RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have determined that a body that washed up on a beach three days ago is that of missing Australian Rye Hunt.
Police inspector Elen Souto says forensic tests confirmed the identity.
She said in a statement Saturday that the body was in an advanced stage of decomposition and investigators have not been able to establish the cause of death.
The 25-year-old Hunt went missing in Rio de Janeiro in mid-May.
Hunt’s family confirmed the identification on a Facebook page dedicated to finding him. It asked for the family’s privacy to be respected and said relatives would not be available for comment.
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