A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the death of a teenager in southwest Sydney. The 15-year-old boy’s body was found on the side of the road in Wilton this morning. He had been camping in the area with friends the previous night. Police are treating his death as suspicious.
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00:00A boy's body lies in the grass on the edge of bushland, surrounded by yellow crime scene
00:07markers leading back to the road, as his family learns the tragic news.
00:12The family and the wider circle of friends will be doing it tough this afternoon as they
00:16go through this process.
00:17Police will continue to support them as we try to get to the bottom of actually what's
00:20happened.
00:21The 15-year-old was found in Wilton just before 7.30 this morning, police closing off the
00:26road in both directions as forensic officers gathered evidence.
00:30Detectives believe his death is suspicious, but haven't yet confirmed how he died.
00:35At this stage, probably too early to say whether it's a weapon or a vehicle.
00:40This is quite a secluded rural area with very little passing traffic, especially at night.
00:45Police say the boy was a local from nearby Picton and was part of a group who were camping
00:50here last night.
00:51Several potential witnesses were speaking with police today.
00:55We believe something's happened on the Friday evening, but the exact time in relation to
00:58what has actually happened is still under investigation.
01:02After a public appeal for information, a 32-year-old man handed himself in to police this afternoon.
01:08He has been arrested and is speaking with detectives.