{"id":598331,"date":"2026-04-10T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:48:11","slug":"woman-found-after-week-long-search-in-south-west-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598331\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found after week-long search in south-west Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missing woman Lisa Hirai has been located “safe and well” after a member of the public found her in the Grassdale area north of Portland around 12:30pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victoria Police said her family would like to thank the community for their help.<\/p>\n

Friends and family used social media to appeal for help to find the 40-year-old, who had not been seen since last week.<\/p>\n

Authorities believe Ms Hirai left her rural property at Tahara, west of Hamilton, on April 3.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the ABC earlier today before Ms Hirai was found, her relatives said they were devastated about her disappearance and concerned for her wellbeing.<\/p>\n

“Lisa is a warm and loving soul, always full of life and character with a beautiful smile,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“She is so loved by her family, friends and local community. We miss her incredibly<\/p>\n

“We are desperate for any help to bring Lisa home to her family.”\"woman<\/p>\n

Lisa Hirai went missing on April 3. (Supplied: Victoria Police)<\/p>\n

Police said Ms Hirai was on foot when she left her property a week ago without her mobile phone, vehicle, or any other personal possessions.<\/p>\n

Her family said her disappearance was out of character.<\/p>\n

“We are so grateful for all the help and support from the local police and communities in the area, as well as from the online world,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Police officers and State Emergency Service volunteers searched the area surrounding Ms Hirai’s home after she vanished, and the Victoria Police air wing was also called in. A police dog squad unit failed to find any signs of her.<\/p>\n

Police said they also searched the towns of Wallacedale and Portland, after reported sightings of Ms Hirai in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Missing woman Lisa Hirai has been located “safe and well” after a member of the public found her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[291854,64,63,291853,16872,44,1158,291855,33608],"class_list":["post-598331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-air-wing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lisa-hirai","tag-missing-person","tag-news","tag-police","tag-search-for-victorian-woman","tag-ses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}