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17 August 2026

Court hears boy who died sleeping rough in skip bin was missing for days

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Court hears boy who died sleeping rough in skip bin was missing for days

An inquest hears harrowing details about the death of a boy who had been sleeping rough in an industrial skip bin at Port Lincoln. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

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