Sunday, 24 June 2018 - 10:40am |
Waikato

Body located in Coromandel

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Police have located a body in the Coromandel bush.

The body was found on the Castle Rock Track yesterday afternoon during a search for missing 37-year-old Shannon Earle Makowharemahihi.

Mr Makowharemahihi, from Coromandel, was last seen on 1 June. He was known to go into the bush to meditate.

Police are today working to remove the body from the track so a formal identification process can take place.

The death is not being treated as suspicious. 

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Issued by Police Media Centre