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242DMNSW - Donald Bruce Mackay

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Name: Donald Bruce Mackay
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 15, 1977
Location Last Seen: Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

Physical Description

Date of Birth: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Gender: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

Mackay, a furniture store owner in the NSW Riverina town of Griffith and a former Liberal candidate in state and federal elections, disappeared after leaving the Hotel Griffith about 6.30pm on July 15, 1977.

His bloodstained car and three spent .22 cartridges were found in the hotel carpark the next day.

Mackay's body was never found.

In 1975, Mackay had tipped off police about a huge marijuana plantation at Coleambally, south of Griffith. Distrustful of local police, Mackay passed on his information to police in Sydney, who raided the plantation.

In April 1986, Victorian hit man James Frederick Bazley was convicted of conspiring to murder Mackay, he claims he was framed. In October, 1984, Gianfranco Tizzone, then 50, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to murder Donald Mackay.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: New South Wales Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 02-9698-7388
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A

Information Source(s)

Melbourne Crime
Unsolved in the News

Admin Notes

Added: 3-30-2008; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr


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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.

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