Victoria Police have appealed to the public in their search for 37-year-old Karl Von-Bamberger, a local Melbourne musician who was last seen leaving a residence in High Street, Coburg at about 6.30pm on Wednesday, 20th January.
A media release from Victoria Police says Von-Bamberger’s family are concerned about his welfare, as the musician is known to suffer from an undisclosed medical condition and his disappearance is reportedly “out of character”.
According to the Australian Missing Persons Register, “Around 6:30pm [Karl] left a friends house and to return home, and rang his best friend who he regulary visits to inform him he would be on his way over by tram and foot from Coburg to Fitzroy. (His bike was damaged).”
“He anticipated to be there after this 8:07pm conversation but never arrived. His friend and others tried to call him later than evening wondering what had happened as this was totally out of character.”
“Other friends, unaware of his disappearance also tried to call him and his phone was switched off/flat/in airplane mode – not receiving calls. There has been no contact since the 8:07pm call.”
Von-Bamberger, who has played in Eli and Bev, Mad Nanna, Horse Mania, A Band Called Life, Secret Valley, Kind Winds, and other Melbourne bands, is known to frequent the Coburg and Brunswick areas.
Von-Bamberger is described as Caucasian, 170cm tall, with dark hair, a solid build, and fair complexion. Police say he was last seen wearing “a red checker shirt, black jeans, black jacket, silver-framed glasses and carrying a grey backpack”.
A Facebook group has been set up to try and locate Von-Bamberger, with admins saying the muso may have been wearing a “grey long-sleeved button-up collared shirt, a black t-shirt underneath with the Nike swoosh and ‘sportswear’ written under it” when he was last seen, as well as “red and black Puma sneakers”.
Anyone with any information in relation to Karl Von-Bamberger’s whereabouts is urged to contact Brunswick Police Station on 8378 6000 or Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
