Wagga river search: parents' heartbreaking wait for answers

Darren Little and Michelle McFeeters' heartbreaking wait for answers was evident as the search for their son entered its fourth day.

With still no trace of the 23-year-old, members of his immediate family will today be joined by close friends to embark on their own search.

Yesterday, just metres from where police tape marks the spot Brent was last seen, Darren and Michelle told The Daily Advertiser of a funny and loving man.

"I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy," Michelle said, choking back tears.

"It's the not knowing that kills, and the waiting.

"We all love him and want him to come home."

Michelle conceded the police divers had "pretty much" exhausted all their options.

"There's still hope; we just don't know," she said.

The circumstances of Brent's disappearance might remain unclear, but tales have emerged of a "young fella" who had "been through a lot of hard times".

His life changed two months ago when his son, Kayden, was born.

"His life revolves around that young kid, it's brought out a different person in him," Darren said.

Brent was last seen about 8pm on Friday when he entered the river - fully clothed - just downstream of the boat ramp at Wiradjuri Reserve.

Police were told a woman - who was with him at the time - heard Brent struggle in the water and, despite making an attempt, was unable to help.

Darren and Michelle have spent a lot of time at the reserve since, watching in hope as emergency crews counducted a land and water search.

"(Michelle's) been down here all the time, she spends as much time down here as she can," Darren said.

"It's hard to be down there without doing something"

A team of four Sydney-based police divers scoured the water for a number of hours at the weekend.

Despite their short presence, Darren and Michelle are satisfied they did everything possible given the information provided.

"I was shocked when the divers came out so early but they exhausted all this area," Michelle said, pointing to a section of river.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm happy - they spent their time there and they searched the area they were supposed to and came up with nothing," Darren added.

A number of people will come together at the reserve to form their own search party at 9am this morning.

Darren said anyone was welcome to join.

"We're just going to have a more extensive search of the banks," Darren said.

"The more people we've got down there the more chance we've got of finding something,"

Yesterday afternoon, Michelle and Darren watched as State Emergency Service volunteers set off on another patrol of the river about 3.30pm.

That search was expected to last about an hour-and-a-half - one of a number of regular morning and afternoon patrols planned this week.

Brent is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 190cm tall, of medium build and with light brown hair.

Anyone who sees him, or has information about his whereabouts, should contact police immediately via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.