A body has been found in the search for a missing Perth bushwalker
A body has been found in the search for a missing bushwalker after he called an ambulance to report being bitten by a snake.
A body, believed to be a bushwalker who vanished after calling an ambulance for help when he was bitten by a snake, has been found near Perth.
The body, believed to belong to Nathan Scattini, was found just after 6pm yesterday in bush near Mustang Road in Champion Lakes.
The 41-year-old was walking in bushland in the Kelmscott area, about 23km southeast of Perth, when he was bitten by a snake on Sunday, according to police.
Mr Scattini called St John Ambulance for assistance at 6.40pm but didn’t know his location.
A police search was launched “in the vicinity of Bob Blackburne Reserve and John Dunn Memorial Park in the Seville Grove and Kelmscott” and went late into Monday.
The police helicopter, which is fitted with a heat-seeking infra-red camera, was used to scour bush but failed to find any trace of Mr Scattini.
The circumstances surrounding his death are not known at this stage.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
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