Major Crime detectives begin search for Jeff Mundy’s body at Myponga Reservoir

Police and divers have launched a major operation as they close in on the remains of missing man Jeff Mundy, believed to have been murdered.

Major Crime’s officer in charge Detective Superintendent Des Bray. Picture NCA NewsWire / Emma Brasier

Police have launched a major operation to find the body of missing man Jeffrey Mundy, following the arrests of two men linked to another suspected murder in the southern suburbs.

Major Crime detectives are scouring waters at Myponga for Mr Mundy’s remains as part of Task Force Southern, an operation investigating the deaths of Mr Mundy, Trevor King and Robert Atkins.

Major Crime’s officer in charge Detective Superintendent Des Bray said police had recently received unconfirmed reports that Mr Mundy’s body had been dumped in the Myponga Reservoir.

“If he’s there, we will find him. If he’s not there, that will still help the investigation in that we will be able to eliminate this particular site,” Det Supt Bray said.

Mr Mundy’s body is believed to have been dumped in a body of water.

The operation is expected to be “slow moving” and take up to five days to complete, with Myponga Reservoir, located about 4km from Myponga township, closed while it is underway.

With Mr Mundy’s remains believed to be at the base of the reservoir wall, the search would be “particularly challenging” for divers due to silt and compression challenges, Det Supt Bray said.

Police said they expected to find additional evidence in the water if the body was recovered.

Jeff Mundy.

More than 70 premises have been searched under Task Force Southern, with 65 people arrested and a total of 95 charges ranging from blackmail to assault, unlawful detention, money laundering, drugs and theft.

Det Supt Bray said 40 firearms had also been recovered to date and further arrests were expected in coming weeks.

“I am confident that we have a good opportunity to recover (the men’s) remains. If we don’t recover their remains, I am confident that we will charge people and once they are charged and convicted they will have to give up the bodies or spend the rest of their lives in jail,” Det Supt Bray said.

Mr Mundy was last seen alive on December 19, 2020, when he was captured on CCTV at a chemist in the Colonnades Shopping Centre at Noarlunga before returning home to his parents’ house.

Police believe Mr Mundy was held in a shipping container on a Lonsdale property frequented by “low-level drug users and dealers” before he was murdered.

On Monday morning, detectives made two more arrests in connection with the brutal assault of Mr King, one of three unsolved suspected murders believed to be linked with the deaths of Mr Mundy and Mr Atkins.

All involve victims and suspects are believed to have been associated with South Australia’s methamphetamine scene.

Originally published as Major Crime detectives begin search for Jeff Mundy’s body at Myponga Reservoir