WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story contains the name and image of someone who has passed away.
For almost 40 years, the family of Mark Haines have been waiting for answers about the teenager’s death on train tracks near Tamworth in northern New South Wales.
Now a second inquest into the cold case has revealed disturbing new insights.
The state’s deputy coroner has called it a “highly suspicious and baffling” case marred by a “deeply flawed” police investigation affected by entrenched racism.
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