Check out the following reports I could find for the last decade or so. Id say there were certainly some suspicious things happening then and continuing up to now..
Im sure there are more cases Ive missed.
8/9/2010 Julian Golding attended the Mt Warning Holiday Park for a three day stay on 6 September 2010. On 8 September 2010, Julian was last seen walking west along Tyungum Road towards Uki and stated he was visiting friends. Julian has not been seen or made contact with family or friends since leaving the caravan park. Mr Golding owns a 70ha property on nearby Mt Warning Road at Mt Warning, and police believe he might have got lost either on his property or in nearby bushland. He was reported missing to police on September 15.
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15/11/2010 The body of Douglas Warren Benge was found at a property on the Kyogle Road at about eight oclock on Monday night. The 46-year-old's body was sent to Newcastle for a post-mortem examination several days ago, and it is now thought he died some time between Thursday the 11th of November and Monday the 15th.
Police say Uki death was suspicious
22/11/2012 Tw0 fisherman discovered the body 400 metres upriver from the
Tumbulgum Bridge.
Tweed Police inspector Gary Cowan said police located fishing gear and a car, believed to be owned by the Tumbulgum man, nearby on Dulguigan Road by Tumbulgum Bridge.
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24/11/2012 Unidentified body located
in bag in Tumbulgum river.
Sleeping bag key to cold case
7/6/2014 Police were called to the popular tourist destination about 11.20am after the mystery woman’s body was found 50 metres north of the Suffolk Park Caravan Park, near Gaggin Park, on the southern end of Tallow beach, where long weekend holiday makers were packing up.
Lying on her side, the woman was positioned in between two dunes in long grass. ‘It was an accident and she died peacefully, contrary to speculation,’ a family member told Echonetdaily. Ms Juhasz grew up in Coffs Harbour and had lived in the Byron Bay area for the last decade of her life.
Tallow Beach body identified
8/9/2015 A body has been discovered near disused railway tracks near Mitre 10 Byron Bay northern NSW. Detectives were called to the scene on Tuesday just before 1.30pm when the body was found near Jonson Street in Byron Bay. The body has
not yet been identified and the cause of death is unknown.
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11/9/2015 Ellen Wilson Goes missing Ballina/Lismore?
27/11/2015 A MAN has died in sand dunes at Byron Bay. Tweed Byron police Inspector Mick Dempsey said the body of the 40-year-old man was found on sand dunes about 12.20pm today. Insp Dempsey said the man's death was not suspicious and it had nothing to do with schoolies celebrations currently going on at Byron Bay. He said the cause of death was a suspected drug overdose which would be confirmed when a post mortem was conducted. Insp Dempsey said the results of the post mortem could take up to six weeks.
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27/11/2015 a 22-year-old man has died in the sand dunes at Byron Bay beach this afternoon. Ambulance and police were called to the area about 12pm NSW time to a man in cardiac arrest. He was unable to be saved and died on the beach, it is believed the cause could be drug related.
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*not sure if they were the same incident with incorrect details reported or two separate incidents*
13/7/2016 BYRON Bay police are preparing a brief for the coroner after a body was discovered about 2pm today in bushland near Tallow Beach. Inspector Greg Jago said police did not believe there were suspicious circumstances to the death but because of the length of time the body had laid undiscovered, no formal identification had been possible. ‘It was a male in his 40s and we believe we know who it is but we need to formally identity him using other means,’ Inspector Jago said. ‘We estimate the person had been
dead for about two weeks.’
http://voiceofbyron.com.au/body-found-at-tallow-beach/
Body found at Tallow Beach still to be identified
25/9/2017 Police are still trying to establish how a man who was found face down in the water between The Pass and Wategos Beach, Byron Bay, yesterday came to be in the surf fully dressed. Garry Meredith from Surf Life Saving said lifesavers retrieved the body with the use of a jetski this morning. He is believed to be a Byron Bay local but his name has yet to be released.
Man found dead in surf was fully dressed
3/11/2017 The court heard the last confirmed sighting of Ms Metcalfe was at the Lismore Bus Station on November 3, 2017. The following day her belongings, including a wallet with bank cards and a Medicare card, were found scattered on the railway platform at Mullumbimby. That prompted her parents to report their concerns to police at Byron Bay. Counsel assisting the coroner Kirsten Edwards told the court the mother of two "was in a state of psychosis when she went missing" and "She had been diagnosed as schizophrenic, and had no access to her medication.". Police received a call on 29/11 reporting the sighting of the body between Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads.Due to the condition of the corpse the are currently using dental records to identify the individual. A pathologist found no physical injuries or signs of trauma, but could not rule out foul play due to the advanced level of decomposition. There were no signs of drowning, and no trace of drugs in Ms Metcalfe's blood. The court was told no active steps were taken to locate Ms Metcalfe between November 5, when her parents thought they had reported her missing, and November 8 when a missing persons report was actually taken. Ms Edwards told the court there was also no consultation with homicide, the missing persons unit or the media unit about seeking further assistance to investigate Ms Metcalfe's disappearance.
Parents of missing woman felt 'diminished' when Byron Bay Police took no action
31/5/2019 Theo Hayez went missing from Byron Bay
Theo HAYEZ
4/11/2019 Thea Liddle was last seen after she left her boyfriend Jamie Browning's house in Mooball, and last contacted her family on November 4. Her family reported her missing in Jan 2020. Living transiently between Nimbin, Murwillumbah, Brunswick Heads, Byron bay and Mooball, it wsnt unusual to to hear from her for lengths of time.
Her body was discovered in bushlad at Tallows beach, Byron bay on 14 July 2020. (Also Theo Hayez last known location). In June 2021 a house in Nimbin was searched in relation to Theo Hayez, but items of hers were found including clothes, letters and toiletries.
No Cookies | The Courier Mail THEA LIDDLE'S BELONGINGS FOUND INSIDE NIMBIN PROPERTY | NBN News
25/8/2021 Jackson Stackers remains were found at Sleepy Hollow North bound rest stop after his van had been there over a month and ransacked, and his computer, camera and phone were stolen. Someone was trying to sell the van and the buyer contacted the name on the rego papers to check it out, notifying the family something was wrong.
Rest stop mystery: Dad’s hunt for truth
