The body of a young Queensland man who mysteriously died in Bali was returned to Australia without his heart, leaving his family desperate for answers and raising concerns about the integrity of Indonesia’s repatriation processes.

Byron Haddow, 23, was found dead in the plunge pool of his Bali villa on May 26.

The FIFO worker from Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, had been on holiday in the Indonesian province after a long stint of work.

His body was returned to Queensland nearly four weeks after it was found.

His family’s push for a thorough investigation into his death had led in part to the delay in repatriating his remains.

But the removal of his heart was only discovered by chance when a second autopsy was conducted in Brisbane.

Two days before his funeral, Haddow’s family

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