Police retrieve male body found in search for Gary Tweddle in NSW Blue Mountains
September 03, 2013
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Police have retrieved the body of a man, believed to be in his 20s, from a cliff at Sublime Point near Leura, in the NSW Blue Mountains.
They say the deceased is similar in appearance to Gary Tweddle, the 23-year-old who was last seen in the area more seven weeks ago.
The man's disappearance prompted the biggest search ever conducted in the Blue Mountains.
The body was spotted from an ambulance helicopter yesterday and police abseiled about 25 metres down the cliff face to the site today.
The body was winched to the top of the cliff about 4:00pm.
Superintendent Darryl Jobson says an examination of the area where the body was found will help determine the cause of death.
"It would appear to be misadventure but we're not ruling anything out," he said.
He said earlier that the man was similar in appearance to Mr Tweddle.
"What we need to do is go through our formal identification processes to make sure we identify the right male and making sure that we're notifying the right next of kin," he said.
"At an appropriate time we'll be able to convey to you to the identify of the male."
