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Police investigating the disappearance of Belgian teenager Theo Hayez have revealed their main theory for his disappearance was that he tried to climb the cliffs at a beach, fell and was swept out to sea.
Kellie Edwards, the counsel assisting the inquest into the missing 18-year-old told the NSW Coroners Court in Byron Bay the coronial investigation has found no evidence he was reckless, engaged in dangerous physical activity, or was particularly interested in alcohol or drugs.
It comes as the inquest heard Hayez was ejected from a bar in the holiday town without a chance to tell his friends on the night he vanished two years ago.
Theo was near the end of a backpacking trip around Australia when he went missing on the night of May 31, 2019.
His remains have never been found, nor have his phone or clothes. A hat he was wearing was found in bushland on the route he walked after being kicked out of the Cheeky Monkey's bar.
Theo Hayez vanished in Byron Bay, NSW, two years ago
Ms Edwards told the NSW Coroners Court that police's working theory is he tried to climb cliffs at Cosy Corner beach, fell and was swept out to sea.
