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The National Justice Project will continue to support the family of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines as the inquest into his 1988 death is again extended.
The inquest was due to conclude today but Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame will hold another week of hearings later in the year.
National Justice Project Senior Solicitor Karina Hawtrey addressed the media outside the Coroners Court on behalf of Mark’s brother Ron and sister Lorna and her partner John.
“Mark was their beloved older brother and they miss him to this day,” Ms Hawtrey said.
“His family has sat through four weeks of the inquest and countless witnesses giving evidence.
“After 37 years they still don’t have firm answers about what happened to their brother. They want to know the truth about who was with him, what happened and how Mark ended up on those tracks in Tamworth.
“They also want accountability for any failures in the police investigation process back in 1988 and to this day.
“As the inquest will now enter its fifth week later in the year they have expressed their request that anyone with any information come forward to help them find out what happened to their brother,” she said.
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