Coroner rules out foul play in Jayden Penno-Tompsett disappearance after four-day inquest, finding he died on exposure in Far North Queensland

Donna Page
Updated May 7 2021 - 3:21pm, first published 3:04pm
FAMILY: Jayden Penno-Tompsett's aunt Karen Dobell, from left, mother Rachel Penno and aunt Sharelle Harwood leaving Cairns Coroners Court on Friday. Picture: Brian Cassey
FAMILY: Jayden Penno-Tompsett's aunt Karen Dobell, from left, mother Rachel Penno and aunt Sharelle Harwood leaving Cairns Coroners Court on Friday. Picture: Brian Cassey

THE clock started ticking for Jayden Penno-Tompsett the moment he walked off into the scorching heat outside the remote Far North Queensland town of Charters Towers.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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