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Identity confirmed

Police have identified human remains found near Anglesea as those of missing woman Elisa Curry.
The Surrey Hills mother was last seen at a residence on Aireys Street, Aireys Inlet about 10pm on 30 September.
Police attended Point Roadknight beach about 11.30am last Wednesday after a woman walking a dog located suspected human remains.
They confirmed the identity on Monday following pathology tests.
Police were not treating the death as suspicious but continued their investigation this week.
Mrs Curry went missing on AFL Grand Final night, sparking a ground and air search spanning a 20-kilometre radius of her family’s Aireys Inlet holiday home.
Investigators lacked clues common in other cases, such as her clothing at the time, mobile phone signals and witnesses after she left the house.
The 43-year-old disappeared overnight before her husband David and their three children returned the next morning after attending the Grand Final.
Mrs Curry had sent a text message to them the night before about the Grand Final result.
Search crews scoured bushland, beaches and cliffs for four days before acknowledging the chance of finding Mrs Curry alive was “very remote“.
On 5 October Inspector Peter Seel revealed Mrs Curry spoke to a neighbour about a “personal” matter before disappearing.
Insp Seel confirmed that Mrs Curry was with neighbours on the night she went missing.
“They’ve come over and spoken to her and she said she was going to bed,” he said.
“The neighbour and her husband were over there, they left and then the wife came back.”
Insp Seel said the female returned to Mrs Curry’s home, which was when they discussed the undisclosed personal matter.
Police had initially believed Mrs Curry, a keen marathon runner, had gone running with the family dog when she disappeared.
A neighbour found the black Labrador roaming Airey’s Inlet alone on 2 October.
Police urged anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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