DISAPPEARANCE OF A BELGIAN IN AUSTRALIA – Reward of 500,000 dollars as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Théo Hayez

(Belga) Australian police are promising a reward of 500,000 dollars (319,000 euros) for information that could help solve the mystery of the disappearance of the young Belgian traveler, Théo Hayez, in 2019, in the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay, on the east coast of Australia.

Acting local police commander Brendon Cullen says police have exhausted most avenues in their investigation into the disappearance: “The reward is on offer, because there is a gap to be filled in what we know,” between what happened when Théo Hayez left the Cheeky Monkey nightclub and a beach where his phone was last detected, the night of May 31 to June 1, 2019. “If anyone has this information, there is certainly an incentive to come forward”, encouraged Mr. Cullen, quoted by the ABC public media, in reference to the 500,000 Australian dollars, made available by the police and the government of the State of New Wales. South where the seaside resort of Byron Bay is located. This reward was part of the requests of the relatives of the disappeared to advance the investigation. A dozen days of hearings as part of the New South Wales coroner’s inquest (“coronial inquest”) last December did not yield conclusive evidence to shed light on the circumstances of the young man’s disappearance. An 18-year-old from Brussels at the time. The police theory is that he got lost and fell overboard, while the missing man’s family maintains he was likely to have been accompanied that night. (Belga)

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