A $1 million reward is being offered to help solve the murder of a teenage boy shot dead in a botched robbery almost three decades ago.
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Michael 'Billy' Hegedus, 17, died from wounds after being shot twice at his family's roadhouse at Inverell, in north-eastern NSW, on October 23, 1996.
Around $36,000 was stolen from the service station in what police believe was a robbery gone wrong.
Police say the money has never been found.
A $100,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for Billy's death was offered in 1997 and the following year Justin McInerney was charged over the killing.
But after two aborted trials and a hung jury in a third, Mr McInerney was acquitted of murder in a final trial and walked free in 2001.
Following the fourth trial, police said the case was closed and would remain that way unless fresh and compelling evidence emerged.
However, 27 years after the killing police have launched a renewed appeal for information.
Billy's mother Patricia Page and stepfather Phil Page will join police in a public appeal to help solve the murder.
Australian Associated Press
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