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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Gordon Copeland’s family handed a Post-it note by police with search location, inquest hears

Gordon Copeland is pictured with his first-born son
Gordon Copeland, a 22-year-old Gomeroi man, drowned in the Gwydir River in July 2021. The NSW coroner is investigating his death. Photograph: Supplied by the family & ALS

The family of Gordon Copeland have told an inquest they were given a Post-it note by police with information about where to look, and felt disrespected throughout the “hurtful, heartbreaking” search for their loved one, after the Gomeroi man went missing in a Moree river.

Lesley Fernando, Gordon Copeland’s aunt, gave emotional testimony on Thursday, telling the inquest the Copeland family had waited desperately for information for hours the morning after his disappearance.

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