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| Rye Hunt: Julie Bishop confirms body is that of Australian man missing in Brazil | Rye Hunt: Julie Bishop confirms body is that of Australian man missing in Brazil |
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| The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed that the body of a man found washed up on a Brazil beach is that of Rye Hunt, the Australian man who has been missing since 21 May. | The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed that the body of a man found washed up on a Brazil beach is that of Rye Hunt, the Australian man who has been missing since 21 May. |
| On Thursday, Australian authorities had told the family a body, which appeared to have come from the water, was found in Marica, a municipality about 25km from Rio de Janeiro. | On Thursday, Australian authorities had told the family a body, which appeared to have come from the water, was found in Marica, a municipality about 25km from Rio de Janeiro. |
| Hunt went missing when he separated from his travelling companion Mitchell Sheppard following an argument after the two had taken what is suspected to be a highly potent hallucinogen known as NBOMe. | Hunt went missing when he separated from his travelling companion Mitchell Sheppard following an argument after the two had taken what is suspected to be a highly potent hallucinogen known as NBOMe. |
| Related: Search for Rye Hunt: body spotted off Rio coast, say Brazil police | |
| Bishop said the Australian government would work with the family to provide whatever support was possible. | |
| “We will continue to work with the Brazilian authorities to determine how this death came about,” she told reporters in Melbourne on Saturday. |