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‘Very decomposed’ body found in manhunt for triple killer to undergo forensic testing

Warning: This article contains the name and image of Indigenous people who have died.

The "very decomposed" body found in the search for Julian Ingram is set to undergo testing to confirm it is the accused triple killer.

Police said that the remains have been removed from a remote NSW national park where they were found yesterday and will undergo post-mortem testing on Friday in Newcastle, before confirming it is Ingram. 

National Parks and Wildlife staff made the discovery in Central West NSW, four months after Ingram allegedly murdered his heavily pregnant ex-partner Sophie Quinn, 25, her friend John Harris, 32, and aunt Nerida Quinn, 50, in Lake Cargelligo.

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Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland also said that the vehicle and a firearm located within it are also set to be forensically tested. Julian Ingram

Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland said a vehicle and a firearm were also set to be forensically tested.

"There was a firearm located next to the deceased body, which was a large calibre firearm and a shotgun located on the front passenger seat of the vehicle," he said.

"It would appear that the deceased was dressed in the same clothing he was wearing on the day of the incident, assuming that it was Julian Ingram.

"The injuries appear self-inflicted with a firearm."

The body was found next to the white Ford Ranger Ingram was last seen fleeing the town in, and his licence was inside the vehicle.

When asked if Ingram potentially received help from somebody in the community, Holland said, "It does not appear to be the case". 

The update from police comes as new aerial footage revealed the bushland location where a white ute was found in relation to the manhunt for the accused triple killer.

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Aerial footage of a white ute discovered in a regional NSW national park in relation to the manhunt for triple killer Julian Ingram.

Lake Cargelligo community reacts to the grim discovery

Loved ones were rocked by the discovery but said they could finally grieve.

Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland yesterday said the discovery was a relief for officers who'd been involved in a major manhunt for the accused killer, but particularly for the affected families.

"For the last four months, the strike forces involved in … the manhunt for Julian Ingram, have not given up," he said. 

"There's been hundreds of police involved. 

"Obviously, it's a relief for them to find this body – again, yet to be confirmed as Julian Ingram – but the main thing is, it brings closure to this investigation, it brings closure to the people of Lake Cargelligo and gives some solace to the town so they can relax."

While police had not officially confirmed the body was Ingram, they do believe it is him. The corpse was found in his clothes next to the white Ford Ranger he was last seen fleeing the town in, and his license was inside the vehicle.

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Police said the 37-year-old was last seen driving a dual cab Ford Ranger utility with the NSW registration DM-07-GZ.

Holland said the body was found in a "very decomposed" state but didn't give a specific estimate for when the man may have died, saying only it "appears to have been there for some time".

He did not confirm whether the weapon was the same alleged to have been used in the shooting or whether the man was believed to have died by suicide.

Police said NPWS workers carrying out feral animal eradication found the vehicle about 3.40pm yesterday in Round Hill Nature Reserve, roughly 100 kilometres north-east of Lake Cargelligo.

Ingram, 37, had been on the run since the January 22 shooting.

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Lake Cargelligo shootings

He allegedly killed his pregnant former partner, Sophie Quinn, and her friend John Harris, then moving on to Sophie's Auntie Nerida, killing her and shooting Kaleb Macqueen, 19, the only victim to survive.

"I heard boom, boom. I seen her – she was holding her neck, and then he was laughing," Macqueen told 9News in January.

Sophie's mother, Cathy Quinn, called Ingram "gutless".

"We still grieving but justice will be served," she told 9News.

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John Harris was shot dead alongside Sophie Quinn.

Her sister, Tegan, said it was "about time they found him".

"We can grieve but now it feels so real and it's only has hit me now," she said.

The shooting devastated the tiny town and rattled the entire state.

Last month, police said Ingram was seen on the side of a road two days after the alleged murders.

Sophie's aunt Nerida was also shot dead.

In March, police offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

The coroner will now be charged with confirming how the man died and when.

If the body is confirmed to be Ingram, everything leading up to the killing will also be investigated, including why the repeated domestic violence offender was out on bail.

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Dezi Freeman’s landlord reveals he helped wounded police officer

Nearly nine months after two Victoria Police officers were gunned down in the state's high country, the owner of the remote property at the centre of the siege has broken his silence.

Andrew Swift has described the chaotic aftermath of the shooting at his bushland property near Porepunkah, revealing he helped a third injured officer reach an ambulance after the attack carried out by Dezi Freeman.

In a clip published by YouTube channel The Living Free Movement, Swift recalled seeing the wounded policeman bleeding heavily after officers pulled back from the scene.

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"He's wearing dark-coloured pants, but you could tell they were all wet from blood, from a gunshot somewhere down on his lower half," Swift said.

The Age reports that Swift initially considered using a Kubota vehicle to transport the officer, but decided it was unsuitable given the severity of the injuries.

"I could tell because of his lower injury I wouldn't be able to get him in the Kubota [tractor], so I then said to police I'm going to go get a more suitable vehicle, so we can get this guy in, get him to the ambulance."

The interview was filmed by Dave Armstrong, who said a longer version would be released in the coming days.

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Accused cop killer Dezi Freeman has been found and killed after a long and tireless search.

The property became the focus of national attention after Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart were fatally shot there on August 26, 2025.

Freeman escaped into rugged alpine bushland after the ambush, setting off a massive cross-border manhunt that ran for months before specialist officers tracked him to a remote camp near Thologolong on March 30, where he was shot dead.

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In a statement obtained by The Age, Swift and his wife, Rebecca, said they had deliberately avoided speaking to mainstream media and instead wanted to work with "independent media" outlets.

"Our hope is to work with people who are willing to engage thoughtfully and help ensure a more complete and balanced account is available," the statement read.

"The story we will be sharing with you has not been presented by any mainstream media, because we have maintained complete silence with the msm propaganda machine and have avoided them."

The Swifts said they accepted Freeman was responsible for killing the two officers, but claimed the confrontation could have ended differently if "protocol and common sense, decency, humanity and reason had … been employed on that day".

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"We did not anticipate or expect any of what occurred. But somehow the mainstream media were experts on Dezi Freeman from the first day," they said.

Armstrong claimed the couple contacted him because they believed key parts of the story had been misunderstood, including allegations that Freeman subscribed to sovereign-citizen ideology.

The Living Free Movement markets itself online as a platform focused on "freedom in health, lifestyle, clean food, lawful processes".

Freeman, formerly known as Desmond Filby, had reportedly become deeply distrustful of authorities during the pandemic and was described by people close to him as increasingly hostile toward police.

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