Detectives have released a computer image and CCTV footage of a man to appeal for public assistance to identify a body found in the Maroochy River on 30 November.
The vision shows the man inside a business in Maroochydore on 27 November and detectives now believe this is the same day he passed away.
Detectives have now deemed the death of the man not suspicious however continue to appeal for public assistance to help identify him.
Police are asking people to report any friends or family members that they haven’t seen in the past week who match the description.
The man is described as 189cm tall, heavy-set build with very short brown hair.
Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Mick Doogue said, “Investigators believe that the body may have been in the water up to three to five days prior to being discovered.“
Detectives also believe the man was likely to have entered the water between Chambers Island and west of the Talep Bridge (Maroochy River).
He was found wearing the same clothes in the CCTV vision; a black t-shirt, black shorts with thin silver pinstripes down the rear of the legs and two cream coloured knee compression sleeves.
While the man doesn’t have any tattoos or other unique identifying features, he does have internal surgical nails in his right knee.
Detectives are also interested in any property found in the river or on its banks, such as shoes, or any cars parked in the vicinity of the river that have not moved in past week.
Police were initially called to a site under the bridge at 8.30am on Thursday 30 November, after a member of the public discovered the body in the water.
Anyone with information to assist the identification process is urged to contact police.
