Alan Leslie Graham was 79 at the time he was last seen in April 2016 at Angepena Station during a prospecting trip to SA's far north, and the state's coroner is now trying to piece together his final movements from witness testimonies.
An abandoned van, the sole of a shoe, and handwritten coordinates are among the clues linked to the mystery disappearance of a prospector in South Australia's outback seven years ago, an inquest has heard.An affidavit-only coronial inquest into his disappearance has begunAlan Leslie Graham, who was 79 at the time, was last seen on April 30, 2016, at Angepena Station — 42 kilometres south-east of Leigh Creek in the northern Flinders Ranges.
Despite that indication, the owner stated, Mr Graham arrived on the following Saturday before advising them that he was travelling to Evans Outstation and then onto an unknown location in search of gold and rocks, and would return later the same day or the next. Continuing their search, the owners eventually found Mr Graham's van abandoned on an isolated track around 20 kilometres from his homestead with two flat tyres and decided to call police, the inquest was told.Testimony from a local police officer who responded to the call and analysed the van stated that the "vehicle was in no way suited to the terrain".
"It was considered a strong possibility that during this walk the deceased had some form of medical episode rendering him unable to move," the affidavit read. "Through the missing person checks it has been established that the deceased hasn't accessed any of his normal personal accounts," the statement read."At this stage his body hasn't been located and the likelihood of recovering his body is extremely low.
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