Man took call inside Perth home before vanishing in 1994
The search will resume today for the remains of a Perth man who vanished without a trace nearly 30 years ago.
Investigators believe there is a "strong possibility" that Nicola La Falce's body is at an address identified in their cold case review, which began earlier this year.
They executed a search warrant at the property yesterday and will continue looking this morning.
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Perth brick layer Nicola La Falce was 37 when he vanished without a trace in a suspected murder. WA Police
It comes just days after WA Police announced a $500,000 reward for any information that leads to a conviction.
La Falce was last seen visiting a pizza store in Wembley in 1994, but police believe he received a "concerning" phone call before he left the shop about 9pm.
He was never seen again.
Detective Inspector Darryl Cox said the phone call was made from a landline at the address they have searched today.
"Mr La Falce was concerned with that phone call, left the pizza shop shortly after," he said.
"The yard will be excavated by the forensic human recovery team (and) further search warrants may take place.
"But (we) are looking at the rear yard and we may have to use some machinery to dig up the yard.
"Investigators believe there is a strong possibility that the body of Mr La Falce may be located at this premises."
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La Falce was last seen visiting a pizza store in Wembley in 1994. Nine
In a puzzling twist, 24 hours after disappearing, an airfare to Adelaide was booked in his name.
The bricklayer's car had been dumped at Perth Airport but he never boarded the flight.
However, the seat booked in his name was occupied.
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Cox said police had received multiple leads on the suspected murder since announcing the reward.
"Three phone calls were made to Crime Stoppers and one of those is of particular interest to the investigation team and they are following that up today," he said.
"Detectives are confident some person within the community has intimate knowledge of what happened to Mr La Falce - we want that person to come forward."
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