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Australian Defence Force Joins Search for Missing Magician Daniel Hidden

6/23/2026

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Australian Defence Force deployed personnel and aerial assets to aid the search for magician Daniel Hidden.
Hidden, 26, vanished on 14 June near Broadbeach, with his Hyundai Santa Fe found two days afterward in a Currumbin Valley parking lot.
Police do not suspect foul play and say survival is likely because water is present.
Brother Ilya Jamshidi describes Hidden as a hiker who used unmarked routes and left without his phone.

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Story summary

Australian Defence Force deployed personnel and aerial assets to aid the search for magician Daniel Hidden.
Hidden, 26, vanished on 14 June near Broadbeach, with his Hyundai Santa Fe found two days afterward in a Currumbin Valley parking lot.
Police do not suspect foul play and say survival is likely because water is present.
Brother Ilya Jamshidi describes Hidden as a hiker who used unmarked routes and left without his phone.