CORONER Jan Bentley has ruled that missing Kyle Coleman did not return to Mount Isa and died at Undilla Station.
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The then 17-year-old has been missing since February 22, 2014 a day after he and his friend James Coleman (no relation) went on a hunting trip to Undilla Station, near Camooweal.
At the time, James Coleman claimed Kyle had come back to Mount Isa with him before leaving in the middle of the night and was never seen again.
However speaking via video link from Cairns, Coroner Bentley said Friday that evidence at the Inquest had show Kyle Coleman died at Undilla Station of an unknown cause on either February 21 and 22.
She said some of his possessions including parts of a watch and a swag were found burned on the Undilla Station property.
She said there was evidence of Kyle's blood on a shotgun James took on the trip.
She said there was no evidence to suggest that the death was anything other than accidental however James Coleman lied about a number of matters to police, friends and family when he returned to Mount Isa on February 22.
The coroner ruled that James Coleman had lied about Kyle Coleman returning with him to Mount Isa, had lied about where they had been on the Undilla property and omitted to tell police he had washed his car on return to Mount Isa.
She said James Coleman committed suicide a few days later rather than admit the truth of his actions.
Coroner Bentley also praised the subsequent police investigation led by Detective Senior Constable Megan Johnston, calling it "thorough”.
Kyle Coleman’s parents Robert and Sonia Coleman were at the Mount Isa courthouse to hear the verdict but neither wished to make any public comment after hearing the verdict.