AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2003
Qld: Search for croc victim's body continues
A search will resume today for the body of a man killed by a crocodile in the Northern
Territory after attempts yesterday failed again.
Police spokesman JOHN McCOURT says there was a sighting late Sunday of a crocodile
in a stretch of the Finniss River, 80 kilometres south-west of Darwin.
The sighting was near where 22-year-old BRETT MANN was taken the Sunday before last.
But Mr McCOURT says a closer examination of the area yesterday found no trace of Mr
MANN's body or the crocodile.
Police, wildlife officers and fisheries department staff will resume the search today.
After Mr MANN was taken by the saltwater crocodile, his two friends clung to a tree
for 22 hours while the reptile stalked them.
They were winched to safety by a helicopter the following afternoon.
AAP RTV rad/rp/wz/rca
KEYWORD: CROCODILE (DARWIN)
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