Share Share on Twitter A human jawbone that washed up on a northern New South Wales beach in 2011 has now been linked to a man who disappeared at sea more than forty years ago. New technology allowed police to make the genetic link, finally providing closure for the family. READ MORE William "Bill" Moran and his wife Philippa died when wild weather caused their boat to sink in northern New South Wales, off Evans Head in 1979. Phillipa's body was found washed up on Kingscliff beach several days later, but her husband's body was never found. Thirty two years later on the same beach and on the same date the boat sank - a jawbone was found on the shore.