Tragic find as a missing elderly man’s body is pulled from a dry creek bed in remote bushland after close knit community spent days searching

  • A body believed to be that of a missing elderly NSW man found in creek bed 
  • Bernard Anable, 82, went missing from his Bateau Bay home on January 4 
  • He was last seen on CCTV wandering down a nearby street at about 1am  

By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 08:21 GMT, 11 January 2022 | Updated: 08:53 GMT, 11 January 2022


The search for a missing elderly man from NSW has ended in tragedy after his body was found in a local creek bed. 

Bernard Anable, 82, had been missing from his Bateau Bay home, north of Sydney, since 5pm on January 4. 

An extensive land and air search involving more than a hundred people was conducted with the help of the close-knit community and public appeals for information from local police. 

Police said Mr Anable wore a bracelet with his name on it and his family held concerns for his whereabouts because of an existing medical condition. 

Tragically, police said they found are body believed to be his in a creek bed in bush near Cresthaven Avenue in Bateau Bay about 2.10pm on Tuesday. 

Police had released CCTV of Mr Anable walking passed a bottle shop on in the early hours of Wednesday morning – his last known sighting. 

Local residents were urged to check their backyards for any sign of the man and other businesses were asked to review their CCTV footage. 

Officers have established a crime scene at the creek bed attended specialist forensic investigators and a report will be prepared for the coroner. 

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