POLICE FAILURE TO SEARCH BOWEN TIP FOR RACHEL ANTONIO'S BODY WAS INEXPLICABLE

Let no stone be unturned in the quest to discover the truth, to separate evidence from speculation, and ultimately, to solve a mystery like the disappearance of  Rachel Antonio 18 years ago.


You would think without fail that analogy would be what police detectives would be thinking and applying with any investigation they undertake.

Be it to do with a missing person, homicide, drug trafficking, road rage, you name it. Evidence just doesn't fall into the laps of police.


As the Murphys Creek murders and Sharron Phillips cold cases in Queensland prove, a haphazard police investigation in the beginning can forever compromise the investigation.


Which is why every single "tipoff" from any member of the public, no matter how irrelevant or insignificant it might seem to police at the time, has to be followed up at least to the point of confirming if it's for real or not.

Police are supposed to only deal with evidence and facts, but when you are talking about any missing person and homicide cold case, they have to treat hypothetical scenarios with respect, and not ignore any information provided by a member of the public which falls into that category.


Rachel Antonio's family for 18 years has had every right to question why police failed to search the Bowen tip in the days and months following her disappearance. It would seem to have been inexplicable why they never did.