A crime scene has been set up at a home in Geelong this afternoon, after human remains have been found underneath the house.
The house belongs to the O’Keefe family, whose son Daniel O’Keefe went missing in 2011. The family found the remains, and alerted Victoria Police.
Dan, who was 28 years old and had recently been diagnosed with depression, disappeared in 2011. He did not take any ID, money, or personal belongings with him.
The police have stated that no formal identification of the body had yet been made, but the family confirmed via the ‘Daniel Come Home’ Facebook page today that it was indeed their son.
It is with heavy hearts that the family and friends of Dan O’Keeffe, update this page to share that Dan’s remains were…
Posted by Missing Person – Daniel James O’Keeffe on Sunday, 20 March 2016
Detective Sargeant Adam Forehan said that the remains were found underneath the house, but would not say why the remains weren’t discovered when police first searched the family home:
“We’re treating it at the highest level at this stage until we satisfy ourselves that there is no suspicious activity.”
PEDESTRIAN.TV spoke to Daniel’s sister Loren in 2015, who had set up the ‘Dan Come Home‘ website, and had also created an app that would act as a ‘Missing Persons Guide’:
We will update this story as more information arises.
Source: ABC.
Photo: Dan Come Home.
