Sydney family want answers into teen son’s death
It has been 15 years since their son was brutally bashed over the head at a party and the Garriock family want answers.
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The NSW coroner handed down an open finding into the death of slain Sydney teenager Nathan Garriock.
Initially police thought Nathan had died from injuries sustained from the impact of a car, that was driven into a crowd of teenage partygoers, on the night on June 15, 2003.
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But a crime scene investigator discovered Nathan’s footprints on the rear passenger side window of the car, meaning he was alive and well enough to repeatedly kick the window after the car was bogged in a ditch.
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Bill Garriock says he just wants to find out the truth. “We just want to find out what happened so we can close the case and get on with lives, because it’s just open to us, every day, we just don’t have any answers.”
Two months after the gatecrash investigation began, the Garriock family are told by the police they have assigned a senior detective to look into Nathan’s case. A positive step forward for the Garriock family.
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“Oh come forward and give us some information. Whatever small information it is just may make a difference,” says Bill.
“Can you imagine losing one of your children? You’d want to know what happened. You want to know what happened, just come forward.”
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If you know anything about the death of Nathan Garriock, you can make an anonymous phone call to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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