Dog helps find body in bush

Police with a specially trained dog found a body in dense bush near Taupo yesterday while searching for a man who has been missing for 14 months.

The 15 police searching near the popular camping spot Reids Farm north of Taupo were looking for Carl Goodwin, said Senior Sergeant Tony Jeurissen. Mr Goodwin, then aged 30, was last seen in Taupo in March last year. Members of his family were on hand during the search.

The body was found by the cadaver search dog in bush about 450m from where Mr Goodwin had last been seen, Mr Jeurissen said, and needed to be identified. There was no suspicion of foul play.