<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>John Birch, 39, has been identified as the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-body-found-reports-of-body-found-by-roadside-north-of-sydney/d36ec09e-c110-4401-930e-cd71939a22a6" rel="" target="_blank" title="body found at a paddock in Sydney's north-west"><span>body found at a paddock in Sydney's north-west</span></a><span> as police work on a new theory surrounding his death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers were searching for a missing man when they found suspected human remains under a tarp near a home in Glenorie about 11am yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tonight, the father and friend is being remembered as a big character with an even bigger heart.</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/darwin-alawa-man-allegedly-armed-with-crossbow-arrested-during-dv-callout/af009a65-3ba3-460e-a553-947b7bfe976d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man allegedly armed with crossbow arrested during DV call-out</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's sad for anybody to have to end their life in such a tragic way," his friend Kerry Gillett told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If he liked you, he would give you the world. If he could, if he had it, he shared it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating whether Birch had been run down by a ute on Gleness St about 6am yesterday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-glenorie-body-found-in-paddock-identified-as-john-birch/6feba131-61dc-4744-bb43-a89990ae3d4f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbours reported hearing a bang.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Up on the corner of Cat Eye Ridge Road and Gleness, there was a bang early in the morning," Glenorie resident Bob said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birch did not live there but regularly frequented a house about 100 metres down the road.</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/world/gene-hackman-and-betsy-arakawas-dog-likely-died-of-dehydration-and-starvation-report-says/a7077e3b-c82b-4cef-990b-05269e449e4e" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Hackmans' dog likely died of dehydration and starvation: report</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That house was crawling with detectives and forensics specialists who had spent the last 24 hours collecting evidence. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The occupants of the home, two men and a woman, were arrested yesterday and questioned overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have all since been released without charge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While they were in custody, an unknown person tried to break into the home to search for drugs and cash. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations remain ongoing as police await the results of a post-mortem examination.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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