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| Stephanie Scott: body found by police searching for missing teacher | Stephanie Scott: body found by police searching for missing teacher |
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| Police have found what they believe to be the body of the missing teacher Stephanie Scott in bushland in New South Wales, a day before she was due to wed her fiancé. | Police have found what they believe to be the body of the missing teacher Stephanie Scott in bushland in New South Wales, a day before she was due to wed her fiancé. |
| Police found the burned remains in Cocoparra national park, north of Griffith in the state’s Riverina region, at 5pm on Friday. | Police found the burned remains in Cocoparra national park, north of Griffith in the state’s Riverina region, at 5pm on Friday. |
| It is understood a triangulation of phone towers in the rural area, based on a mobile phone, helped determine the area investigators should search for Scott’s remains. | |
| “I’ve been asked over the last couple of days about whether there had been burning of the body,” Griffith local area commander Superintendent Michael Rowan told reporters. “I can certainly say that is confirmed, it’s the case. And it was probably about five metres from the roadway.” | |
| On Wednesday night officers found a camera with images of a burned body, allegedly in the car of 24-year-old cleaner Vincent Stanford, who has been charged with Scott’s murder. Stanford worked with Scott at Leeton high school. | On Wednesday night officers found a camera with images of a burned body, allegedly in the car of 24-year-old cleaner Vincent Stanford, who has been charged with Scott’s murder. Stanford worked with Scott at Leeton high school. |
| Police tape remained across Whitton Stock Route Road on Saturday morning. Forensic officers were expected to be back at the scene. | |
| The national park, popular with day trippers and dotted with leafy picnic areas, is over an hour’s drive from Scott’s hometown of Leeton. | The national park, popular with day trippers and dotted with leafy picnic areas, is over an hour’s drive from Scott’s hometown of Leeton. |
| Sources told AAP it appeared Scott’s body was taken to the remote location, dumped in bushland and burned. | Sources told AAP it appeared Scott’s body was taken to the remote location, dumped in bushland and burned. |
| On Friday morning police divers pulled Scott’s laptop from an irrigation canal outside of Leeton. Witnesses had reported seeing a man dump an object in the waterway, 6.5km from where Scott’s car was found on a rural property on Thursday. | On Friday morning police divers pulled Scott’s laptop from an irrigation canal outside of Leeton. Witnesses had reported seeing a man dump an object in the waterway, 6.5km from where Scott’s car was found on a rural property on Thursday. |
| Related: Stephanie Scott: police divers find laptop in search for body | Related: Stephanie Scott: police divers find laptop in search for body |
| “I saw a car park across the road, saw a man walking in through the grass and up the channel bank,” Paul Halls said. “I thought he was going to take a photo of the channel or something. | “I saw a car park across the road, saw a man walking in through the grass and up the channel bank,” Paul Halls said. “I thought he was going to take a photo of the channel or something. |
| “When he came back down I asked the guys if he still had his iPad or whatever in his hand and he didn’t.” | “When he came back down I asked the guys if he still had his iPad or whatever in his hand and he didn’t.” |
| Halls was at a large shed across the road when he saw the man at 4pm on Easter Sunday, the day Scott is believed to have been murdered. | Halls was at a large shed across the road when he saw the man at 4pm on Easter Sunday, the day Scott is believed to have been murdered. |
| Fellow witness Brendan Lyons said he saw a man run up the bank towards the channel and throw something he was carrying into the water. “We rang and told [the police] on Wednesday when we heard what had happened,” Lyons said. | Fellow witness Brendan Lyons said he saw a man run up the bank towards the channel and throw something he was carrying into the water. “We rang and told [the police] on Wednesday when we heard what had happened,” Lyons said. |
| Sources have confirmed that the laptop pulled from the canal belonged to Scott, an English and drama teacher. | Sources have confirmed that the laptop pulled from the canal belonged to Scott, an English and drama teacher. |
| Scott was due to wed her fiancé, Aaron Leeson-Woolley, among close friends and family in Eugowra on Saturday. | Scott was due to wed her fiancé, Aaron Leeson-Woolley, among close friends and family in Eugowra on Saturday. |
| The 26-year-old had been due on Saturday to prepare for one of the most joyous occasions of her life - her wedding day. | The 26-year-old had been due on Saturday to prepare for one of the most joyous occasions of her life - her wedding day. |
| The English and drama teacher leaves behind her fiancé Aaron Leeson-Woolley, whom she met as a child playing soccer. | The English and drama teacher leaves behind her fiancé Aaron Leeson-Woolley, whom she met as a child playing soccer. |
| Her family is to hold a memorial picnic in Leeton on Saturday and has asked the community to wear yellow in her memory. | Her family is to hold a memorial picnic in Leeton on Saturday and has asked the community to wear yellow in her memory. |