Human remains discovered in sand dunes near a Sydney beach have been identified as individuals of a butcher who disappeared in suspicious circumstances extra than 3 a long time in the past.
Paul Norton was last viewed on 9 April 1989, following investing the day with his sons at Leichhardt Oval observing the Balmain Tigers play the Parramatta Eels. The 31-12 months-previous was described lacking by his girlfriend on 14 April.
Norton’s car or truck – a blue 1981 Commodore sedan – was located months afterwards at a auto rental facility at Sydney airport’s domestic terminal.
A 1996 inquest determined it was most probable Norton’s loss of life was a outcome of murder, enthusiastic by his involvement in the drug trade.
Human remains found at Kurnell south of Sydney in October 2007 ended up formally identified as belonging to Norton in 2019.
The location was lengthy rumoured to be a dumping floor for bodies following underworld killings carried out through the 1970s and 80s.
Investigators used DNA know-how including familial samples to detect the continues to be.
Detectives are appealing for anybody with information and facts about Norton or his loss of life to contact police.
“Initial observations by strike force detectives have drawn hyperlinks between the suspicious disappearance and probable murder of Mr Norton and a sequence of underworld killings in Sydney in the 80s,” NSW police stated on Monday.