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| Rye Hunt: police investigate 'Australian' seen on Rio island | Rye Hunt: police investigate 'Australian' seen on Rio island |
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| The family of a Tasmanian man missing in Brazil for nearly two weeks are hopeful he has been found alive after a man who had allegedly suffered a “psychotic episode” was discovered on a Rio De Janeiro island. | The family of a Tasmanian man missing in Brazil for nearly two weeks are hopeful he has been found alive after a man who had allegedly suffered a “psychotic episode” was discovered on a Rio De Janeiro island. |
| Rye Hunt, 25, has been missing since 21 May, after he left Rio airport alone in a taxi and booked into a Copacabana apartment. | Rye Hunt, 25, has been missing since 21 May, after he left Rio airport alone in a taxi and booked into a Copacabana apartment. |
| Hopes were raised for his family when police said that the man found on the island had told a local fisherman that he was Australian but his identity had yet to be verified. Local police said the man had apparently swum to Cotunduba Island from the mainland. | Hopes were raised for his family when police said that the man found on the island had told a local fisherman that he was Australian but his identity had yet to be verified. Local police said the man had apparently swum to Cotunduba Island from the mainland. |
| However, the whereabouts of the man had not been established. | However, the whereabouts of the man had not been established. |
| “We are seeing the same reports in the media, that Rye has been found,” his family said in a statement on Thursday. | “We are seeing the same reports in the media, that Rye has been found,” his family said in a statement on Thursday. |
| “We have no confirmation of this. We are hopeful but understandably cautious.” | “We have no confirmation of this. We are hopeful but understandably cautious.” |
| Hunt, who works in the mining industry, disappeared after an argument at the airport with his travelling companion and fellow Australian backpacker, Mitchell Sheppard. | Hunt, who works in the mining industry, disappeared after an argument at the airport with his travelling companion and fellow Australian backpacker, Mitchell Sheppard. |
| Brazilian police were proceeding with caution until the identity of the man found on Cotunduba was confirmed. | Brazilian police were proceeding with caution until the identity of the man found on Cotunduba was confirmed. |
| Australia’s foreign affairs department was working with Brazilian authorities to determine the identity of the man. | Australia’s foreign affairs department was working with Brazilian authorities to determine the identity of the man. |