Coroner finds missing woman’s former lover, Ric Blum, lied and deceived inquest, but does not recommend charges against him
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The NSW police investigation into missing woman Marion Barter has been deemed inadequate by the state coroner, who said police failures had resulted in the case remaining unsolved for nearly 27 years.
Gold Coast woman, Marion Barter, was last seen on 22 June, 1997 by a friend at a bus depot in Southport.
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