00:00Nathan Booth's family has endured a long wait for answers.
00:07Even the coroner described the police investigation as not satisfactorily advanced,
00:13all made worse by rumours he'd been murdered.
00:16Police identified 23 separate suggestions.
00:20When they did investigate, they interviewed those who were named,
00:24but with no result ahead of the inquest.
00:27Our family still stands united, and our community still stands united,
00:30that Nathan was murdered here in the ACT, and nothing's been done about it.
00:34Coroner Ken Archer found Mr Booth had died of hypothermia in the Murrumbidgee River
00:40near Pine Island in mid-2019, six months before he was found.
00:45But Mr Archer stopped short of saying how Mr Booth ended up in such an isolated place.
00:51The inquest heard that no alarms were raised when Mr Booth missed appointments
00:55at the methadone clinic.
00:57Today his family suggested clinic confidentiality rules should be eased in such cases.
01:02Because it's a voluntary program, they don't let anyone else know,
01:05and I said we wanted that change.
01:07The inquest also broke new ground as part of a pilot to engage families more closely.
01:13But then the coroner made an effort to speak to them,
01:17give them an opportunity to voice their concern and make them part of the process.
01:22And that paved the way to healing.
01:25Perhaps the best endorsement was from Mr Booth's mother.
01:29I want to thank the coroner for his findings and for being there to support us as well.
01:36Nathan Booth's family says they hope the program will continue so other families can also benefit.
01:43the benefit.
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