Unsolved Hit-and-Run: Family Seeks Answers

0:00It's April 9th, from your city to your ears. This is Sydney News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Mark Gregory, a 28-year-old shearer and dad of two, got killed in a hit-and-run back on April 7th, 1991, while walking. Home from a party along Mercer Road in Albany, Western Australia. The driver never came forward, and despite cops cracking the case open several times over the years, they've got zero leads on who did it. Now his family is holding out hope for a fresh police push after a recent review. Police have ramped things up by releasing three anonymous letters that popped up years after the crash, thinking they might hold the key. They're putting out a public call for anyone with info to step up, especially since the town's been buzzing with rumors for decades. The family has dealt with non-stop grief, from random calls by strangers claiming they know the truth, to drunk folks showing up at their door with wild stories. Mark's daughter Casey, who was just two when it happened, even got hassled at work by rumors spreaders, and every tip-off just stirs up more pain, without answers.

1:04Without answers, endays the individuals, appointment-in, past appeals in 2014, 2016, and 2018, built up their hopes but led nowhere, leaving everyone drained from the endless. Chatter in this tight-knit South Coast community. Still, the family clings to that spark of possibility, believing someone in Albany knows would win down, and just needs to speak up before time runs. Out for the ones who need closure most.