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Uncle's quest reveals police racism in train track case
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Family brace for new chapter decades after Indigenous teen's death
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Mystery, police flaws shroud Indigenous teen's train track death
A series of police blunders have kept the truth from the family of an Indigenous...
Stephanie Gardiner 30 Apr 2026
Family's search for truth behind Gomeroi teen's death continues
The family of a Gomeroi teenager who was found on train tracks in 1988 say they...
Keira Jenkins 20 Oct 2025
Officer always believed someone involved in death of Gomeroi teen Mark Haines, inquest hears
A police officer involved in re-investigating the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark...
Keira Jenkins 15 Oct 2025
Inquest hears from friends and schoolmates of Mark Haines, Gomeroi teenager who died in 1988

An inquest re-examining the death of Mark Haines, whose body was found on train tracks almost 40 years ago, has heard from friends and schoolmates of the Gomeroi teenager.

NSW:Four decades of torment after teen's train track death

Mark Haines' siblings have spent every day of the last 37 years desperately missing their beloved older brother. Mr Haines, a happy and unassuming Gomeroi teenager who loved playing footy, was found d...

Blood discovered in car boot after Indigenous teen's mystery death

The uncle of an Indigenous teenager found dead on rural train tracks 37 years ago says he discovered blood in the boot of a nearby car wreck.

'Horrible' mistaken identity in train tracks death

The morning teenager Mark Haines was found dead on rural train tracks, a hysterical mother pounded on her son's front door. The woman was looking for her son Raymond Ervine, whose birth certificate wa...

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

The best friend of Mark Haines has denied any involvement in the Indigenous teenager's death on train tracks, telling the bereaved family: "I hope you get answers, I really do.

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Stephanie Gardiner Mar 31, 2025
'We didn't do it': man denies rumours over teen's death

After Mark Haines' body was found on train tracks, rumours soon swirled around a country town about two brothers being involved in the teenager's death.

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Stephanie Gardiner Oct 29, 2024
'It was rumours': boxer denied role in teen's death

It was a wet January weekend when Indigenous teenager Mark Haines was found dead on train tracks. It was also a wet January weekend when boxer Eddie Davis left his family home, only to return and urge...

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Stephanie Gardiner Oct 28, 2024
Inquest into historical death of Mark Haines begins in Tamworth

The coronial inquest into the historical death of Mark Anthony Haines began in Tamworth on Monday to examine the suspicious circumstances that led to the 17-year-old's death 36 years ago.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 8, 2024
Inquest into historical death of Gomeroi teenager set to begin in Tamworth

The long-awaited inquest into the 1988 death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines will begin in Tamworth on Monday, 36 years after the then 17-year-old died in suspicious circumstances.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 5, 2024
NSW Police offer $1 million for information on 1988 death of Tamworth's Mark Anthony Haines

Nine months ahead of the long-awaited Coronial Inquest into the death of Tamworth teenager Mark Anthony Haines, New South Wales Police have announced a $1 Million reward for information relating to th...

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Jess Whaler Jul 21, 2023
NSW authorities to conduct new inquest into death of Aboriginal teenager Mark Haines

New South Wales authorities will conduct a fresh inquest into the death of Mark Haines, a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy who died after he was found on train tracks south of Tamworth over 35 years ago - 1...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 20, 2023
Calls for new inquest into death of Tamworth teenager, local police say persons of interest identified

A police detective has joined calls for a new inquest into the death of 17-year-old Aboriginal boy Mark Haines and said persons of interest have been identified, on the 35th anniversary of the young m...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jan 16, 2023
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