Murder of Mima McKim-Hill
[9] An inquest into McKim-Hill's murder commenced on 6 November 1967 and concluded on 16 January 1968, during which time 26 witnesses gave evidence and a solicitor for the victim's family named a German truck driver as a "suspect".[7] Although now based in Perth, McKim-Hill's friend and former colleague Shirley Eldridge contacted Rockhampton's local newspaper The Morning Bulletin in 2007 near the 40th anniversary of the murder.[1][4] In March 2008, after lobbying from Eldridge and retired Fire and Rescue Officer Trevor Sorenson, the Queensland Police Service agreed to reopen the cold case investigation.[1][11][15] Eldridge and Sorenson have both said that the truck driver had been driving a two-tone green Leyland Beaver forward-control Prime Mover for Mayne Nickless, towing a trailer of tallow which was being transported to Sydney from the meatworks at Nerimbera.[11][17][18] It was reported that he had also worked for Mayne Nickless and had reached out to the Queensland Police Service Cold Case Unit in March 2017 with potentially crucial evidence relating to the sighting of the suspect's abandoned vehicle about the time of the murder, but it wasn't until September 2018 that he was approached by investigators for information.