Missing Sydney man lived in fear

Missing man Ben Roper. Picture: Twitter Source: The Daily Telegraph

MISSING Sydney flight attendant Ben Roper had been frightened and deeply upset by a series of threatening homophobic messages he received last month, his friends and family said yesterday.

A comment posted on a Facebook page set up to help find the popular man who disappeared on January 26, revealed Ben posted a message on December 10 "about someone sending him abusive homophobic voicemails from a blocked number".

Ben's mother Michelle Pippen said her son had been very concerned by the messages.

Ms Pippen, who arrived in Sydney yesterday after a frantic flight from her home in Malaysia, said it was completely out of character for her son to disappear.

"It's just not like him to take off and not let anyone know but the messages were frightening him," she said. "I feel maybe he's hiding somewhere to get away from things."

Ben, 32, was last seen at his Randwick home by his aunt Christine Pippen about 5pm last Saturday and later sent her a text message at 6.15pm indicating his back pain was "not good".

Friends became concerned when he posted a message on Facebook that evening revealing the extent of his back pain, saying he was "sick of it".

When he failed to arrive to crew a Virgin flight to Bali the following morning, his co-workers raised the alarm.

Police confirm Ben's car and phone were found at his home and his bank accounts remain untouched. Police suspect Mr Roper may have come to harm.

"We know that his phone is still at home, we know that his car is still at home and he hasn't taken anything," Superintendent Gavin Dengate said yesterday. "That in itself is suspicious. You put that together, knowing that he was from very much a loving and caring environment - it causes us some concern."

Supt Dengate said detectives were following a number of leads and have spoken to Mr Roper's employers, who had been helpful.

He said there was little in Mr Roper's private life to suggest a reason for his disappearance.

"We're looking at a number of areas at the moment," Supt Dengate added.Ben is described as Caucasian, 180cm tall with a medium build and brown hair and has two distinctive tattoos including a flame design on his upper right arm and the numbers 2035 on his back - a tattoo associated with the Bra Boys.

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