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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Marion Barter inquest findings: coroner criticises NSW police, says former lover ‘does indeed know more’

Photo of Marion Barter in album
A coronial inquest into missing Gold Coast school teacher Marion Barter began in 2021 after the 2019 podcast The Lady Vanishes became a global hit. Photograph: David Maurice Smith/Oculi

The New South Wales police investigation into missing woman Marion Barter has been deemed inadequate by the state coroner, who said police failures had resulted in the case remaining unsolved for nearly 27 years.

The Gold Coast woman was last seen on 22 June 1997 by a friend at a bus depot in Southport.

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