DANIEL JAMES MORCOMBE
THE family of teenager Daniel Morcombe has applied to the Queensland coroner for the release of his remains so he can finally be laid to rest.
Daniel's remains were discovered a year ago on Tuesday in bushland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, almost eight years after he disappeared while waiting for a bus in December 2003.
Perth man Brett Peter Cowan, 42, has been charged with murdering the 13-year-old.
Lawyer Peter Boyce on Tuesday said he'd applied to the coroner for the release of Daniel's remains and said the wait had been excruciating for his parents Bruce and Denise Morcombe.
"I haven't seen anyone involved in such a lengthy and delayed process, but there are reasons in this case, largely because of the extent of DNA testing that they did," Mr Boyce told ABC radio.
"It's really a matter now for the decision to be made and that's why the application's been made to the coroner to ask for the release of Daniel's remains."
DANIEL JAMES MORCOMBE
The Morcombe family on Monday turned to Facebook to express their anguish over the delay, saying it felt like Daniel had "been abducted a second time".
"It is inhuman to treat Daniel's remains simply as evidence for a trial," they wrote.
"Reasonable timeframes must be written into state law allowing the forgotten victim's family the right to say goodbye," they said.
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