Blood discovered in car boot after teen's mystery death Police did not seem interested in key evidence after a teenager's body was found on train tracks, forcing family to investigate, an inquest has been told. AAP · Apr 3, 2025
'Horrible' mistaken identity in train tracks death Police initially wrongly identified the body of an Indigenous teenager, who was mysteriously found dead on rural train tracks 37 years ago, a coroner has heard. AAP · Apr 1, 2025
'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death A friend of Mark Haines was rumoured to be linked to the Indigenous teenager's death soon after his body was found on train tracks, an inquest has been told. AAP · Mar 31, 2025
'We didn't do it': man denies rumours over teen's death A man has rejected "fanciful" rumours that he and his brother were involved in the death of teenager Mark Haines, whose body was found on train tracks in 1988. AAP · Oct 29, 2024
Fresh inquest to launch into historic death of Tamworth teenager Mark Haines The family of Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines, whose body was found on train tracks eight kilometres south of Tamworth in 1988, hope to finally receive some answers after a fresh inquest into his death is announced. ABC News · Feb 17, 2023
Relief as inquest announced 35 years after teen's death The family of Mark Haines, an Indigenous teenager found dead on train tracks near Tamworth, hope a new inquest will bring them justice. AAP · Feb 17, 2023
Mark Haines' family confident of fresh inquest into Tamworth death Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines was found dead eight kilometres south of Tamworth in 1988, and no investigation has yet determined why or how he died. ABC News · Jan 16, 2023