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Andrew Stafford

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Joanne Butterfield went missing in far north Queensland in 1998 after hitchhiking south. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE)

Two men may have been involved in the death of a mother who went missing while hitchhiking almost 30 years ago, a coroner has heard.

Anonymous tip-offs have "pointed the finger" at the unnamed duo who are set to give evidence at a second inquest probing Joanne Butterfield's 1998 disappearance, the court was told.

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