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Keady Man's Body Recovered
News that a man's body has been recovered from an Australian river has left a Co Armagh family devastated.
The body is thought to be that of missing Keady man Stephen King who has been missing for more than two weeks.
News came through at the weekend that a body was pulled from the River Yarra in Melbourne, Australia, close to where he was last seen.
The family are certain that the body is that of Mr King,
A fisherman spotted the body in the river around midday on Saturday.
Mr King, 27, went missing on a night out with friends, just after starting a yearlong working holiday, 'trip of a lifetime' planning to see the rest of the country.
He had only arrived in Australia and was staying with a friend, Joe McQuade, in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, only a few miles from where he was last seen.
Mr McQuade mobilised the Irish community in the search and more than 2,000 pictures of the missing tiler and bricklayer were posted around the city in the hope that someone had seen him.
Two of his brothers, Seamus and Peter, also flew out to Australia to help in the search, and yesterday had to go to the coroner's court in Melbourne to try to identify their brother.
The pair had earlier spoken to the Australian media of the turmoil their large family circle was going through, saying they were "in pieces".
A close family friend yesterday said their worst fears had been realised.
Local people said that the Yarra River is probably best known on TV around the world as a venue for world-class rowing events and waterskiing.
It flows right through the centre of the city, and by the time it gets to the Southbank area where Stephen King was last seen, it's at least 100 metres across, and in flood, washes down debris from the mountains and desert.
The area where Stephen disappeared was once wharves and docks but has now been reinvented as a riverside quarter of bars, cafes and nightspots.
(BMcC)
The body is thought to be that of missing Keady man Stephen King who has been missing for more than two weeks.
News came through at the weekend that a body was pulled from the River Yarra in Melbourne, Australia, close to where he was last seen.
The family are certain that the body is that of Mr King,
A fisherman spotted the body in the river around midday on Saturday.
Mr King, 27, went missing on a night out with friends, just after starting a yearlong working holiday, 'trip of a lifetime' planning to see the rest of the country.
He had only arrived in Australia and was staying with a friend, Joe McQuade, in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, only a few miles from where he was last seen.
Mr McQuade mobilised the Irish community in the search and more than 2,000 pictures of the missing tiler and bricklayer were posted around the city in the hope that someone had seen him.
Two of his brothers, Seamus and Peter, also flew out to Australia to help in the search, and yesterday had to go to the coroner's court in Melbourne to try to identify their brother.
The pair had earlier spoken to the Australian media of the turmoil their large family circle was going through, saying they were "in pieces".
A close family friend yesterday said their worst fears had been realised.
Local people said that the Yarra River is probably best known on TV around the world as a venue for world-class rowing events and waterskiing.
It flows right through the centre of the city, and by the time it gets to the Southbank area where Stephen King was last seen, it's at least 100 metres across, and in flood, washes down debris from the mountains and desert.
The area where Stephen disappeared was once wharves and docks but has now been reinvented as a riverside quarter of bars, cafes and nightspots.
(BMcC)
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