SA man missing for nearly two months found in shopping centre air-duct
The body of a 23-year-old South Australian man, who had been missing for seven weeks, has been found in an air-duct in south Adelaide.
Dylan Bartlett was last seen at around 9am, on Monday September 9 at his home in Noarlunga Downs, some 30km from Adelaide.
Police were called to Noarlunga Centre at 4.40pm on Monday after a body was found in an air duct in a toilet block, the body was then identified to be Mr Bartlett, according to South Australia Police.
A report is being prepared for the coroner.
It is unclear why Mr Bartlett’s body was in the air duct, however at this time, police are not treating the 23-year-old’s death as suspicious.
#EXCLUSIVE: A police investigation is underway into the bizarre and mysterious death of young southern suburbs man Dylan Bartlett, who had been missing for seven weeks. @R_DAlessandro9 #9News pic.twitter.com/hPjvR7mAst
— Nine News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) October 30, 2019
“I don’t think he was trying to break in, I think he was hiding,” Troy Wiseman, Mr Bartlett’s grief-stricken stepfather told Nine News.
“I’m not entirely sure [why he was in the air-duct].
“The police are doing their investigation to find out why he was there.”
Police will investigate how Mr Bartlett’s body ended up in the air-duct of the building. According to Nine News, the body had been in there for a number of weeks.
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