A young woman who was found dead was working for the French Embassy in Australia before she went missing from her home.
Mathilde Innes Pouliquin, who preferred to be called ‘Ines’, was last seen on September 27 at her home in Dickson in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Police launched an investigation into the 26-year-old’s disappearance and made two appeals to the public for information about her whereabouts.
Ms Pouliquin’s body was found on September 29, at about 11.45am near Wells Creek at Berrima, in the Southern Highlands.
‘The body has been formally identified as that of the missing woman,’ NSW Police said.
Mathilde Innes Pouliquin’s body was found on September 29 in near Wells Creek at Berrima, in the Southern Highlands, after she went missing from her home in Canberra two days earlier
In a touching statement, The Embassy of France in Australia expressed its sorrow over Ms Pouliquin death.
‘We are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague Mathilde Inès Pouliquin,’ the Embassy of France in Australia wrote on its website.
‘The Embassy of France to Australia and all her colleagues associate themselves with the grief of her family and friends.’
Ms Pouliquin’s death is not being treated a suspicious, however police have urged anyone who might have seen her car or have dashcam footage to come forward.
Her red Volkswagen Golf sedan with registration plates YOP57Z was seen travelling on the Hume Highway between the ACT and Berrima in the early hours on September 27.
The car was also spotted in the same area at about 10.45am on September 29 – about an hour before her body was discovered.
‘The vehicle is distinctive as it has significant hail damage to all panels of the vehicle,’ NSW Police said.
Anyone with information or has dashcam footage is being urged to contact Southern Highlands Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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