Missing woman's desperate request after turning up to a stranger's front door in the freezing cold - as footage emerges of her last moments

Chilling footage captured the moment a missing mother rang a doorbell and asked for clothes and water before she disappeared more than a month ago. 

Renee, 42, was last seen leaving her home on Western Highway at Warrenheip in Ballarat, Victoria's Central Highlands, at 1.25pm on May 30.

She was seen carrying her black cat Shadow in a carrier, which was later found outside another house a few days later. 

The mother has been missing for five weeks with her family holding concerns for her welfare as she lives with a medical condition.

Victoria Police released video on Monday that showed Renee ringing a doorbell at a house on Buchanan Drive in Lucas on the same day her cat was found.

'She rang the doorbell and briefly spoke to a resident inside, asking for clothing and water before leaving,' Victoria Police said in a statement. 

CCTV footage captured at the house showed Renee wearing a pair of black leggings and a hoodie with three pandas on the front. She was visibly shivering from the cold.

She pressed the doorbell while holding onto what looked to be an empty water bottle with the other.

She sat on the front porch and put a dark grey hoodie on that the homeowner had handed to her.

Renee then left with two full bottles of water and has not been heard from since.

Her family are concerned for her welfare because she has a medical condition and has been missing for such a long time.

Investigators are not treating her disappearance as suspicious. 

They believe Renee may be confused or deliberately trying to avoid people.

Victoria Police said her bank accounts haven’t been accessed in more than a month.

Renee is Caucasian, of slim build, about 170cm tall and has blonde hair.

She was last seen wearing a grey hooded jumper.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to immediately contact police.

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