#NorthernTerritory #police urge families of #missing #men to come forward to help ID found #remains.

Northern Territory police are urging the families of missing men to come forward after more details emerged about the remains of an #Aboriginal man, believed to have died in the 1970s or 1980s, which were found more than a decade ago.

On 1 April 2012, authorities found the skeletal remains of an Aboriginal man, believed to be in his early 30s, near #CharlotteRiver, just off #FogBayRoad, south of #Darwin, but little was known until recent #forensic testing by federal authorities.

Australian federal police used advanced forensic investigation techniques, radio-carbon dating and #DNA testing to uncover more about the man’s details, revealing his diet was largely marine, indicating the man may have lived in the Northern #TopEnd or surrounding islands.

Police believed the man died between 1971 and 1982.

Detectives from the #ColdCase taskforce and the #MissingPersonsUnit are encouraging people to provide any information, relevant items or records that may have that might help identify the unknown man.

Detective Acting Sergeant Glen Chatto said that NT Police currently have 64 #unidentified human remains and strongly encourage families of missing persons to provide DNA to their local police station.

“No one should have their remains sit unidentified and no family should have to suffer the pain of not knowing what happened to their loved ones.”

A DNA profile has been obtained from the remains so there is real potential for an identification to be made. #auspol

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