Coronial inquest begins into 2016 disappearance of Darwin man Richard Roe

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For the first time since Richard Roe’s car was found abandoned on the side of the Stuart Highway in 2016, his family has a chance to hear about his possible fate.

The mystery surrounding the 2016 disappearance of Darwin man Richard Roe is being interrogated at a coronial inquest, which his family hopes will bring closure.

The mystery as to why the former Darwin rugby player and unemployed concreter vanished without a trace has eluded detectives since 2016, and left a large family traumatised. "Richard's family were aware that in the latter part of his life, things were spiralling out of control," Ms Ozolins said. Mr Purtell said Mr Roe had left the phone at his property accidentally but had never returned to retrieve it.

The inquest also heard from Mr Roe's former partner, Margaret Hewitt, with whom he had a tumultuous, occasionally violent relationship, centred around ice use. Another hypothesis raised during the inquest was that Mr Roe had not been murdered, but had become disoriented and wandered into bushland where he died.

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