Homicide detectives have launched a fresh public appeal into the murder of 89-year-old Hugo Benscher at his Gold Coast home in 1992.
On the morning of Sunday, June 21 1992, Hugo was found deceased at his canal-front Paradise Point home.
He was found bound and gagged on the floor, with a head injury.
At the time of Hugo’s murder there were several burglary and home invasion offences in nearby Gold Coast canal estates.
Hugo, inventor of an inflatable ball bladder and valve for sporting equipment, was born in Hamburg in 1903 and immigrated to Australia in 1948.
He lived most of his life in Sydney with his wife and sons, retiring to the Gold Coast in 1986 after his wife died.
During his six years living on the Gold Coast, he was a regular attendee of the Runaway Bay Yacht Club.
Investigators from the Cold Case Investigation Team, with the assistance of the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation
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