Overview

• Police discovered the body of an unidentified man under the Talep Bridge in the Maroochy River on November 30, 2023, with no wallet or personal documents.
• Queensland Police led a global, year-long probe that involved door knocking, advanced DNA testing, Interpol inquiries and analysis of surgical knee implants.
• A Centrelink worker recognised the man’s face from a news appeal and a family DNA match confirmed him as 47-year-old Alexander Marinis from Yarram, Victoria.
• Detective Senior Sergeant Robert Lowry said authorities have submitted their findings to the coroner, who will conduct a formal review of the circumstances.
• Marinis’s decade-long withdrawal from his family and possible homelessness highlighted the challenges of identifying unknown decedents without records or kinship ties.