New tips flow after TV show on missing mum

Police have received information concerning Tuitania Barclay, who vanished from the lives of her three children and fiance in 2002.

Barclay, also known as Tania or Tui, had been trying to turn her life around when she disappeared. Police believe she was the victim of foul play.

The former prostitute and drug addict had left that past behind, with the 29-year-old mother of three living with her fiance, Bill Brown, in a rented house in Dunedin’s Halfway Bush.

Her case featured on TVNZ’s Cold Case on Sunday night, with police confirming to The Press they had several calls from members of the public offering information after the show.

Barclay left behind a baby she had been breastfeeding, possessions – including a phone, wallet, clothes and car – and no suicide note.

Brown reported her missing five months after she reportedly left him, and her case was initially treated as that of a missing person.

In 2014 police took a fresh look at the case, offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of Barclay’s body or the conviction of anyone responsible for her death.

Police received helpful information, but nothing that led police to crack the case. Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Inglis, who is now based in Queenstown, said.

‘‘We only need a few more pieces to really solve this,’’ he said.

With that reward now off the table, police turned to a Cold Case, to help solve her disappearance,.

Inglis told The Press that finding her body would be helpful, but not crucial to the police case. ‘‘We’ve had successful convictions before without bodies.’’

He believed Barclay’s body was somewhere in the Dunedin area. Police had previously searched several Dunedin properties, including Ross Creek and a Mongrel Mob property in Wilsons Rd, Christchurch.

‘‘We want to find her for her family and her friend so they can put her to rest properly.’’

Inglis did not believe her disappearance was linked to suicide, with police