Crispin Dye died on Christmas Day, a day after he was attacked while celebrating in Sydney.
Dye died on Christmas Day 1993, aged 41, a day after he was attacked near Oxford St in the inner-city suburb of Darlinghurst, where he had been celebrating the release of his debut solo album.A 1995 inquest failed to shed light on the case, and a $100,000 reward also led nowhere.
At the direction of the inquiry, five items of clothing — including Dye’s jeans and shirt — were submitted for analysis.In July, blood on the jeans back pocket was found to contain DNA from an unknown male that matched a profile obtained from another crime scene. However, the inquiry was unable to draw any conclusions about what, if any, role the person played in Dye’s death, based on publicly available information.“It is plainly unsatisfactory that this evidence has lain untouched for nearly 30 years without being found or subjected to testing,” O’Brien said.
Some of Dye’s friends believed the attack was a hate crime, but police investigating did not classify it as such because it took place in a known robbery hot-spot.
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