{"id":9874,"date":"2025-07-21T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9874\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:06:09","slug":"fresh-appeal-20-years-after-chefs-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9874\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh appeal 20 years after chef’s disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are renewing an appeal for information into the disappearance of a Sydney man 20 years ago, with his family still “waiting for answers”.<\/p>\n

Chef Simon Knight, 32, was last seen at a hotel on Crown Street, Surry Hills on the morning of Thursday, July 21, 2005.<\/p>\n

When Knight, from nearby Redfern, didn’t arrive for his shift at a caf\u00e9 in Newtown later that day, he was reported missing.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice are renewing an appeal for information into the disappearance of a Redfern man 20 years ago.Simon Knight, aged 32, was last seen at a hotel on Crown Street, Surry Hills, on the morning of Thursday 21 July 2005. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

A second coronial inquest in 2015 found it was likely he was dead.<\/p>\n

But a body has never been found<\/p>\n

Now, a fresh appeal for help has been made.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Simon’s father, Bob Knight said although it has been 20 years disappearance, they are hoping for a breakthrough.<\/p>\n

\"PoliceAt the time of his disappearance, Simon was described as being white, 183cm tall, with blue eyes, a fair complexion, red hair and facial hair. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

“Our family are still waiting, hoping one day we will get answers and closure,” Knight sasid.<\/p>\n

“So please if you know anything, please get in touch with the police or CrimeStoppers.”<\/p>\n

In 2020, Knight said his son “wouldn’t just disappear”.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“It’s hard on all the family, his brother and sister, everyone suffered,” he said.<\/p>\n

At the time, police said he “basically just disappeared off the face of the earth.”<\/p>\n

Simon was described as being white, 183cm tall, with blue eyes, a fair complexion, red hair and facial hair.<\/p>\n

\"PoliceMinister for Police and Counter-terrorism, Yasmin Catley said Simon’s family needed answers. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

When he was last seen, it is believed he was wearing a dark green T-shirt and jeans.<\/p>\n

Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley said Simon’s family needed answers.<\/p>\n

“Losing a loved one is devastating, but the not knowing makes the loss so much harder,” Catley said.<\/p>\n

South Sydney Police Area Commander Acting Superintendent Christopher Hill said police believe there is someone out there that knows something.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Mr McKnight’s parents pleaded for a resolution in 2020. (9News)<\/p>\n

Police want to speak to anyone who \ufefflived around or went to Crown and Oxford streets, Surry Hills, in July 2005, especially if they knew Simon.<\/p>\n

“To support this search for answers, anyone who may have held onto information since Simon’s disappearance, is urged to come forward,” Acting Supt Hill said.<\/p>\n

“Any piece of new information \u2013 no matter how seemingly insignificant \u2013 could be the key to solve this case and help provide much-needed answers to Simon’s family about what happened to him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are renewing an appeal for information into the disappearance of a Sydney man 20 years ago, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-9874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9874","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=9874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}