Justice for Nathan Booth

Justice for Nathan Booth Nathan Booth was last seen alive in late July 2019. Nathan's remains were found in December of 2019.

Anyone with information regarding Nathan's disaperance or death are encouraged to reach out through this page.

08/05/2025

🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️This past fortnight, our people have witnessed something extraordinary.

Three momentous moments—each born from deep pain, each long fought for—have arrived like waves breaking against the cliff face of injustice.

First: The coroner’s findings into my brother Nathan Booth’s death have finally sent his case back to the homicide team.

Six years of fighting. Nathan's FAMILY and his mothers Rayleen ,Bonnie,Coral and Winnie stood United knowing their (police)investigation had failed him

Now, the door is open—not just for Nathan’s truth, but for every family whose loved one was dismissed too quickly, too carelessly.

Second: The ACT Legislative Assembly, in front of grieving families and community leaders, announced a powerful board of inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody.

They didn’t do this out of kindness. They did it because we demanded it.

Because mothers like Narelle King, Tanya Hall—Charlene Murphy and Julie Tongs From Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services And communities like ours—refused to be silent.

Third: The men who murdered Cassius Turvey, a bright 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, were found guilty.

Cassius’ spirit lives on.

His mother Mechelle and family stood with unimaginable strength.

Justice has now spoken his name.

These wins are not isolated.

They are not accidents.

They’re the result of decades of truth-telling, of protest, of surviving systems designed to silence us.

And while these breakthroughs are so important for the men named—Nathan, Steven Freeman, Tj Dennis, Howard Hall, and Cassius—this isn’t just about them.

It’s about every Aboriginal person who’s ever felt their life didn’t matter in the eyes of the law.

We say: our lives do matter. Our truth does matter. Our justice will be heard.

We are turning the tide. Systems are shifting.

We are unstoppable when we stand together.

To our young people: Let this be your proof—fighting for what’s right is always worth it.

To our old people: Thank you for showing us the way.

To the systems that have failed us: Watch us. We’re just getting started.

This is what Aboriginal power looks like.

Truth. Justice. Accountability. For all our people. Always.

🖤💛❤️
whos murders need to be held accountable Justice for all the women whose stories are shared on the Dying Rose podcasts
and all the young men remembered through his page.

for every member of our mob killed by police or in prisons.

We want justice.

We want truth.

We demand accountability for every life lost.

No more silence. No more stolen lives
🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️🖤💛❤️

08/05/2025

: Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer have been found guilty of the murder of Cassius Turvey.

Mitchell Forth was found guilty of manslaughter, while Aleesha Gilmore was found not guilty of murder or manslaughter.

The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy died in hospital 10 days after he was chased, knocked to the ground and hit with a metal pole in Perth's eastern suburbs in 2022.

FULL DETAILS: https://nine.social/X4p

08/05/2025
03/05/2025

This new Gabby Petitio documentary has my heart hurting, screaming, and crying all at once. Again.

If I say the name Gabby Petito, many of you will know who I am talking about and why.
What about if I say the name Charlene Warrior?

This young (21), Australian woman went missing on September 18 after going to pick her daughter up from her ex-partners house, her phone and purse were found at his house. On October 3rd her body was found, only 20 meters from her last known location (his house) and her death has been deemed as "not suspicious".

Where is the outcry? Where is the national news stories? Where are her front page newspaper photos, social media stories and constant enquiries into her death?

I'm not saying one woman's death is worth more attention than the other. What I am saying is that this happened in our own backyard and we haven't heard boo about it, where is the equality?!

Canberra timesPolice to review Nathan Booth's death after coroner finds 'most likely' causeBy Bageshri SavyasachiApril 3...
30/04/2025

Canberra times

Police to review Nathan Booth's death after coroner finds 'most likely' cause

By Bageshri Savyasachi
April 30 2025 - 1:27pm

This story contains the name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died.

The ACT's Galambany courtroom broke into applause at the end of the coronial inquest into Nathan Booth's death on Wednesday morning.
"It goes back to [the homicide team], and that's what we wanted," his sister, Deanne Booth, told a room of about 40 family members and supporters.

Her words followed coroner Ken Archer's open finding in the case of the 40-year-old's death, who was last seen on June 27, 2019, and whose body was found months later on December 1 at a remote spot on the Murrumbidgee River.

The coroner found Booth most likely died around the time he failed to return home on June 27, 2019 and that it was most likely from hypothermia after his leg became trapped in a rock where he was found.

Although methadone was found in his system, Mr Archer said with certainty it could not have caused death.

The coroner said it "remains unknown" why Booth was in the area and how he came to be there.

He said Booth's final resting place, north of Pine Island and 300 metres off of Canberra's Centenary Trail, was "remote and unwelcoming".

"There's no evidence he entered the river upstream and drifted to where [his body] was found," Mr Archer said. "It's difficult to reach a satisfactory conclusion as to why he would have walked there."

He said the case was now with ACT police's homicide team and that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would conduct a review of Nathan Booth's death.

"They will benefit from [materials provided during] the inquest," Mr Archer said.

Why family believe Nathan was murdered

The coroner said the Booth family had been forced to interpret the cause of Nathan's death, and one rumour stated he was killed by unnamed people whom he had wronged in some way.

In his findings, Mr Archer said there was no evidence - gunshots, knife wounds, or trauma causing bone fracture - to suggest Booth was seriously assaulted before he died.

Speaking outside the ACT courts after the hearing, Deanne Booth told journalists the family still believed her brother was murdered because of the location where his body was found.

She said the clothing Booth wore didn't indicate he had stayed in the area through the night.

"No one dies from a broken leg," she said. "Hypothermia - yes, later on ... but the clothing he wore doesn't tell us that he was down there though at night."

While making his findings, Mr Archer said the Booth family had raised concerns which were brought to the attention of the Chief Coroner Lorraine Walker, the Attorney-General Tara Cheyne and the AFP.

"I can do no more," he said.

Matters of concern

The biggest concern raised by the Booth family related to a voluntary program at The Canberra Hospital's methadone clinic where Nathan regularly went and where he was last seen.

Deanne Booth said if a patient like her brother, who was being administered high doses of methadone, didn't turn up to pick up their doses clinic staff should be allowed to let someone know.

"They can't tell you because of the privacy rules," she said.

She said patient confidentiality stopped nurses from alerting his family, their medical centre or Winnunga Nimmityjah health services that Nathan had missed his regular dose.

"[If] they would've flagged family ... we would've looked for him a lot sooner," she said.

Before the inquest concluded on Wednesday, Mr Archer said a chair that was installed at Pine Island Reserve to commemorate Nathan Booth's life was "desecrated" after the inquest began.

"I'm very sorry that happened," he told people in the courtroom.

He said the Booth family was a resilient and determined group, and thanked them for their "bravery and openness" throughout the "long" process.

Sorry to anyone who couldn’t hear the live today or wasn’t able to be there in person. I just want to let everyone know—...
30/04/2025

Sorry to anyone who couldn’t hear the live today or wasn’t able to be there in person.
I just want to let everyone know—plain and simple—that today in court, we successfully overturned the original ruling of misadventure. It’s now been changed to an open finding, because the coroner could not determine the cause and manner of death.

While the coroner isn’t saying it was murder, it now falls under the category of homicide. And that matters—it’s a significant shift. Our family is incredibly proud and relieved. This wasn’t easy. It took strength, time, and unity to get here, but we can finally say: we did it.

We’ve overturned a ruling, and that’s something very hard to achieve. It’s a huge outcome—not just for our family, but for our whole community and all Aboriginal families across Australia . While there’s sadness, there’s also power and pride in this result.

To all my family who were there, stayed involved, and pushed through every step: I’m beyond proud of you all We made this happen—together.🖤💛❤️

Below is the information to join: Meeting linkhttps://actgov.webex.com/actgov/j.php?MTID=mb966888fd369cb8c2f82a4a6af7fd0...
29/04/2025

Below is the information to join:



Meeting link

https://actgov.webex.com/actgov/j.php?MTID=mb966888fd369cb8c2f82a4a6af7fd077



Meeting number

2652 725 3219



Meeting password

ZJygZS7pd23



Host key

861173



Join by video system

[email protected]



Join by phone

Australia Toll

+61-2-9338-2221



Australia Toll 2

+61-2-9053-7190



Access code

26527253219



Global call-in numbers

https://actgov.webex.com/actgov/globalcallin.php?MTID=m299e6a759bf34bb85bcb4c88851d0de1



Freephone calling restriction

https://cisco.com/go/tollfree-restrictions



Please note the Coroner will hand down his findings at 9:00am. The associate will begin the Webex meeting at 8:30am to allow attendees to join prior to the Court’s commencement and contact the Court regarding any issues that arise.

This article discusses the toll-free restrictions that are enforced by telecommunications carriers.

29/04/2025

If you are attending tomorrow Nathan case will take place in the galambany court room
And we will also have access to the Ngilimadadun family room 🖤💛❤️

Address

Canberra
Canberra, ACT

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Justice for Nathan Booth posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Justice for Nathan Booth:

Share