Body found at Glenrock nature reserve believed to be missing 63-year-old Lake Macquarie woman
Police believe they have found the body of a Lake Macquarie woman reported missing in bushland earlier this week, bringing a large search operation to locate her to a tragic close.
On Wednesday, officers commenced inquiries into the whereabouts of a 63-year-old woman on Wednesday after she was reported missing from the Lake Macquarie area.
At about 12pm on Friday, the body of a woman was located near a waterway at Glenrock nature reserve at Kahibah, about 9km southwest of Newcastle.
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A mulit-agency search party — including the NSW State Emergency Service, Rural Fire Service and National Parks and Wildlife crews, and police — scoured bushland in the Glenrock State Conservation Area all day and late into Thursday night in a bid to find the 63-year-old who had been missing since lunchtime the day before.
Lake Macquarie Inspector Anita Kruse told media on Thursday morning that the woman had sent her partner a message to say she would be going for a walk at Glenrock but never returned.
Inspector Kruse said police discovered the woman’s vehicle parked with her phone inside in a carpark off Burwood Road.
She said the woman suffered a medical condition which needed attention.
Crews battled “difficult” weather conditions as they continued the overnight search on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
