Australia Vincent Raymond Allen, 22. Police Informant. $250,000 Reward. Brisbane vicinity. April, 1964

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"A young Queensland man feared murdered after going missing 55 years ago was a police informant.Vincent Raymond Allen was 22 when he disappeared from Warwick, west of Brisbane, in April 1964.

A labourer and local rugby league player, Mr Allen had assisted police over two jewellery store robberies in the local area. "Two offenders were arrested for that," Detective Inspector Damien Hansen told reporters on Tuesday.

"As a result of Mr Allen's suspected murder, he was unable to give evidence and those charges were dropped."

On Tuesday, the state government announced a $250,000 reward for information around his disappearance."
Missing Qld man informed on jewel heists | Daily Mail Online

 

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Police have charged 80-year-old Vincent O’Dempsey with the 1964 murder of a man in Warwick.

Vincent Allen was last seen alive in a vehicle driven by a known associate about 5pm on April 18, 1964 and was never seen again.

Despite a thorough investigation his body was never located.

It comes after a $250,000 reward for information was put up in July in relation to the murder.

The reward formed part of a cold-case review by investigators from the Homicide Cold Case Investigation Team.

A coronial hearing in February 1980 supported the police view that Mr Allen was dead, and that his death likely occurred in the Warwick area.

The reward remains on offer for any information, which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Mr Allen.

Mr O’Dempsey has arrived at the Brisbane watch house and will appear in court this afternoon.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/que...ged-with-murder-over-cold-case-disappearance/

 

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A labourer, Mr Allen had been helping police over two jewellery store robberies in the area at the time.

His body has not been found despite an investigation and coronial inquiry in 1980, which found he was likely to have been murdered near Warwick.

Police on Tuesday charged O'Dempsey, a Wacol man, with Mr Allen's murder.

The murder is believed to be the oldest cold case in Australia to be "solved", and follows a forensic review using new technology.
Charge over 1964 Qld jewel heist murder

 

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Cold case death timeline of Vincent Allen

 

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