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Police regard deaths of two people found in sand dunes as suspicious Police regard deaths of two people found in sand dunes as suspicious
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The The bodies are yet to be identified but police say it is is “certainly possible” that they are missing father and daughter Greg Hutchings and Eeva Hutchings-Dorendahl.
bodies are yet to be identified but police say it is is “certainly On Tuesday police officers from Tweed Byron local area command and the state emergency service (SES) began a land search for the pair north of Mooball Creek along sand dunes near the beach and north of the Pottsville township along sand dunes towards Hastings Point.
possible” that they are missing father and daughter Greg Hutchings and
Eeva Hutchings-Dorendahl.
On
Tuesday police officers from Tweed Byron local area command and the
state emergency service (SES) began a land search for the pair north
of Mooball Creek along sand dunes near the beach and north of the
Pottsville township along sand dunes towards Hastings Point.
An SES volunteer found the bodies “secreted” under a tree in coastal scrubland.An SES volunteer found the bodies “secreted” under a tree in coastal scrubland.
“We “We believe that they have been there some time,” said detective superintendent Stuart Wilkins on Tuesday. “It is quite obvious that they have been deceased for a considerable amount of time.
believe that they have been there some time,” said detective “We are unable at this time to identify these bodies but it is certainly possible that they are our missing persons, the male, Greg, and the young girl, Eeva,” said Wilkins.
superintendent Stuart Wilkins on Tuesday. “It is quite obvious that they “Investigators are treating the incident as suspicious and pursuing numerous lines of inquiry,” a spokeswoman for NSW police told Guardian Australia.
have been deceased for a considerable amount of time.
“We
are unable at this time to identify these bodies but it is certainly
possible that they are our missing persons, the male, Greg, and the
young girl, Eeva,” said Wilkins.
“Investigators
are treating the incident as suspicious and pursuing numerous lines of
inquiry,” a spokeswoman for NSW police told Guardian Australia.
Family members were notified of the discovery.Family members were notified of the discovery.
Authorities Authorities have been searching for Hutchings, 35, and his four-year-old daughter for more than two weeks after the pair failed to arrive at a meeting with Eeva’s mother, Michelle Dorendahl, on 11 January.
have been searching for Hutchings, 35, and his four-year-old daughter Eeva had been staying with Hutchings for the previous two weeks on an access visit, Fairfax reports. Hutchings and Dorendahl were reportedly locked in a custody dispute after Hutchings learned Eeva had been issued with a Finnish passport.
for more than two weeks after the pair failed to arrive at a meeting
with Eeva’s mother, Michelle Dorendahl, on 11 January.
Eeva had been staying with Hutchings for the previous two weeks on an access visit, Fairfax reports.
Hutchings and Dorendahl were reportedly locked in a custody dispute
after Hutchings learned Eeva had been issued with a Finnish passport.
Two crime scenes have been established, one at the site where the bodies were located and another where clothes were found.Two crime scenes have been established, one at the site where the bodies were located and another where clothes were found.
Police are preparing a report for the coroner.Police are preparing a report for the coroner.