AN “aged-progressed” image of what missing Canberra woman Laura Haworth might look like today, is being circulated on road signs in the hope of generating fresh information from the public.

Thirteen years after the mother-of-two’s disappearance, police are using “age progression technology” to create an image of what Laura could look like in 2021.

Laura’s profile — along with the profiles of seven other “long-term” missing people — will be featured on signs as part of National Missing Persons Week, which launched yesterday (August 1).

Laura was 23 when she was last seen farewelling a friend in Queanbeyan on January 5, 2008.

She drove away in her red Mazda 121, having said she was going to work — but she never arrived.

On January 19, Laura’s car was found at the Kanangra Court flats in Reid, but police were unable to find her.

This year’s “Outdoor Missing Persons” campaign, as part of national missing persons week, hopes to raise awareness and collate more information about people who are missing.

Jodie McEwan from the National Missing Persons coordination centre said aged-progression technology is helping play a role in long-term missing person investigations.

“When someone has been missing for a decade or more, we acknowledge that their appearance would naturally have changed from the last photograph their family has of them,” Ms McEwan said.

“This technology helps us develop an image that simulates what the missing person could look like today, the AFP forensic artists use their specialist skills to create the new image, whilst working closely with the families to ensure genetic factors are strongly considered.

“We want to highlight to the community that despite the length of time that has passed since our missing persons were last seen, our work in trying to find them does not stop.”

Laura is one of more than 2600 long-term missing persons across the country.

National missing persons weeks finishes on Saturday (August 7).