<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><strong><span>Warning: This article contains the name and image of Indigenous people who have died.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The "very decomposed" body found in the search for Julian Ingram is set to undergo testing to confirm it is the accused triple killer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>National Parks and Wildlife staff made the discovery in Central West </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span>, 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.</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/viveash-perth-car-crash-man-charged-after-two-girls-aged-3-and-4-killed-woman-seriously-injured/f4458fba-3f36-49c9-9835-50a9e8239891" target="_blank"><strong><span>Man charged over car crash in suburban Perth that left two girls under four dead</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland said a vehicle and a firearm were also set to be forensically tested.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/very-decomposed-body-found-in-manhunt-for-triple-killer-to-undergo-forensic-testing/a710f130-a2fd-4a17-98d3-279a48e004bf" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The injuries appear self-inflicted with a firearm."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The body was found next to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/julian-ingram-police-release-new-images-of-ute-as-search-for-alleged-triple-killer-continues-in-the-nsw-central-west/8670dcf8-7581-4d70-9773-b2dacca98519" rel="" target="" title="white Ford Ranger"><span>white Ford Ranger</span></a><span> Ingram was last seen fleeing the town in, and his licence was inside the vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked if Ingram potentially received help from somebody in the community, Holland said, "It does not appear to be the case". </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</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/hantavirus-cruise-ship-update-mv-hondius-evacuation-canary-islands-spain/e634af59-5258-4fd1-95bf-c178e5f61128"><strong><span>Aussies from virus-stricken cruise ship to be sent to COVID-era quarantine centre</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Lake Cargelligo community reacts to the grim discovery</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Loved ones were rocked by the discovery but said they could finally grieve.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For the last four months, the strike forces involved in … the manhunt for Julian Ingram, have not given up," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's been hundreds of police involved. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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 </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/julian-ingram-police-release-new-images-of-ute-as-search-for-alleged-triple-killer-continues-in-the-nsw-central-west/8670dcf8-7581-4d70-9773-b2dacca98519" rel="" target="" title="white Ford Ranger"><span>white Ford Ranger</span></a><span> he was last seen fleeing the town in, and his license was inside the vehicle.</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/federal-budget-2026-what-to-expect-signficant-changes-announcements-explainer/94106a49-6102-447d-bb6a-53aabc1d4a5f"><strong><span>Tax hikes, spending cuts: What we know so far</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ingram, 37, had been on the run since the January 22 shooting.</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/major-banks-hold-off-passing-interest-rate-hike-onto-savers/95de7946-5c86-403e-8108-d555dadb5b34" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Banks were quick to pass on rate hikes – just not for one group</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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 </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/julian-ingram-manhunt-day-four-lake-cargelligo-griffith-nsw/957c5eea-901f-46ec-a192-59274daa7425"><span>Kaleb Macqueen, 19</span></a><span>, the only victim to survive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I heard boom, boom. I seen her - she was holding her neck, and then he was laughing," Macqueen told 9News in January.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sophie's mother, Cathy Quinn, called Ingram "gutless".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We still grieving but justice will be served," she told 9News.</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/katy-gallagher-childcare-comments-draw-ire/49c90f06-1448-46f5-9912-4ad8ee4be2be"><strong><span>Minister's 'tone-deaf' childcare comment draws criticism</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her sister, Tegan, said it was "about time they found him".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We can grieve but now it feels so real and it's only has hit me now," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The shooting devastated the tiny town and rattled the entire state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last month, police said Ingram was seen on the side of a road two days after the alleged murders.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In March, police offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The coroner will now be charged with confirming how the man died and when.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>at</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><em><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. In the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).</span></strong></em></div></div>