State Government gives $50k to resume grim search for murdered schoolboy Terry Floyd’s body
THE grim search for the body of murdered schoolboy Terry Floyd will resume this week thanks to a financial windfall from the State Government.
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THE grim search for the body of murdered schoolboy Terry Floyd will resume this week thanks to a financial windfall from the State Government.
Premier Daniel Andrews recently told Terry’s brother, Daryl, the State Government would contribute $50,000 towards the cost of excavating the old gold mine Daryl believes his brother was dumped in more than 40 years ago.
“The Floyd family has endured decades of unimaginable anguish and grief — searching for answers and the body of their beloved son and brother, Terry,” Mr Andrews said yesterday.
“I know I speak for all Victorians when I say we are behind Daryl and his family in their pursuit of justice.”
Daryl Floyd yesterday said he was moved to tears when he heard about the $50,000.
“Mr Andrews told me he has been following Terry’s case over the past few years.
“I got a bit emotional while we were talking, Mr Andrews encouraged me to keep searching and said he hoped the money would help provide answers and lead to Terry’s remains being found so he can be brought home for a proper burial.”
Twelve year old Terry Floyd disappeared while waiting for a lift from Avoca to his home in Maryborough in 1975, and police believe he was abducted and murdered.
Daryl Floyd started excavating the filled-in mine near Avoca in 2010, but lack of funding has forced him to abandon the dig several times since then.
His belief that Terry’s body was thrown down the mine is based largely on evidence he has gathered himself during decades of investigative work.
Mr Floyd, who was 10 when his older brother disappeared, has so far spent more than $120,000 of his own money on the mine excavation.
The search has also eaten up the $50,000 Victoria Police provided in 2010 and the $25,000 the then Police Minister Peter Ryan donated a year later.
Convicted paedophile Raymond Kenneth Jones is a suspect for kidnapping and killing Terry Floyd, but police don’t have enough evidence to charge him.
Finding Terry’s body might provide valuable new leads which could enable charges to be laid.
The Herald Sun spoke to Jones in a small town near Mildura.
He insisted he wasn’t involved in Terry’s disappearance and had nothing to fear from the search for Terry’s body.
Victoria Police has increased the reward offered for information which solves the 1975 disappearance of Terry Floyd from $100,000 to $1 million.
Anyone with information on the case should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au