Family of Griffith hit and run victim Argen Kuni desperate for answers almost 12 months on
Argen Kuni ibin kam long Australia from Solomon Islands long wok na ibin dai long kar hit and run long rot (Supplied)
In short:
Solomon Islander Argen Kuni was found dead on the side of a Griffith road in April last year.
Police believe he was the victim of a hit and run, but have never been able to identify a car or a driver.
What's next?
A fresh appeal for information has been issued, but Mr Kuni's family says it feels the investigation has been slow and that it has not been kept in the loop.
Almost 12 months since Argen Kuni was found dead on the side of the road in the early hours of the morning his family is still grieving, and desperate for answers.
"If I see his pictures, his photos in my phone, I feel like I'm crying," his sister Margaret Natalie Kuni said.
Ms Kuni, who supports her own family, is now also working as an aged care worker in Australia to support her brother's wife and two young children.
Margaret Kuni is desperate for answers about what happened to her brother. (Supplied: Margaret Kuni)
"It's quite a challenge for me, but because of our upbringing … we care for each other, so I have to do it," she said.
"The wife and the two children, they miss their father so much."
The 36-year-old Solomon Islander was walking to the poultry farm where he worked about 4:30am on Monday, April 28, 2025 when he was the victim of a hit and run, police believe.
But months of investigation has so far failed to lead to any answers.
Police believe Argen Kuni was the victim of a hit and run in Griffith in April 2025. (Supplied: NSW Police)
On Wednesday, Griffith police made a fresh appeal for information and released new CCTV footage of two cars that were in the area at the time they believe he was hit.
Acting Superintendent Commander of Murrumbidgee Police District Tim Clark said the footage was from Watkins Avenue in Griffith, where they believe Mr Kuni was hit.
The car in the footage is blurry, but shows a blue-coloured sedan or hatchback driving with its headlights on along Watkins Avenue in Griffith.
Police have appealed for the driver in that car or anyone else with information to come forward.
CCTV footage released by police shows a car on Watkins Avenue in Griffith around the time of the hit and run. (Supplied: NSW Police)
"Whoever the driver of the vehicle who hit the victim was, would have known they had hit someone or something," Acting Superintendent Commander Clark said.
"There is no timeline; we'll continue to investigate this until every single piece of evidence available is gathered."
Taking 'too long'
Ms Kuni said despite calling police regularly for updates, she feels the investigation has taken too long and communication between police and her family has been poor.
"[The police] never reach back unless I give them a call," she said.
"When I chat with the police officer just recently, I think on Friday, I told him it's almost a year, like he passed last year, and now I give calls and then they say, 'Margaret, you have to wait patiently; we are still following up our investigation.'"
Acting Superintendent Commander Clark said investigating officers were doing what they could.
"We've maintained constant contact with the family, who are overseas and keep them updated in relation to any progress on their investigation," he said.
Argen Kuni's remains were taken back to the Solomon Islands so he could be laid to rest by his family. (Supplied: Margaret Kuni)
"If we are at a point where we're unable to identify a vehicle or driver, the matter would be put before a coroner's court to seek an inquest," he said.
But until then, the family is in limbo.
"I miss my brother so much and I just feel like if they [the police] can reach out and then just let me know what is the fact, what is behind the scene of his death?" she said.
"It's such a shocking incident; it was a shocking death for me."