{"id":40544,"date":"2026-08-24T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=40544"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:14:54","slug":"body-located-in-search-for-missing-man-lambton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/body-located-in-search-for-missing-man-lambton\/","title":{"rendered":"Body located in search for missing man \u2013 Lambton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A body has been located in the search for a missing man in Newcastle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District commenced inquiries to locate a 60-year-old man, last seen in Lambton on Sunday 23 August 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following extensive inquiries and a land search, a body \u2013 believed to be that of the missing man \u2013 was located in Lambton today (Monday 24 August 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The body is yet to be formally identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A body has been located in the search for a missing man in Newcastle. Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District commenced inquiries to locate a 60-year-old man, last seen in Lambton on Sunday 23 August 2026. Following extensive inquiries and a land search, a body \u2013 believed to be that of the missing man &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/body-located-in-search-for-missing-man-lambton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Body located in search for missing man \u2013 Lambton&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40545,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40544\/revisions\/40545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}