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Community Volunteers Find Missing Alice Springs Man Alive Near Jay Creek

Following the suspension of a five-day multi-agency search, community volunteers located Gach Top near Jay Creek outstation.

Authorities performed an extensive search for Gach Top across rugged terrain, covering a radius of over 500 kilometers.
Two women walking through long grass in an outback landscape, hand-in-hand.
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Overview

  • On August 2, Northern Territory Police and emergency services suspended their five-day search for Gach Top after scouring more than 500 square kilometres west of Alice Springs and handed the matter to the NT Police Southern Crime Division.
  • Family members and around 25 volunteers from the South Sudanese migrant community and local Indigenous groups organized grassroots search efforts for Gach Top after formal operations were halted.
  • On the evening of August 4, searchers found Gach Top alive near Jay Creek outstation, about 30 kilometres west of Alice Springs, where he had endured freezing overnight temperatures in rugged terrain.
  • He was transported to Alice Springs Hospital for medical assessment, with police confirming they no longer hold concerns for his welfare.
  • Family and authorities praised the community’s coordination and perseverance, highlighting strong intergroup cooperation and local knowledge in executing the rescue.