Bid to find loved one after four decades lost

THE mystery of a missing person fades for some – but never the family. Forty years ago, Anthony ‘Tony’ Jones, went missing and has been presumed dead. But recently new details have come to light giving the family a glimpse at the end of a decades long journey to find answers.

On the anniversary of his disappearance, Tony’s brother Mark offered an insight into the hard work of the family over the years – having never given up hope in finding the truth.

Mark believes now is the time for police to throw resources at the case with potential leads that have surfaced in recent times.

“For so many years there were simply no leads, Tony had seemingly just fallen off the face of the earth,” he said.“now there is so much information and so many potential new lines of inquiry that the current local investigation team is just overwhelmed by it.”

The Coroners Court of Queensland says it has asked the police to follow up “specific lines of inquiry” in relation to the case.

“The findings will be finalised after the State Coroner is advised in relation to those inquiries,” a spokesperson said.

Families of missing persons so often drive the fight to find any remaining clues their loved ones could have left behind or people who could know details of their disappearance or death.

Forty years on from Tony’s disappearance, it seems people are talking, and there could be evidence somewhere that could bring the family closure.

But until then, Tony remains one of the region’s longest-running missing persons cases.