Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth was seen helping police officers in their search for his missing friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro
Chris Hemsworth was recently spotted helping police officers search for a close friend who went missing earlier this week. His friend, Detective Inspector Jay Notaro, vanished while surfing at a local break close to Byron Bay and was last seen on Tuesday morning arriving at Broken Head Reserve.
In a video shared online, the Marvel star was seen talking to police officers in a parking lot at Broken Head Reserve – which is nine kilometres south of his hometown Byron Bay. Chris was seen with five officers and two police vehicles and gestured with his hands while talking to them.
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A fan of the Hollywood actor took the video of Chris talking to cops as they walked by his conversation with them. The 45-year-old detective was part of an inner circle of surfing pals, which included Thor actor Chris, 41, reported The Courier Mail.
Friends of the missing person said the detective always visited Broken Head and drove down from his Gold Coast home on many occasions to surf with Chris and former professional surfer Luke Munro.
Jay was reportedly staying in Byron Bay ahead of his 45th birthday. He was due to attend a dinner that night but cancelled at the last moment after telling friends he wasn’t feeling well.
However, he never made it back home. Jay’s surfboard was found washed up on the beach the next day completely undamaged. He was last seen on CCTV driving into the Broken Head car part at dawn on Tuesday.
According to officers, the sea conditions were calm. Senior officer Matt Zimmer recently confirmed: “The condition of that surfboard was unremarkable – there was no damage and the leg rope was fully intact.
“The inspector is a very strong swimmer who is a previous officer in charge of the Queensland water police… and the condition that presented over the past few days were quite calm.
“He would be extremely capable of managing those conditions due to his experience, [he was] an extremely fit man as well.”
Cross-Border Commissioner and former Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers shared his hopes that Jay will be found alive.
“Jay is one of the most competent and capable coppers I know, who has a great future in the police,” he said to the Courier Mail.
“He is a future leader of the police, especially in the higher ranks. I just hope he is found safely and we have a really good outcome.
“He is not only a friend, he is one of the future leaders of the organisation. I’m praying, he’s just a champion. If we had more coppers like that we would be a better organisation.”
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