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Troy Hugh Forsyth
1971 - 1987

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• Birth	c. 1971
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Mar 1987	ACT
  Person ID	I235	Forsyths of Hamilton Victoria
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Julian Douglass Forsyth,   d. 6 Jun 1994
  Mother	Barbara Macfarlane
  Married	3 Jan 1959	St Andrews, Canberra, ACT
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Canberra Times Saturday 29 October 1988 p 3 Troy Hugh Forsyth, 17. $15,000 reward offered for help in tracking hit-and-run panel van By KATHRYN WHITFIELD, Polico Reporter For (he first time in the ACT, police have offered a reward for information about a motor-vehi cle accident. The $15,000 reward was posted yesterday by the Austra lian Federal Police for informa tion about a hit-and-run incident in Deakin last year. Troy Hugh Forsyth, 17, of Deakin, was knocked down and killed by a vehicle as he crossed Kent Street at about 1.15am on Sunday, March 1. Troy's mother, Mrs Valerie Forsyth, said she was still uncer tain as to whether her son's death had been the result of an accident or a deliberate act. "I could not rest until I know that all that could be done has been done to find the truth," she said yesterday. Troy had been walking beside the road in Kent Street with three other youths after attend ing an 18th-birthday party at the Deakin Soccer Club. It is believed that he broke away from his friends, crossed to a median strip, and appeared to stumble before stepping on to the north-bound lane of Kent Street, opposite the Deakin telephone exchange, where he was struck by the vehicle. He suffered internal injuries and died shortly after. The panel van is believed to A 1977-78 Holden HZ panel van, similar to the one being sought by police, rami cnips have identified the colour of the vehicle as Caribbean Turquoise. Help A 1977-78 Holden HZ panel van, similar to the one being sought by police, rami cnips have identified the colour of the vehicle as Caribbean Turquoise. have had accident damage 10 us right-hand-side panels. Paint chips found near the body had been analysed and found to have been from an 1977-78 "Caribbean Turquoise" Holden HZ panel van. Only 186 HZ panel vans with that particu lar colour have been manufac tured and distributed around Australia. An interstate search for the panel vans followed and the NSW police were asked to trace, using engine numbers, the SO panel vans distributed in the state. Sergeant Bill Hourigan, who is in charge of the hit-and-run investigation, said police had been able to locate only about half of 186 panel vans in the 19 months since the incident. Police had looked for the pan el vans in all states and in the Northern Territory and thought the remainder of the vans might have been "written off" in acci dents or remained unregistered and difficult to locate. The panel van is not the only lead the police have and, though they do not "suspect anybody", there are "certain persons" the police want to talk to in relation to the incident. Mrs Forsyth said every fore seeable avenue to gain informa tion had been explored and the posting of a reward was a final appeal to the public. "Obviously there is the ele ment that know something but nave noi came lutnuu, sue said. "I see [the reward) as the final move. I feel now that I have to accept that all has been done that could be done." The three youths who wit nessed the incident gave similar accounts of it to the police. They later underwent hypnotherapy in an attempt to find the licence plate number, but they gave dif ferent answers. Sergeant Hourigan said he be lieved it had been the first time hypnotherapy had been used to aid an investigation in the ACT and the first time a reward had been offered for information re garding a motor-vehicle accident. A reward of up to $15,000 would be paid to any person who *was able to supply information leading to the identification of the driver or owner of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run. The reward would remain in force for 12 months and would be paid at the discretion of the Commissioner of the AFP. "It is the law of money, rather than conscience, that may bring people forward [with informa tion!," he said. "(Despite the 12 month limit] the case will never be closed. Accident-squad mem bers are still pulling the vehicles over and checking them out." He said any information sup plied to the police would be treated as confidential. Any person with information can contact the police on 49 7444. Mrs Valerie Forsyth at a press conference yesterday.