An outback murder mystery: what happened to Ray and Jennie Kehlet?

Ray and Jennie Kehlet never returned from their adventure in the WA Outback, looking for a $3 million gold reef. What happened?

What happened to Ray and Jennie Kehlet? The much-loved Aussie couple took off on a trip straight out of the Australian dream, camping in the WA outback and searching for gold. It became a nightmare for their families when Ray and Jennie didn’t come home. Ray’s body was found later at the bottom of a mine shaft.

His death was ruled a homicide but no one can say who murdered him. Jennie is still missing and, to make matters more complicated, there was a third person at the scene. Seven years on, the couple’s loved ones are still desperate for answers, as Caroline Overington reports in her gripping cover story. Unsolved crimes can indeed be cracked. Just look at the Lynn Dawson case, made famous by The Australian’s podcast Teacher’s Pet, to see the power in telling the stories of those who have fallen silent.