Australia Australia - Anthony Jones, 20, Townsville, Qld, 1982

[marlywings]

Anthony Jones's disappearance started Missing Persons Week, but truth still eludes his family

July 28, 2013

THE secrets of his death are buried somewhere in Queensland while his killer has walked among us for the past 30 years.
But the family of Anthony Jones, whose tenacity and relentless search for the truth sparked the creation of National Missing Persons week, say they will get their man.

Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary for Missing Persons Week and an example of what desperation looks like when a loved one goes missing.

http://www.news.com.au/national-new...ludes-his-family/story-fnii5v6w-1226686771593

 

[marlywings]

MISSING - SUSPECTED MURDER
ANTHONY JOHN JONES
$250,000 REWARD

REWARD:

The Minister for Police and Corrective Services has approved a reward of $250,000 be offered for information which leads to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Anthony John Jones.

INDEMNITY FROM PROSECUTION:

In addition, an appropriate indemnity from prosecution will be recommended for any accomplice, not being the person who actually committed the crime, who first gives such information.

The allocation of the $250,000 reward will be at the sole discretion of the Commissioner of the Police Service.

CIRCUMSTANCES:

Anthony John Jones of Perth, Western Australia, had been travelling in Queensland since September 1982. He hitch-hiked from place to place, meeting his brother from time to time at pre-arranged points. After visiting Brisbane, Mackay and Airlie Beach, Anthony John Jones left Townsville on 28 October 1982, to travel to Cairns, having arranged to meet his brother at Mount Isa about a week later. He was known to have been in Townsville again on 03 November 1982 when he telephoned his home in Perth and indicated his intention of travelling to Mount Isa. He has not been seen or heard from since that time, and it is suspected that he has been murdered.

Any member of the public with information which could assist Police is asked to contact:

the Homicide Investigation Group, Brisbane, Phone (07) 3364 6122;
any Police Station; or
Crime Stoppers, Phone 1800 333 000.

http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/rewards/j/anthonyj.htm

 

[marlywings]

There'll be a discussion about this case at 9.30 tonight on Brisbane radio 4BC.

You can listen to it live on following link...

http://www.4bc.com.au/

 

[Taco]

Hughenden slaughter yard of key interest in Tony Jones case

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...terest-in-tony-jones-case-20140307-34bov.html

Tony Jones

 

[OkieGranny]

From December 2012:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...r-crumbs-of-hope/story-e6freoof-1226545078283

Did Tony meet with tainted former police superintendent Mervyn Henry Stevenson at the Rising Sun Hotel in Townsville? He had been seen at the hotel with an older man and a witness description and sketch of the man matched that of the officer.

Or did he continue hitchhiking and make it as far as Cloncurry where a camp site was found some time after the report of a disappearance?...

Critical of the police investigation launched at the time of his brother's disappearance, Brian says a key witness who claimed to have seen Tony on the outskirts of Townsville was not interviewed for more than two decades. He said other evidence and statements had gone missing in that time.

 

[Madge_Ick_Dike]

https://www.google.com.au/amp/www.9...chhiker-tony-jones?client=ms-android-optus-au

"Kevin Wright and John Eastaughffe were friends who grew up together in Hughenden, and three women have made allegations linking the pair to Mr Jones' disappearance.

Mr Wright's ex-partner Natalie Parker told 60 Minutes the men shared a close bond.

"I noticed that Kevin to me, his behaviour was different when Johnny was around," Ms Parker said.

"He said Johnny and I have done things together that no-one will ever know about."

Ms Parker said Mr Wright allegedly confessed three times in their 18-year relationship to disposing of a human body.

She claimed Mr Wright told her a truck driver had died and he helped dispose of the body.

"I believe they put the body into the burning pits and set it on fire," Ms Parker said. "

 

[DRT]

A backpacker vanished without a trace 36 years ago, his family say they know who murdered him

An article posted today.

"We now believe that he was picked up by a group of young people and taken to Hughenden. Events unfolded that ended up with Tony being killed and his body being disposed of on that evening."

Tony Jones' body has never been found, but a 2002 coronial inquest ruled he had been murdered.

 

[feldspar]

‘We want answers’: Family’s anguish over
bungled investigation of baffling murder
Tony Jones was hitchhiking around Australia when he
vanished. Despite a creepy tip-off, the case remains unsolved.

 

[PastTense]

"The family of missing Queensland backpacker Tony Jones hopes a court ruling will finally open the way to solving his disappearance almost 40 years ago. Mr Jones mysteriously vanished near Townsville in November 1982 while hitchhiking to Mount Isa.

The 20-year-old's body has never been found but a coronial inquest in 2002 ruled he'd probably been murdered.

A second inquest in 2010 also heard that after Mr Jones was killed his body may have been burned in slaughter yards in the outback town of Hughenden. But the coroner was forced to halt the inquiry part-way through when lawyers noticed the inquest was being heard under the 1958 Coroners' Act and not the updated 2003 legislation.

The family hopes a Brisbane Supreme Court judgment to be delivered on Wednesday will finally bring clarity to the issue."
Queensland family seeks cold case clarity

 

[wrestlingpigs]

Anthony Jones Missing/Murdered

Facebook page run by the family

 

[DRT]

Missing man's family concerned about 'loose ends' in reopened inquest into baffling 40-year case

Latest updates re Inquest for Tony Jones. Family feels there is missed witnesses.
ABC seems to have found the Italian backpacker that was in the area at the time that looked similar to Tony.

 

[DRT]

I found this podcast while checking for other articles. Gives a bit more insight to Tony outside of just the standard articles.

 

[DRT]

What happened to Tony Jones? Police double reward for information about 1982 suspected murder

Queensland police are offering a $500,000 reward for information that could help solve the mystery of the disappearance of 20-year-old Anthony Jones, who was last seen at Hughenden's Grand Hotel in 1982.

www.abc.net.au

Some interesting details here:
Reward doubled.
Indemnity from prosecution for accomplice.
Quotes from article below

Letter shown from Lochiel who wrote "I believe body of A J Jones buried in or near Fullerton river bed within 100 yds south side Flinders Highwy"

That area has been extensively searched with no result.

A $250,000 reward has been on offer for several years, but a $500,000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the suspected murder has now been approved.

Police have also revealed that an "appropriate indemnity from prosecution will be recommended for any accomplice, not being the person who actually committed the crime, who first gives such information".

In November 2022, police uncovered new evidence that led them to focus on what Detective Sergeant Stevenson described as an "altercation" at the Grand Hotel on the night Mr Jones was last seen.

 

[dotr]

What happened to Tony Jones? Police double reward for information about 1982 suspected murder

Queensland police are offering a $500,000 reward for information that could help solve the mystery of the disappearance of 20-year-old Anthony Jones, who was last seen at Hughenden's Grand Hotel in 1982.

www.abc.net.au

Police offer $500,000 reward for information about suspected murder of 20-year-old hitchhiker Anthony Jones, last seen in 1982​

Oct 12, 2023 #9News #BreakingNews #NineNewsAustralia
'A Perth is family is trying desperately to hold on to hope for answers 41 years after Anthony Jones was murdered in North Queensland while backpacking. The cold case has puzzled police for decades and now officers have upped the reward for answers to finally catch the person responsible.'

 

[DRT]

What happened to Tony Jones? Police double reward for information about 1982 suspected murder

Queensland police are offering a $500,000 reward for information that could help solve the mystery of the disappearance of 20-year-old Anthony Jones, who was last seen at Hughenden's Grand Hotel in 1982.

www.abc.net.au

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Police offer $500,000 reward for information about suspected murder of 20-year-old hitchhiker Anthony Jones, last seen in 1982​

Oct 12, 2023 #9News #BreakingNews #NineNewsAustralia
'A Perth is family is trying desperately to hold on to hope for answers 41 years after Anthony Jones was murdered in North Queensland while backpacking. The cold case has puzzled police for decades and now officers have upped the reward for answers to finally catch the person responsible.'

So from the 9 news report it suggests his brother Tim was a bit concerned that they were mentioning Hughenden again due to the 9 day gap between contacting family. He also had $150 in a bank account deposited around 3 November that was untouched. This was explained by an Italian Backpacker that looked like Tony was in the area at the time. This is an earlier article.

A simple Facebook search could have upended Tony’s family’s quest for answers into his disappearance

West Australian man Tony Jones went missing in north Queensland in 1982. Almost 40 years later, his family is concerned a key witness has not been interviewed for an inquest that was reopened in 2017 and is yet to hand down its findings.

www.abc.net.au