The Victorian state government has donated $35,000 to the family of a boy missing for almost 50 years as loved ones make one final push for the recovery of his remains.
Terry Floyd was last seen leaning against a white post on the Pyrenees Highway, between Avoca and Maryborough in northwestern Victoria, on the evening of June 28, 1975.
According to the Terry Floyd Foundation, the 12-year-old left the Avoca Post Office about 4.45pm, with a fawn-coloured panel van seen pulling up beside him roughly 15 minutes later.
In 2001, a coroner found that Terry had been murdered; however, his remains have never been found and no one has been charged over his disappearance.
Terry’s brother, Daryl Floyd, has never given up hope of finding his brother, who he believes is buried somewhere in the Morning Star mine at Bung Bong Hill.
The state government donation is to help with the family’s continued search of the mine site.
The $35,000 recently committed by the state government takes the total dedicated to the effort of finding Terry to $145,000, while a $1m reward from Victoria Police remains in place for anyone with information that could solve his disappearance.
Last year, it was reported that cadaver dogs from Sydney showed “significant interest” in the Morning Star mine, which is 150 years old and 50m deep.
The search also found a knife at the mine dated to the time of Terry’s disappearance.
According to the Terry Floyd Foundation, a known pedophile was leaving Avoca and travelling to the town of Maryborough at the time of the disappearance.
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