Australia Australia - James 'Jimmy' Taylor, 12, Derby, WA, 29 Aug 1974

The West Australian coroner will hold a hearing into the possible murder of a 12-year-old boy who disappeared from the Kimberley town of Derby almost 40 years ago.

James Patrick Taylor, known as Jimmy to his family, left his home to buy a soft drink from the local shop on August 29, 1974 and was never seen again.

The family believe he was abducted by convicted child killer James Ryan O'Neill, who was in the isolated Kimberley town at the same time.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-...disappearance-of-12-year-old-in-derby/5507742

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/24189126/search-for-answers-in-40-year-mystery/

Some links to info on O'Neill:

http://www.mako.org.au/James-Ryan-O'neill-Child-Killer.html

James Ryan O'Neill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coincidentally, I just watched the doco made about him, "The Fishermen" the other night. If you can get your hands on it, do watch this. Chilling, chilling stuff to look a child killer in the eye, even through the camera.

O'Neill's a suspect in the Beaumont children case too. I have my doubts there, however.

A $1 million reward sparks hopes the mystery of Jimmy Taylor's disappearance may be solved.

It's been 49 years since her son disappeared, but Evelyn Henderson still dreams about him.

The dreams are vivid and terrifying.

"I have dreams I'm in the bush, and I'm lost," she says.

"So I think, maybe it's Jimmy's out there, wanting to be found."

The ABC is publishing images of Jimmy Taylor with the family's permission


Evelyn says she's been thinking more and more about Jimmy as she's got older.

Jimmy Taylor vanished from the remote Kimberley town of Derby in 1974.

He'd walked to the local store to get some snacks and cool drinks, and witnesses saw him get into a car with a man who has never been identified.

The case has haunted the town of Derby.

Now, almost five decades on, there's a renewed push to solve the mystery of what happened to Jimmy Taylor.

WA Police have announced a $1 million reward for information that leads to a conviction.