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Recovery Underway After Two Women Found Dead in Victoria's Alpine Region

Authorities are treating the case as non-suspicious pending identification.

Overview

  • Two hikers found the bodies near Cleve Cole Hut close to Lendenfeld Point at about 12:50pm Friday.
  • Uniformed officers, the Search and Rescue Squad and the Air Wing responded to the isolated scene.
  • Police camped at the site overnight due to conditions, with removal of the bodies expected on Saturday.
  • The women have not been identified and are believed to be in their 20s or 30s, prompting a public appeal for information with no matching missing-person reports.
  • Victoria Police said the discovery is unrelated to the ongoing manhunt for alleged cop-killer Dezi Freeman.