cochrane_0.jpeg Luke CochraneAfter four long days Luke Cochrane's family may finally have some closure. Cellphone receptors retained a signal of the 19-year-old's cellphone until 11.30pm, leaving search co-ordinators confident he would be in the station's near vicinity. By 6pm, police national dive squad members found what is believed to be his body, in the water just metres from where the cap was found. Eastern Waikato police area commander John Kelly told the Herald the body is still subject to formal identification but they believe it is Cochrane. A local dive shop had donated oxygen tanks to the dive squad so they didn't have to bring them up from Wellington, while a five-strong team from Hot Water Beach Surf Lifesaving Club were helping assist them in their water search.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 28, 2016 06:56 UTC