$1m reward hope in case of missing schoolboy Terry Floyd
THE man who played a vital role in ensuring all future murder rewards are for $1 million has secured one in the case of his missing brother, schoolboy Terry Floyd.
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THE man who played a vital role in ensuring all future murder rewards are for $1 million has secured one in the case of his missing brother.
Victoria Police has increased the reward to solve the 1975 disappearance of schoolboy Terry Floyd from $100,000 to $1 million.
Terry’s brother Daryl Floyd hopes the huge reward will flush out more evidence against the prime suspect, paedophile Raymond Jones, or others who may have been involved.
The Herald Sun revealed in 2010 that Victoria Police considered Jones, 61, was a strong suspect in the abduction and murder of Terry, 12.
Jones was on bail when Terry disappeared on June 28, 1975, and was later convicted of indecently assaulting a boy in a Ballarat toilet and served two years and nine months in jail.
He has told the Herald Sun he was not involved and has nothing to fear from a renewed search for Terry’s body and the continued police interest in him.
Daryl Floyd yesterday said he was delighted when Victoria Police broke the news to him that a $1 million reward had been approved.
“That is a life-changing amount of money,” Mr Floyd said.
“Hopefully it will entice somebody to come forward and reveal what happened to Terry.
“The 40th anniversary of Terry’s disappearance is coming up in a couple of months. It would be great if the $1 million reward results in us solving this and finding his body before then.”
Mr Floyd also revealed recent publicity about Terry’s disappearance had produced information relating to Jones and a possible accomplice and that information has been provided to Victoria Police’s cold case and missing persons squad.
Squad detective Boris Buick yesterday confirmed Mr Jones remained a person of interest in the disappearance of Terry.
“We hope the $1 million reward now being offered will result in us receiving information which will enable us to advance the investigation further,” Sen-Sgt Buick told the Herald Sun.
“We are seeking to flush out any new information and any person of interest, known or not known.”
It was a 2014 Herald Sun article quoting Mr Floyd which moved the then chief commissioner, Ken Lay, to order a review of the force’s rewards system.
Mr Floyd and Peter MacDiarmid, the father of murder victim Sarah MacDiarmid, were quoted in the Herald Sun arguing it was unfair that some cases attracted $1 million rewards, others were set at $100,000 and some didn’t have rewards at all.
Mr Lay told the Herald Sun in June last year he had read the article and agreed that the rewards system was unfair.
His review resulted in the Herald Sun being able to reveal in December last year that all new rewards offered to solve murders in Victoria will be for $1 million.
It also revealed all murder rewards already offered will be reviewed and progressively increased to $1 million.
Terry Floyd disappeared while waiting for a lift from Avoca to his Maryborough home in 1975.
Daryl Floyd is paying for the excavation of an old gold mine near Avoca in the belief his brother’s body may have been dumped there.
Anyone with information on the Terry Floyd case should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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