Police reward tripled for cold case murders of Bowraville children

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned the following article contains images of deceased persons.

The reward for information into the murders of three Aboriginal children in 1990 has been effectively tripled by NSW Police.

A $1 million reward for information had been offered in 2020 for anyone who could help solve the murders of Evelyn Greenup, 4, Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, and Colleen Walker-Craig, 16.

Now NSW Police are offering $1 million for each murder.

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Despite now offering separate rewards, police have long believed the three deaths are at the hands of the same killer.

The three all went missing within a five-month period from Bowraville on the NSW Mid North Coast.

A man was put on trial for the murders of Evelyn and Clinton but was acquitted.

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He was also a suspect in the disappearance of Colleen, whose body has never been found, but he was never charged.

The man cannot be named for legal reasons.

In 2018 the Attorney-General appealed the decision and called for a new trial.

But despite putting forward "fresh and compelling evidence", the appeals court ruled against another trial, citing double jeopardy laws.