A private investigator is seeking the whereabouts of a well known Magnetic Island resident who has not been heard of since early December . Armed with a photograph of the missing person , in his 50s, the private eye has been going about the island asking people if they know this man . Many have replied in the affirmative , he often seen at the ferry terminal , walking and cycling about the island . It is understood he was to have flown to Canberra , did not turn up and has not been heard from . His mother , in her nineties , raised the alarm . His island residence is empty.