Overview
- North East Wales coroner John Gittins delivered the verdict on November 11 after a post‑mortem recorded multiple injuries.
- Friends found Thompson beneath her Mazda on March 11 in Burringbar after she missed a March 10 shift at a pub in nearby Mullumbimby.
- Australian police told the inquest the van probably rolled or slid forward because of the driveway’s incline or wet conditions, with a missed handbrake a possible factor.
- A vehicle examiner reported no mechanical defects in the campervan.
- Officials noted Tropical Cyclone Alfred was affecting the region at the time but said no causal link was established, and her family believe she most likely died on March 8 and still question why she was in front of the vehicle.