NSW Police launch new search for remains of Colleen Walker-Craig

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There has been a development in the long-running cold case known as the Bowraville murders. New South Wales police have launched a renewed search for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, one of three indigenous children presumed murdered 35 years ago.

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00:00Police divers are searching through silt and sand here in the Nambucca River in the hopes

00:06of finding the remains of Colleen Walker Craig. The 16-year-old was last seen on Bowerville

00:11on Thursday, September 13, 1990. The following day, her family reported her missing, and

00:18her weighted down clothes were later found in the Nambucca River. Today, police say the

00:23fresh search here is about ensuring nothing was missed during the initial investigation

00:28more than three decades ago. It was established that there may have been some gaps in the

00:32search of the river at the time. Investigators say they'll be meeting with Miss Walker Craig's

00:37family today and tomorrow. Police remain hopeful of finding those responsible for the 16-year-old's

00:42death, saying a $1 million reward remains on the table for information that leads to a

00:47conviction or the discovery of Colleen's remains. We can't make any promises that we will get

00:52a result, but we'll do our absolute best to try to do something for the victim's families.

00:56While Colleen has never been found, the New South Wales coroner ruled that she'd most likely

01:01been murdered. The investigation on the state's mid-north coast comes a year after detectives

01:06spent a week in Bowerville appealing for information about Colleen's disappearance. Police will search

01:12a private property in Bowerville tomorrow.

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