<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A bushwalker discovered human remains off a trail south of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>, sparking a major police investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A member of the public made the discovery five metres down a ravine off a trail in the Spring Mount Conservation Park at about 5.30pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="South Australia Police"><span>South Australia Police</span></a><span> detective inspector Andrew Macrae said initial investigations suggest the body could have been in the same Inman Valley location for several years.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-anzac-day-service/89906ef9-0ac5-47e4-a4f8-517a2d1ab93d" rel="" target="" title="'Appalling': Boos mar Sydney, Melbourne Anzac Day dawn services"><strong><span>'Appalling': Boos mar Sydney, Melbourne Anzac Day dawn services</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The remains are very decomposed," Macrae said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm very confident that this person was murdered."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The body will undergo forensic testing and examination.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/spring-mount-conservation-park-police-believe-body-found-in-dense-could-have-been-there-for-years/ba187c6d-a8ed-43ed-b12a-84d8a2d31c10" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-crime-police-investigate-series-of-driveby-shootings-in-sydneys-south-west/c5f396db-269b-4681-9b75-c320a11e0f80"><strong><span>Shots fired at three homes in Sydney, police say</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is a bush track they were walking along and it was actually some local wildlife they were looking at off to the side of the track which alerted them to look in that direction," Macrae said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then they saw something which caught their eye and they investigated and that's when they found the remains."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>State Emergency Service volunteers and South Australia Police combed through the rugged terrain last night and today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Anzac Day march at Goolwa had to be called off due to the large number of police officers required for the investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/port-gawler-emergency-services-search-for-missing-adelaide-fisherman-eh-kapaw-doe-in-south-australia/039d528d-7a7f-49e0-9be1-6196951448ba"><strong><span>Large-scale search under way for missing fisherman in Adelaide</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The circumstances in which we found it makes us very confident that the person was unfortunately murdered," Macrae said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The identity of the person is not yet known and will have to be formally conducted in the coming days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm confident that won't take too long."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will investigate any connection to Taskforce Southern.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The taskforce looked into the alleged southern suburbs drug-related murders of Trevor King, Robert Atkins and Jeff Mundy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Large scale searches for Mundy have previously been conducted nearby at Myponga reservoir in 2023. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mundy was last seen in 2020 and is the only one yet to be found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> 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