Marion Barter inquest findings: coroner criticises NSW police, says former lover ‘does indeed know more’
by Eden Gillespie from World news | The Guardian on (#6JZGW)
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The New South Wales police investigation into missing woman Marion Barter has been deemed inadequate by the state coroner, who said police failures had resulted in the case remaining unsolved for nearly 27 years.
The Gold Coast woman was last seen on 22 June 1997 by a friend at a bus depot in Southport.
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