but there's no confirmed 
information about his 

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destination or whether he 
planned to return to his fishing

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boat. 
Given his familiarity with the 

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area, a morning on the water may
have been nothing out of the 

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ordinary for him. 
What happened after those 

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reported sightings remains 
unknown. 

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No later sighting of Corey has 
been publicly confirmed. 

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By Monday the 28th of April, 
concerns about his whereabouts 

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would lead him to being reported
missing. 

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At this point, Corey had been 
missing for two days. 

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According to accounts shared by 
his family, Corey's employer 

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became concerned when he failed 
to turn up for work. 

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His employer reportedly went to 
Corey's property near Freshwater

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Point to check on him, but 
couldn't find him anywhere. 

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Corey was reported missing to WA
Police and a search began along 

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the coastline where he had last 
been seen. 

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Please search the surrounding 
land and waters, appealing to 

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anyone who might have 
information about his 

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whereabouts. 
Corey was described as 

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approximately 175 centimeters 
tall with a tan complexion, 

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green eyes, shoulder length 
brown hair and a beard and a 

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moustache. 
Police also release details of 

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the blue and white kayak he was 
believed to have been using. 

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As the search continued, there 
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Then, on Wednesday the 30th of 
April, an overturned kayak was 

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discovered near the Abra Halls 
Islands, approximately 200 

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kilometers north of his last 
reported location. 

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Police considered the kayak as 
part of their inquiries, but 

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whether it belonged to Corey had
not been publicly confirmed. 

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The initial search was 
eventually suspended, with 

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further searches dependent on 
new information becoming 

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available. 
For Corey's family, the 

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discovery of the kayak raised 
questions of its own. 

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Corey's mother, Julie, had given
him his kayak, and she believed 

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there were differences between 
the one he owns and the one 

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recovered near the islands. 
Speaking to the Geraldton 

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Guardian in June of 2025, Julie 
questioned whether the recovered

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kayak was actually Corey's. 
Its location also raised 

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questions. 
If it belonged to him, how had 

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it ended up so far? 
North winds and ocean currents 

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can carry objects considerable 
distances along WA's coastline, 

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but without knowing when the 
kayak entered the water or the 

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conditions it encountered, its 
location alone tells us very 

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little about what happened. 
Even if it was Corey's kayak, 

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that wouldn't establish whether 
he was on board us and when it 

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overturned. 
And if it wasn't his, the 

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discovery might have been 
entirely unrelated to his 

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disappearance. 
In July 2025, an unverified 

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account suggested that Corey's 
family had been told forensic 

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testing of the recovered kayak 
had not produced any DNA 

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results. 
That claim has not been 

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independently confirmed, and the
publicly available information 

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doesn't establish what testing 
was actually undertaken. 

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The absence of recoverable DNA, 
if accurately reported, wouldn't

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necessarily mean Corey had never
used the kayak. 

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Exposure to seawater and other 
environmental conditions can 

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affect the recovery of 
biological material. 

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Ultimately, the kayaks 
connection to Corey remains 

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unconfirmed in the public 
reporting. 

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But it wasn't the only thing 
troubling his family. 

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Julie knew how much work Corey 
had put into his home. 

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He'd spent years developing the 
property and according to his 

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family, he took considerable 
pride in looking after us. 

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But when Julie visited 
approximately a week after he 

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disappeared, she was concerned 
by its condition. 

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Speaking to the Geraldton 
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described Corey's home as having
been ransacked. 

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She also noticed something 
unusual outside the ground 

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around the property appeared to 
have been raped. 

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To Julie, neither observation 
was consistent with how Corey 

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normally maintained his home. 
She began questioning whether 

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something had happened at the 
property around the time he 

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disappeared. 
There are, however, important 

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gaps in what has been reported. 
We don't know what had been 

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disturbed inside the home, 
whether anything was missing, or

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when the property had last been 
seen in its usual condition. 

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It's also unclear when the 
ground was raped or who may have

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been responsible for that. 
Without that information, 

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neither observation establishes 
that someone had interfered with

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his property in connection with 
his disappearance. 

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But Julie's concerns were 
genuine, and as the weeks 

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passed, the family began 
speaking publicly about the 

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possibility that something other
than an accident had happened to

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him. 
In June 2025, Julie spoke 

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publicly about her son's 
disappearance, appealing for 

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anyone with information to come 
forward. 

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She gave interviews to the ABC 
and the Geraldton Guardian, 

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sharing what the family knew 
about its final movements and 

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the concerns they had about the 
circumstances. 

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With the initial police search 
suspended, Corey's family 

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continued organizing their own 
efforts to find him. 

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In September of 2025, 
approximately 5 months after he 

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disappeared, around 40 people 
got together for a renewed 

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search near Freshwater Points. 
Family members, friends, and 

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volunteers were joined by 
specialist search teams. 

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Search dogs were brought in to 
examine the surrounding terrain,

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while drones captured hundreds 
of aerial photographs for closer

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examination. 
The volunteers searched areas of

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coastal bushland where thick 
vegetation and uneven ground 

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made it difficult to cover every
location on foot. 

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During the search, a hat was 
discovered, there was a 

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possibility it belonged to 
Corey, although the AB CS 

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reporting did not establish 
whether it was his. 

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The search ended without any 
location of Corey. 

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His family continued raising 
awareness of the disappearance 

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and established A fundraising 
campaign to help support further

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searches. 
On the 26th of April 2026, a 

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year had passed since Corey was 
last reportedly seen, but his 

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family hadn't stopped looking. 
In early May of 2026, another 

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search was undertaken in the 
hope of finding something that 

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earlier efforts may have missed.
On the 6th of May, the Midwest 

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Times reported that the renewed 
search had been unsuccessful. 

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Despite the initial police 
operation and two major 

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volunteer searches, Corey had 
still not been found, and 

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without knowing what happened 
after he was last reportedly 

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seen on the water, several 
possible explanations remained. 

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None of these possible 
explanations have been 

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established by the information 
publicly available. 

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The 1st is that something went 
wrong while he was out on the 

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water. 
Corey had years of experience 

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working aboard fishing vessels 
and was familiar with the 

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coastline around Lehman. 
But even experienced people can 

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encounter unexpected 
difficulties at sea. 

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A sudden change in conditions, a
problem with his kayak or a 

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radical emergency could have 
prevented him from returning to 

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shore. 
The kayak recovered near the 

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islands might be relevant to 
that possibility, but only if it

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belonged to Cory. 
Without that connection being 

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established, the discovery 
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suffered an accident. 
Another possibility relates to 

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his fishing boat on Anzac Day. 
Corey and another person had 

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reportedly paddled out to the 
vessel only to discover its 

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engine wouldn't stars. 
Could Corey have returned the 

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following morning to investigate
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He might have intended to work 
on the engine, retrieve 

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something from the bows, or make
another attempt to take it out. 

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That would provide one possible 
reason for him to be using his 

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kayak on Saturday morning. 
However, there's no publicly 

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available information 
establishing that Corey planned 

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to return to the boat or that he
had reached us. 

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There's also the possibility 
that Corey made it back to land,

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but not necessarily where he'd 
set out. 

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The reported 9:00 AM sighting 
placed him heading north. 

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If he continued along the 
coastline, he may have come 

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ashore somewhere away from his 
usual access points. 

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An injury or sudden illness in 
an isolated area could have left

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him unable to return home or 
seek assistance. 

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The surrounding coastal bushland
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particularly when there's no 
confirmed location to focus on. 

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But there has been no confirmed 
sighting or physical evidence 

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placed in Corry ashore elsewhere
that morning. 

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Then there's the possibility his
family has raised publicly. 

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Could another person have been 
involved? 

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Judy's account of the condition 
of Corey's property contributed 

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to the family's concerns that 
his disappearance might not have

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been accidental. 
Those concerns cannot simply be 

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dismissed. 
But the publicly available 

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information doesn't establish 
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crime. 
It's also possible that more 

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than one of these circumstances 
played a part. 

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Corey could have been traveling 
towards his boat when something 

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went wrong, he might have 
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coastline before encountering 
difficulty, or his disappearance

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may have involved events that 
haven't yet come to light. 

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For me, one of the most 
important unanswered questions 

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is where Corey intended to go on
the morning of the 26th of 

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April. 
Was he returning to his fishing 

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boat, heading somewhere else, or
simply spending time on the 

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water? 
Until more is known about his 

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movements that morning, there 
just isn't enough evidence to 

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favor one explanation over 
another for Corey's family. 

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The hardest part, Maybe not 
knowing what they're looking 

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for, whether there's something 
still waiting to be discovered 

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out there, information that 
someone hasn't come forward with

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or an explanation that may never
fully be understood. 

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And I think it's important to 
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disappearance doesn't become any
less significant simply because 

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time has passed. 
Corey's family has made it clear

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with everything they've done 
today that they haven't given up

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on finding him. 
Feel free to drop them a line or

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give them your support through 
the Bring Corey Feehan Home 

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Facebook page. 
They update it regularly. 

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There's a lot of information on 
there from his family. 

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There is still an opportunity 
for someone to come forward with

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information that could make a 
difference. 

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Perhaps someone knows something 
they've never considered 

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relevant or has hesitated to 
share because they're unsure 

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whether it would help. 
If you have any information 

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about Corey Behan's 
disappearance, please contact WA

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Police or Crime Stoppers. 
Corey deserves more than to 

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remain a missing person's name 
in a news report. 

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He deserves to be found. 
Until next time, stay kind, stay

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curious. 
Never forget those who vanished 

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from the West.