The 1999 disappearance of a woman who had various aliases and ran questionable businesses has been referred to NSW's unsolved homicide squad.
Judith Young was last seen unloading a mare at her home in Gunningbland, near Parkes, in central NSW on December 5, 1999.
NSW Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund found on Thursday that on the balance of probabilities she died sometime after that date and her death was suspicious.
Ms Young, the inquest heard, married her husband Phillip Young in 1996 and had a number of extra-marital affairs.
By the time of her disappearance she was also known by a number of names, including Judith Henry, Judith Boland and Judy Davis.
Her business ventures were also many and varied, with Ms Young selling horses, railway sleepers, second-hand furniture and raffle tickets and managing several country music bands.
"Unfortunately, it seems that many of Ms Young's `business' interests and dealings were unsuccessful and some of them could be described as less than honest, even fraudulent," Ms Freund said.
"It is evident that she always owed money and at the time of her disappearance many of her debts remained unpaid."
She noted her husband, however, was not involved with these.
Despite going missing in 1999, her disappearance was not reported until 2001.
Ms Freund said there were "troubling aspects" to the evidence Mr Young provided to police.
He had told police he spoke on the phone to his wife on at least six occasions after she left and apparently wanted to move to Queensland.
But Ms Freund said some of his testimony about his wife's disappearance did not sit with other evidence.
The coroner made an open finding about the manner and cause of Mr Young's death and referred it to police.
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