Bowen Road
The first attempts of the Jones family to phone in a missing persons report on 11 November 1982 were complicated by red tape. The investigation by Queensland Police only commenced three days later when family members traveled five thousand kilometres to file the report in person. As stated at the inquest, basic inquiries were neglected: for example, police failed to get a report from the hospital on treatment Jones had received prior to his disappearance, and at least one key witness mentioned by the coroner was never interviewed. The family was also left without police assistance when they conducted a door-knock inquiry in the vicinity of the phone booth on Bowen Road, Rosslea, which was the last confirmed whereabouts. Police did not release a composite sketch of a suspect until ten years after they received information about the suspect.