BIKER NEWS: Cold Case Files: Bikie gang linked to unsolved murder of Earl Mooring

BN- A TRUCKLOAD of money and the passage of almost 15 years has not been enough to bring justice to the family of Earl Mooring.

Police believe the reason for that is simple.

They think those with the knowledge to give them a result are afraid of one of the world’s most notorious motorcycle gangs, or have lied to save their own skins.

The feared Bandidos bikie gang has been linked to the crime. Source: News Limited

Investigators suspect naked greed was at the root of the awful demise of Mr Mooring, who was tortured and murdered before his body was dumped in rural New South Wales.

The father-of-four thought he was saving for his future by squirrelling away $120,000 in cash at his home at Norlane, a suburb of Geelong.

Instead, he said too much to someone he thought he could trust and the nest egg became a death sentence.

It is likely the wrong people knew of the cache well before the 54-year-old Spirit of Tasmania security guard was murdered.

Months prior to his disappearance, there was evidence someone had broken in and tried to find the loot.

Mr Mooring would have been better off had they found what they were looking for.

In October 2000, he received a phone call from his girlfriend asking him to visit her home in another Geelong suburb, Whittington.

A huge cash stash is believed to have motivated Mooring’s murder. Now even more money has been offered to solve the crime. Source: News Corp Australia

The request precipitated a marathon ordeal of violence and torture.

Mr Mooring was bashed with a hammer, most likely outside the house.

He is believed to have then been driven to another property where, detectives were told, the immobile victim was tied up and placed on a tarpaulin.

Mr Mooring’s car — a 1996 red Nissan Micra Coupe, registration NTD-626 has never been found. Police believe the car was used to move Mr Mooring’s body. Source: News Corp Australia

It is likely the killers had worn no disguises, meaning they felt Mr Mooring had to go or they would be implicated.

A Bandido bikie who was at the house then kicked the victim before he was tossed into the boot of his Nissan coupe.

Mr Mooring’s ATM card was then used seven times in the subsequent days along the east coast of Australia.

Ex-Bandido Steve Utah is now in hiding after blowing the whistle on the gang. Source: Supplied

His body was found much later near Goulburn, south of Sydney, after former Bandido Steve Utah led them to the scene.

At a later inquest, Victorian State Coroner Jennifer Coate said “fear of reprisals’’ was impeding the police inquiry.

She could offer the family no answers as it tried to deal with the most “awful circumstances’’.

“These proceedings must feel like an inadequate end to the years of waiting for answers,’’ she said.

There is a $500,000 reward in place for anyone able to help find Mr Mooring’s killer.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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