A WITNESS at the inquest into the disappearance of hitchhiker Tony Jones said he saw Jones a day earlier in Hughenden.
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Stephen Cox was working in town at the time when he said he picked up a hitchhiker who said he was on his way to meet his friend Tony at the Hughenden post office.
Mr Cox said he dropped the man off in town before seeing him again the next day with another young man.
Mr Cox later recognised this second man as Tony Jones after seeing newspaper articles with photos of the missing hitchhiker.
Convicted killer Andy Albury also gave evidence briefly from a NT prison and admitted he knew who Jones was before hanging up saying the court had no jurisdiction over him.
The then 20-year-old Tony Jones of Perth in Western Australia, disappeared while hitchhiking between Townsville and Mount Isa in November 1982.
An inquest in 2002 found he had been the victim of a homicide on November 3, 1982, committed by an unknown person or persons.
A family review of inquest documents in 2007 unearthed many neglected leads and after petitioning the state government, a second inquest was ordered in Townsville.
The inquest continues.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
