Shazia Edah-Tally's family leaving Suttherland police station yesterday
Keely McDonough,
The Daily Telegraph
April 14, 2017 7:36am
THE body of a teenage girl who went missing while bushwalking
with her boyfriend south of Sydney was yesterday found at the bottom of a cliff
in the Royal National Park.
Shazia Edah-Tally,
19, went missing on Wednesday afternoon while bushwalking near Bundeena with
her boyfriend of eight months.
Police are
investigating the tragedy, which they believe occurred after the teenager
became separated from her boyfriend and failed to return to a nominated meeting
point on Wednesday night.
The man, whose
name has not been released, raised the alarm at 5pm.
The boyfriend
A search of the
Wedding Cake Rock track yesterday morning found Ms Edah-Tally’s badly broken
body on rocks at the base of the 30m-high cliffs about 11am. She had been
missing for 18 hours.
Tragically, as
rescuers searched for the Baulkham Hills student, her mother said she had faith
her daughter would come home.
“We want her to
come home. I have faith that she will,” she said.
Less than an hour
later, her daughter’s body was found on the rocks far below. The family were
visibly distraught as they were taken away by a friend.
Inspector Steve
Worthington from Sutherland Local Area Command said it was a tragic incident
and a full investigation into how the woman died was already under way.
“PolAir located a
body at the base of a steep cliff, along the coast track between the Water-Run
and Wedding Cake Rock,” Insp Worthington said.
“The pair were
going down this coast track. (They were) having some fun and running ahead of
each other.
“The coastal track
runs close along the cliff face. It’s a steep cliff in excess of 100ft in depth
from top to bottom.”
Insp Worthington
then added: “I’m not ruling it (foul play) in or out.”
Rescue crews
winched the body out from the bottom of the cliff about 1pm.
The boyfriend was
taken to Sutherland police station, where officers quizzed him about the
incident.
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