Coroner finds missing man likely met 'foul play' on 2021 hunting trip in outback Queensland
ABCAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of people who have died. A missing Kimberley man was likely met with "foul play" while on a pig hunting trip with six other men, a Queensland coroner has ruled. "The consistent changing narrative of Jayo's disappearance delayed and redirected Queensland Police Service search and rescue resources into different areas," he said. Mr MacKenzie said "incriminating inference can be drawn suggesting ongoing collusion" between the group from QPS telephone intercepts, as well as "misleading statements" to police about the location of their campsite. He also said the "lies and inconsistencies" could be "explained away as a means of avoiding prosecution from trafficking dangerous drugs into the Northern Territory … or the group illegally breaching COVID-19 restrictions".
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Inquest to be held in Queensland into missing Kimberley man Jeremiah 'Jayo' Rivers
ABCCoroner investigates outback Queensland disappearance of Jeremiah Rivers on pig hunting trip
ABCDisappearance of missing man Jeremiah Rivers in remote south-west Queensland now being treated as 'suspicious'
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