Police are renewing an appeal for information into the disappearance of Blue Mountains teenager Belinda Peisley. Source: Supplied
POLICE say they are close to making an arrest in the suspected murder of missing mother Belinda Peisley, with new information into her disappearance 14 years ago.
Officers from Strike Force Belonidae yesterday began searching a number of bushland locations in Blackheath, a town at the top of Blue Mountains, where they believe Ms Peisley's body was disposed of.
They have also seized a maroon-coloured 1970 Jaguar from the Mid North Coast for forensic examination, which they believe was in the Katoomba area on September 26, 1998, the day the then 19-year-old Ms Peisley was last seen, and the following day.
"We are searching for evidence in regards to where we believe Belinda's body may have been disposed of," Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Grant Taylor said today. "We're confident now that she has been murdered."
Ms Peisley's father Mark Wearne, who always believed his daughter had been murdered, said her family needed closure.
"We want to know what happened and why and whether there's a body so we can go somewhere to grieve," Mr Wearne said today. "To not know what actually happened... People say it gets better in time. It doesn't, trust me."
Despite inheriting a large sum of money two years before her disappearance, Ms Peisley had accumulated significant debt and became associated with people involved in drug activity.
A reward of up to $100,000 was announced by the NSW government in 2011 for information leading to a conviction.
A coronial inquest into Ms Peisley's disappearance is set to resume at Katoomba Local Court on Wednesday, with the new evidence to be presented.
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