Overview
- NSW Police released CCTV that shows 18-year-old Rhyce Smith walking on Vesper Street at about 12:30am in December 2025.
- Detectives asked anyone who saw him or knows his movements to contact Temora police on (02) 6973 2860 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
- The case is being run under Strike Force Gracemont, a NSW Police team that brings Riverina detectives together with the State Crime Command Homicide Squad.
- Investigators recovered a firearm linked to the probe and have conducted area canvasses and search warrants, yet no arrests have been made.
- Smith was found on Ashelford Street near Golf Club Road with a gunshot wound to the head, a loss that has shaken the small Temora community.