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Another interesting mystery. If Ray had his shirt off, would that be he was still in bed when the trouble happened?

So there was no evidence Ray was thrown down the mine shaft? It was lowered down under gun point then untied himself?

Amazing the dog has raised the alarm by using its instincts to find water etc. Some of the few places you can take a dog any more in WA. Those outback places are positively scary sometimes. Plenty of people hide in the outback areas where technology has forced them.

63 old Milnes house raided in Medina
 
WA Police have released a media statement>

https://www.police.wa.gov.au/Media-Centre/Media-Releases/1338-Operation-Arava

[h=1]Operation Arava[/h]Published on March 21, 2017

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The Major Crime Squad and family of Raymond and Jennie Kehlet are today re-iterating calls for the public to assist with the investigation into the couple’s fate while prospecting near Sandstone two years ago.

The last confirmed sighting of the Kehlets was by a friend at a prospecting site about 30km from Sandstone on this day two years ago – March 21, 2015.

The Beverley couple’s Great Dane was found wandering around Sandstone in an emaciated condition on March 28, 2015, and concerned family members reported them missing on March 31.

This prompted extensive land and air searches which resulted in the discovery of Raymond’s body in an abandoned mineshaft on April 8.

Since then, sites near the Kehlets’ camp and surrounding the Sandstone area have been searched but Mrs Kehlet’s whereabouts remains unknown.

The family of Raymond and Jennie, who were aged 47 and 49 respectively when they were last seen, said this tragedy continued to take a heavy toll on all who knew the couple.

“We have remained in close contact with police but not knowing what occurred amplifies our grief,” family said. “We encourage anyone with information to come forward and provide us with answers, which may give us some closure.”

Major Crime Squad Detective Sergeant Stephen Cleal said WA Police remained committed to this investigation, and while the circumstances remained unexplained they were regarded as suspicious.

“Someone will have information that can help us with this investigation, which may provide some comfort to Ray and Jennie’s family and friends,” Det-Sgt Cleal said.

Anyone with information regarding this matter is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the website, www.crimestopperswa.com.au. All calls are strictly confidential and rewards are offered.
 

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https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/stat...et-and-death-of-husband-raymond-ng-b88634220z

State Government offers $250k for help in solving mystery disappearance of Jennie Kehlet and death of husband Raymond
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[FONT=&amp]State Government offers $250k for help in solving mystery disappearance of Jennie Kehlet and death of husband Raymond
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Raymond and Jennie Kehlut went missing in Sandstone.A $250,000 reward is on offer to help solve the mystery disappearance of Jennie Kehlet, 49, and the death of her husband Raymond during a prospecting trip in the north-western Goldfields more than two years ago.
The family of the Beverley couple has said they believe they were victims of foul play and the case has baffled police.
The State Government announced the reward today, hoping the financial lure and promise of immunity from prosecution will finally provide some answers.
Mystery surrounds the fate of Mrs Kehlet, whose 47-year-old husband was found dead down a disused mine shaft days after the couple were last seen alive during a prospecting trip near the town of Sandstone, 660km north of Perth, in March 2015.
In a statement today, the family said they had struggled during the search.
“Ray and Jennie were a compassionate, hardworking couple who were loved by their family, friends, and community,” the statement read.
“The last two years have seen our family caught in an agonising and exhausting limbo, desperate for answers and for closure.

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The State Government is offering the cash reward for help in the two year long mystery.Picture: WA Police“We are thankful that the police are still actively pursuing answers for our family, and hope that the offer of a reward may bring together the missing pieces of our family’s tragedy.
“We urge anyone with information to please come forward, and bring our family some peace.”
The couple had gone prospecting with a friend in the Table Top area, about 25km from Sandstone, on March 19.
The friend told police he last saw them on March 21 and left their camp site early the next morning without waking them to say goodbye.
They were reported missing by their family on March 31 after the couple’s dog was found emaciated in the area three days before.
After extensive land and air searches the body of Mr Kehlet, 47, was found down an abandoned mine shaft on April 8, 2015.
The police have pleaded for anyone who was in the Sandstone area at the time, or has information, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-19/wa-government-offers-kehlet-reward/9067674
Raymond and Jennie Kehlet: $250k reward offered to solve mystery death, disappearance
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By James Carmody
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PHOTO: Ms Roberts says the Government is happy to offer the reward. (ABC News: James Carmody)
RELATED STORY: Bones identified as missing prospector Raymond Kehlet
RELATED STORY: Fresh search for missing WA prospector Jennie Kehlet
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The WA Government is offering a $250,000 reward for information to solve the mysterious death of Perth man Raymond Kehlet and the disappearance of his wife Jennie in 2015.
The body of Raymond Kehlet, 47, was found in an abandoned mine shaft near the remote Mid West town of Sandstone, three weeks after he and his 49-year-old wife disappeared while prospecting.
Despite an extensive land and air search, Ms Kehlet has never been located.
Police Commissioner Chris Dawson believes someone must know what happened and is hoping a reward could bring them forward.
"Sandstone is a very small community. It's subject to a lot of mining exploration and people who might camp or [move] through the area on holidays," he said.
"It's about the most remote area you could find on the planet.
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"There's not many people who would have been in that area at the time. Someone up there knows what was going on."
PHOTO: Raymond and Jennie Kehlet were prospecting near Sandstone. (Supplied: WA Police)
Police Minister Michelle Roberts said the Government was happy to be able to offer the reward in the hope it would solve the mystery.
"At this point in time the advice that I have now received from those in police is that putting out a significant reward of up to $250,000 may help solve this baffling case," she said.
"I think if we can solve this crime it will not only put their relatives and friends at some kind of peace but it will also I think give some peace of mind to West Australians to know that whoever has been involved if there has been foul play is bought to account."
Family 'in agonising and exhausting limbo'

In a statement the couple's children expressed gratitude for the efforts of police and urged anyone who could help with the investigation to come forward.
"The last two years have seen our family caught in an agonising and exhausting limbo, desperate for answers and for closure," the statement said.
"We are thankful that the police are still actively pursuing answers for our family, and hope that the offer of a reward may bring together the missing pieces of our family's tragedy.
"We urge anyone with information to please come forward, and bring our family some peace."
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Thanks PeteDavo for the Prospecting link, some good discussion and inconsistencies with their campsite, loaded gun, friend GM and more.
Liam Bartletts article from '15 imploring that this is investigated further, that the only mistake was for them not to die on St George's Tce or Cottesloe Beach. Good to have recent coverage to raise the profile again.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/opi...e/news-story/0ef8ff2f1202801a75261bb7360d2114


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A dog tipped off police to a gruesome discovery in the desert after a fateful prospecting trip
https://thewest.com.au/news/court-j...and-jennie-kehlet-inquest-told-ng-b881425877z
First day of the Coronial Inquest.

Friend Graham Milne remains a suspect.

"On the opening day of the inquest, Detective Sergeant Stephen Cleal, who reviewed the police investigation, said every person who had been raised as a "person of interest" in the case had been eliminated, "with the exception of Graham Milne".

"Graham Milne remains a suspect and I had the intention to charge him, which was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, but was not accepted," Sergeant Cleal said.

"So under the circumstances there is no plan to charge Graham Milne. There could be possibly down the track, but not at this point."
 
Prospecting friend still a suspect in disappearance of Raymond and Jennie Kehlet, inquest told

The last person to see a prospecting couple alive in remote Western Australia five years ago remains a suspect in the death of one of them and the disappearance of the other, a coronial inquest has been told.

Later in his evidence, Sergeant Cleal revealed Ms Kehlet's DNA was found on cigarette butts located near the top of the mineshaft where her husband's body was found.

He told the inquest DNA from another person was found on other butts, but he did not reveal who it matched.


A dog tipped off police to a gruesome discovery in the desert after a fateful prospecting trip
 
Sergeant Cleal told the court some of what Mr Milne had told police was not corroborated by evidence, including his claim he used a bitumen road to leave the campsite and not an unsealed "gravelly" road that was a shortcut.

Sergeant Cleal said a GPS coordinate downloaded from Mr Milne's car had put the vehicle near the unsealed road about 10:00am on March 22.

"All it shows is that his vehicle was there, it doesn't say the vehicle stopped," Sergeant Cleal said.

Sergeant Cleal also said if Mr Milne had used the bitumen road his car would have been captured by CCTV cameras from a roadhouse at Mount Magnet, but he said there was no sign of the vehicle on that footage.

A dog tipped off police to a gruesome discovery in the desert after a fateful prospecting trip
 
So they know who the DNA matched on the cigarette butts, the ones that were not Ms Kehlet's

TootsieFootsie said:
Later in his evidence, Sergeant Cleal revealed Ms Kehlet's DNA was found on cigarette butts located near the top of the mineshaft where her husband's body was found.

He told the inquest DNA from another person was found on other butts, but he did not reveal who it matched.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/was...e-campsite-inquest-hears-20200107-p53pmk.html

Police have consistently refused to comment on whether they suspected foul play, which meant Detective Sergeant Stephen Cleal dropped a bombshell on Monday when he told the inquest he had attempted to charge the couple’s friend Graham Milne.

He said he went so far as to refer the case to the public prosecutor – though the referral was not accepted and no charge was laid.

Mr Milne, a fly-in-fly-out colleague, had been teaching them to prospect on their Beverley farm.

Mr Milne, the only witness to what the trio did after they all met up on March 19, told police he decided to return to Perth on March 22 and that the night before he went prospecting on foot, not returning until 2am-3am.
 
Prospector denies deliberately misleading officers searching for Raymond and Jennie Kehlet

When he began his testimony, he initially declined to answer questions because of concerns his testimony may incriminate him, but he was compelled to do so by Coroner Ros Fogliani.

After Mr Milne finished testifying, Ms Fogliani said she was satisfied with the evidence he gave and granted him a certificate of immunity, meaning his evidence would not be admissible in any criminal proceedings against him.

He testified he did not know why a cigarette butt with DNA matching his was found near cigarette butts containing Ms Kehlet's DNA at the top of the mineshaft where Mr Kehlet's body was found.

Prospector admits changing story to police about leaving couple in WA outback
 
The daughter of a woman feared dead in WA's outback says her family's worst-case scenario has been realised, with authorities unable to find her five years after her disappearance.
Ms Keegans broke down as she read a statement to the court saying her mother had been full of life.

"She created warmth and she was the tightest hug," Ms Keegans said.

"When this all started out worst-case scenario was that mum would never come home at all.

"They deserve so much more than the death they've been reduced to in the eyes of the world."


Kehlet inquest hearings conclude, hearing of family's 'terrible, sick' feeling over fatal trip to WA outback
 
Daughters learnt of stepfather's death through the media

Ms Keegans said she and her sisters learnt of the discovery of Mr Kehlet's body through the media.

"No one checked to see if we had been told," she said.

"It's a terrible, sick feeling when I think of him down the bottom of that mine shaft.

"He should be here with us."

She also described her family's pain at learning the bank had foreclosed on the pair's house in Beverley, in the Wheatbelt, before a death certificate had been issued for her mother.

Kehlet inquest hearings conclude, hearing of family's 'terrible, sick' feeling over fatal trip to WA outback
 
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