Australia Renee, 42, last seen leaving her home, Ballarat, May 30 2024.

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Chilling footage captured the moment a missing mother rang a doorbell and asked for clothes and water before she disappeared more than a month ago.

Renee, 42, was last seen leaving her home on Western Highway at Warrenheip in Ballarat, Victoria's Central Highlands, at 1.25pm on May 30.

She was seen carrying her black cat Shadow in a carrier, which was later found outside another house a few days later.

The mother has been missing for five weeks with her family holding concerns for her welfare as she lives with a medical condition.

Victoria Police released video on Monday that showed Renee ringing a doorbell at a house on Buchanan Drive in Lucas on the same day her cat was found.

'She rang the doorbell and briefly spoke to a resident inside, asking for clothing and water before leaving,' Victoria Police said in a statement.

CCTV footage captured at the house showed Renee wearing a pair of black leggings and a hoodie with three pandas on the front. She was visibly shivering from the cold.

She pressed the doorbell while holding onto what looked to be an empty water bottle with the other.

Chilling last moments of missing woman before she disappeared

Renee, 42, was last seen leaving her home in Warrenheip at Ballarat, Victoria, at 1.25pm on May 30 with her black cat named Shadow in a carrier.

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Chilling last moments of missing woman before she disappeared

Renee, 42, was last seen leaving her home in Warrenheip at Ballarat, Victoria, at 1.25pm on May 30 with her black cat named Shadow in a carrier.

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CCTV footage captured at the house showed Renee wearing a pair of black leggings and a hoodie with three pandas on the front. She was visibly shivering from the cold.

She pressed the doorbell while holding onto what looked to be an empty water bottle with the other.

She sat on the front porch and put a dark grey hoodie on that the homeowner had handed to her.
Renee then left with two full bottles of water and has not been heard from since.

 

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Speaking outside the Ballarat police station on Monday, her daughter, Bianca, said she was worried about the disappearance.

“She has never been gone for this long and usually we know where she’s going. It’s quite concerning she has been gone for the amount of time she has,” she told reporters.

Sen Const Jack Hughes said King had been living in accommodation run by community support organisation Uniting Care in Warrenheip after being homeless for “some time”.

“She has mentioned she did not want these people to call police,” Hughes said.

He said she then stayed with a male for “some time” in Wendouree, where she was last seen on 16 June. He said she then left this property unannounced before the man reported her missing to police.

“Our main concern is that she has returned to living on the streets … I do not believe it’s out of her normal character,” he said.

Police release video in hope of finding Ballarat woman missing for more than a month

CCTV shows Renee in Warrenheip with her cat on 30 May, and then ringing doorbell of another home on 2 June

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