Wife and detectives appeal for more information on suspicious death

Ouyen police are appealing to the public on for information. Picture: Supplied
Lochlainn Heley

POLICE have appealed for public help in their investigation of the shooting death of an Ouyen man who was found in a makeshift grave on his rural property last week. Sixty-five-year-old Richard Wills “clearly met with foul play”, according to police, who added there was evidence that his body had been dragged behind a vehicle […]

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