Second inquest into homicide of three tourists shot dead Mount Isa in 1978 begins

An inquest into the cold case murders of three people travelling across outback Queensland will probe the identity of those seen with the trio almost 50 years ago.

Karen Edwards, 23, Timothy Thomson, 31, and Gordon Twaddle, 22, were found shot dead in bushland at Spear Creek, near Mount Isa, in…