It's been a grim start to the new year in Alice Springs after the body of a 19-year-old man was found near a cattle station outside of the town. Police say the death is being treated as suspicious and are calling for dash cam footage to help in the investigation.
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00:00 On the unsealed road from a town in the middle of the desert, a shocking discovery.
00:07 A death that can only be described as an absolute tragedy occurring on the first day in 2024.
00:14 A young man who's passed away, whose family will no longer have him for this year and for every year going forward.
00:20 The man's body was found beyond the end of the sealed section of Undulia Road on an access road to Undulia Station just after 12.30 yesterday afternoon, when a woman driving noticed him and contacted emergency services.
00:37 Police calling on anyone who may have dash cam footage from New Year's Day in and around Alice Springs to help solve this suspicious case.
00:47 Any information will be extremely important to the investigation, every piece will be put together and will obviously be able to assist us in identifying what happened in relation to this young person who's passed away.
00:58 From here in Darwin, a forensic pathologist will travel down to the crime scene east of Alice Springs to establish how the 19 year old died and whether his body was moved at any point.
01:10 Police say they believe the man had only been at the site where he was discovered for a short time.
01:17 We believe he had only been there on that particular location where he was located for a short period of time, but obviously our investigation will be thorough and will examine all lines of inquiry that lead us to his movements in the last number of hours and days leading up to his death.
01:35 The answers to his death and the final moments of his life now under the microscope.
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