Timeline of Steven Fenwick's disappearance

A TIMELINE OF STEVEN FENWICK'S DISAPPEARANCE:

JANUARY 30, 2019

* 10am - Plays the pokies at Wests Nelson Bay.

* 11.55am - Gets on bus from Nelson Bay.

* 12.55pm - Gets off bus at Fern Bay.

* 1pm to midnight - Then-girlfriend Samantha Melville and friend Beccy Lane claim he's with them until the early hours of the morning.

* 7.30pm to 8.30pm - Police say they have a credible witness that spots Fenwick walking at Stockton.

JANUARY 31, 2019

* 2am to 2.30am - Melville claims she leaves Lane's house and the pair head towards another house in Stockton.

* 2.30am to 3am - Melville says she told Fenwick to stay at Corroba Oval while she heads to the other house to pick something up.

* 3am to 3.30am - Fenwick is gone when she gets back, Melville says.

* 4pm - Fenwick is reported missing by Melville to Raymond Terrace police.

* 5pm to midnight - Police launch a full-scale search for Fenwick.

FEBRUARY 1 - 3, 2019

* Searches are carried out over three days scouring the sand dunes and the areas surrounding Stockton Beach and Corroba Oval.

* Fenwick's clothes are found just 1.2km from where Melville says she last saw Fenwick.

* Police swing search onto family and friends interviewing multiple people.

MAY 2019

* Police receive a tip about Facebook posts and renew the search for his body around Corroba Oval but nothing turns up.

JUNE 2019

* A renewed search gets underway - police door knock, hand out flyers and look through the canals for his body but nothing turns up.

JANUARY 15, 2020

* Police issue a $500,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.