Corrie Feehan: Family of missing Leeman man to conduct another search for answers as one-year mark passes

One year on from Corey (Corrie) Feehan’s sudden disappearance, his family is still desperate for answers and “won’t stop” until they bring him home.

The Feehan family are set to conduct another search for their missing son and brother this Saturday with the Perth canine team.

The 47-year-old Leeman man was last seen by his family on Anzac Day last year.

With the one-year anniversary having passed over the weekend, Mr Feehan’s mother Julie Deery said it had been the hardest year of her life but she would not rest until she got some answers.

Police say Mr Feehan was last seen by a witness about 9am on Saturday, April 26, 2025, paddling a blue-and-white kayak in a northerly direction offshore near Freshwater Point in Arrowsmith.

Mr Feehan has not been seen since, and his family want to know why.

“I am disappointed because I honestly thought I’d find Corrie before now. I just can’t believe it’s been a year,” Ms Deery said.

“It’s gone so fast, and we haven’t got any answers. It’s been so hard on all of us.”

Despite extensive land and sea searches at the time of Mr Feehan’s disappearance, the only physical evidence found was an upturned kayak.

Five days after Mr Feehan’s disappearance, police confirmed the upturned kayak was found about 2pm on April 30 near the Abrolhos Islands, 225km north of Leeman.

However, Ms Deery said this kayak has never been released or directly linked to her missing son.

Ms Deery and her daughter Tammy Feehan believe Mr Feehan was met with foul play.

“I honestly believe there was an altercation at the shack, and I believe that people ganged up on him and attacked him — I believe they killed him,” she said.

Ms Feehan, Mr Feehan’s sister, said the family believed this as the people her brother was allegedly with before he disappeared were well known to him and had “bad blood” with him.

With no answers or additional evidence one year on, Ms Deery and Ms Feehan said they were “1000 per cent disappointed with the police investigation”.

“It’s disappointing we are not getting anywhere with the police, with the system, with the investigation, no new leads,” Ms Feehan said.

“I feel that they’re not even looking for new leads. They’re just sitting back waiting for someone to call in with evidence and it’s just disgusting.”

WA Police said they were continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Mr Feehan’s disappearance.

“Police acknowledge that searches at sea can be complex, and outcomes are not always immediate. Even when an initial search has concluded, investigations into long-term missing persons continue, and information provided well after the event can be crucial,” a police spokesperson said.

In a bid to get closure, the family run a Facebook page called Bring Corrie/Corey Feehan Home to appeal for any witnesses to come forward with evidence, as well as conducting and co-ordinating searches of their own.

This Saturday, the family will conduct another search with the Perth canine unit at a site close to Mr Feehan’s shack in another attempt to find clues and evidence into his disappearance.

Ms Feehan said if they did not find anything this weekend, they would not stop until they did.

“We feel stronger now, we got through that first year without him and that was the bloody hardest,” she said.

“But we need people who will listen to us. Enough is enough, we need to find him and he needs justice.”