Reward Offered in Bid to Crack Decades-Old Cold Case

‘Almost 31 years after my father’s death, it would mean everything to know what happened and have some closure.’

Police in Queensland, Australia on June 7, 2020. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

A A$500,000 (US$334,440) reward has been offered to help solve the suspected murder of a 71-year-old north Queensland man last seen more than 30 years ago.

Leslie Ralph Ball lived with family at Townsville but was buying a property, with settlement due on April 19, 1993.