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Body found near Byron in search for missing man

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A body believed to be that of a man reported missing last week has been found, police on the weekend said.

Tweed/Byron Police District officers say they started investigating the whereabouts of a 49-year-old man on Thursday 14 March.

He’d been reported missing from Elanora in Queensland, with his vehicle found abandoned at Ewingsdale on Wednesday 13 March.

A man’s body was found about 12.20pm Saturday 16 March near a railway bridge at Tyagarah.

Police on the weekend were yet to formally identify the body but said they believed it was that of the missing man.

A report was to be prepared for the Coroner.

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