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The family of a mother who went missing in Sydney's eastern suburbs are offering $5,000 for information on her whereabouts, or the return of her phone or clothing.
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who → see → phone
British-born mother-of-two Katie Walker, 46, was last seen on CCTV walking down Alexander Street in Tamarama at 1.12pm on Saturday, May 23.
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Walker → bear → Saturday
She was wearing high-heeled boots, jeans, and a black coat, and carrying her favourite $2,000 red Medusa '95 Versace handbag.
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She → wear → handbag
Nine days later, Ms Walker's father Bassam Shlewet in the UK had a phone call with her Australian ex-partner and they realised no one had heard from her.
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one → have → her
She was reported missing on June 2.
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She → report → June
Police fear she took her own life, but her friends and family say that can't be true and argue someone would have seen a striking woman walking into the waves in high heels at lunchtime on a Saturday in a tourist hotspot.
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woman → fear → hotspot
Ms Walker also had two suitcases packed at her rental apartment in Darling Point, she had called Flight Centre about booking tickets out of Australia, and her phone pinged at a tower in Bondi at 7.40pm that night - about six hours after she vanished.
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she → have → 7.40pm
No trace of Ms Walker has been found.
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trace → find → Walker
Her family in the UK hired a private investigator after becoming frustrated with the lack of communication by NSW Police, and now they're offering a reward for any information.
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they → hire → information
Katie Walker is pictured in Dubai in May 2025, a year before she vanished
Pictured: The last known sighting of Katie Walker, 46, walking down Alexander Street in Tamarama
Pictured: A missing persons poster for Katie Walker
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she → picture → Walker
The missing persons poster offers a '$5,000 reward for credible information leading to Katie's whereabouts and/or recovery of her iPhone, handbag, shoes, or any other personal effects'.
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poster → miss → iPhone
It described what she was wearing in the CCTV footage and urged anyone with information to contact a private investigator.
The Daily Mail previously revealed that someone has been deleting Ms Walker's social media photos, her Telegram account, and images from her jewellery website.
Her family and friends have no idea who's behind it.
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who → describe → it
A friend, who asked not to be identified because of safety concerns, told the Daily Mail Ms Walker believed she was being followed in Dubai and Sydney.
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she → ask → Dubai
She now believes Ms Walker is the victim of human trafficking.
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Walker → believe → trafficking
Ms Walker's ex-husband, US-based wellness guru Dean Taraborelli, has also told the Mail that he doesn't know what happened to her once she left their home in Arizona to go to Dubai in late 2023.
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she → base → 2023
'She was suddenly really dressed up with fake eyelashes and taking all these pictures with rich people in Dubai and putting them on social media,' Mr Taraborelli said.
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Taraborelli → dress → media
Katie Walker is pictured in Dubai after her divorce settlement
A friend said Katie Walker didn't dress up at all when she lived in Arizona (pictured).
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she → picture → Arizona
When she moved to Dubai, she 'changed completely'
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she → move → Dubai
Katie Walker was married to Dean Taraborelli (pictured) for six years until their divorce in 2024
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Walker → marry → 2024
I barely recognised her, but Katie was able to fit into any situation when she needed to.'
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she → recognise → situation
Mr Taraborelli and the friend were surprised by Ms Walker's glamorous appearance in the Tamarama CCTV footage and her Dubai social media photographs because she had generally worn flip-flops, shorts and a loose top in Arizona.
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she → surprise → Arizona
'Something definitely happened to her in Dubai because she really changed, whether she was stalked or something, I don't know,' Mr Taraborelli said.
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Taraborelli → happen → Dubai
The friend said things started going awry for Ms Walker post-divorce, when she invested $200,000 in a blockchain company in Dubai in 2024, but couldn't get the money back when she asked for it in late 2025.
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she → say → 2025
After that, in early 2026, a man with an Australian accent said, 'Hello, gorgeous' to Ms Walker in the lobby of her five-star hotel in Dubai.
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man → say → Dubai
She barely engaged with him.
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She → engage → him
'That happened all the time because she really is beautiful, the photos don't do her justice,' the friend said.
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friend → happen → justice
At 5am the following morning, the same Australian man told hotel reception that he was her husband and entered her hotel room with two other men, the friend said.
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friend → tell → men
Ms Walker was terrified and started screaming, 'F***, f***, f***'.
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Walker → terrify → *
Her cries alerted other guests and the men quickly left the room, she said.
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she → alert → room
Katie Walker (pictured) was last seen in Sydney's eastern suburbs at 1.12pm on Saturday, May 23.
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Walker → picture → Saturday
She was carrying her favourite Versace handbag when she disappeared
Pictured: Katie Walker's $995-a-week Darling Point rental
When hotel staff showed her the CCTV of the break-in, she recognised the Australian man from the lobby.
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she → carry → lobby
She also recognised his voice during the break-in, but she was in a state of panic at the time.
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she → recognise → time
In February, Ms Walker went to Australia to try to reconnect with her two teenage children who lived with their father in Sydney.
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who → go → Sydney
Soon after that, she told her friend that she saw the same Australian man on a Sydney beach.
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she → tell → beach
'It's just too much of a coincidence,' the friend said.
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friend → say → coincidence
'And then I'm talking to her and she's saying "I'm being followed", and that's exactly opposite of Katie because she's always so free-spirited - she was the opposite of paranoid, she was the type who wouldn't lock her door or something.'
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who → talk → door
Ms Walker's father said his daughter went to Sydney to reconnect with her two teenage children from a previous marriage to an Australian man.
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daughter → say → man
He said she landed in Sydney in February with leftover funds from her US$500,000 divorce settlement, but her accounts were empty and frozen by the time she went missing.
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she → say → time
She was relying on her father in England to help her secure a lease and cover her rent.
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her → rely → rent
Everything was going wrong for her,' Mr Shlewet said.
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Shlewet → go → her
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