Today out hearts go out to the parents of Lateesha Nolan, the young mother-of-four who disappeared in Dubbo seven years ago.

Her father Mick Peet travelled 1000 kilometres from Queensland yesterday to retrace his daughter’s steps in Dubbo, however painful.

Mr Peet is hoping to get a “feeling” for a lost daughter as he moves about the city.

The answers he seeks may be harder to come by.

Police continue to search for Malcolm Naden in connection to Lateesha’s disappearance in January 2005 and the murder of Kristy Scholes six months later in Dubbo.

The skilled bushman is proving hard to catch, even with a $250,000 bounty on his head.

Police got close to him in the remote Barrington Tops at Christmas, but Naden managed to slip away again.

Years ago he hid out at Taronga Western Plains Zoo before evading police and moving on.

Peet has devoted his waking hours to helping chase down leads on Naden’s whereabouts.

He believes the fugitive has “all the answers” and hopes he will be captured alive.

“The hardest thing will be burying her if she is found,” Mr Peet said.

Indeed, it is hard to imagine the agony of such an occasion.

But one would hope that the act of saying a final farewell would open the door to emotional relief and recovery through the passage of time.