Chris Dawson Is On The Way To Sydney To Be Charged

Chris Dawson is now on his way to Sydney where he will be charged for the murder of Sydney mother, Lynette Dawson.

Dawson, a 70-year-old one-time rugby league player, has been seen boarding a Qantas plane in the Gold Coast escorted by police.

He faced an extradition hearing on Wednesday,

Once back in NSW, detectives will begin the process of charging him with murder before he is brought before a Sydney court.

Fresh statements from at least two witnesses led to Dawson's arrest on the Gold Coast on Wednesday following the disappearance of his wife in early 1982.

The new evidence helped police "tie pieces of the puzzle together", NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said.

Some of the additional material surfaced as a result of true crime podcast, The Teacher's Pet.

Mrs Dawson was 33 when she went missing in January 1982 leaving behind two young daughters.

Detectives from the NSW homicide squad began reinvestigating her suspected murder in 2015 and sent a brief of evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions in April this year.

"There was additional evidence that was identified and that has seen the DPP make a positive decision in prosecuting an individual for the murder of Lynette Dawson," Mr Fuller said.

"Statements from witnesses helped us tie pieces of the puzzle together."

Dawson, a Newtown rugby league player in the early 1970s, has long been a suspect in the case but denies any involvement in his wife's disappearance.