Unanderra death: Horror as tradies find a body on a construction site near Wollongong NSW
Shocked tradesmen have found a body when they arrived at a construction site south of Sydney.
Work was halted following the gruesome discovery at the site in the Wollongong suburb of Unanderra on Thursday morning.
An employee of a nearby company recalls hearing shouts of “stop” from the Nolan Street construction site, which is overseen by Chappell Building Systems.
“They started a backhoe and then I heard someone yell, ‘Stop, stop,’” Bob told the Illawarra Mercury.
‘I didn’t think about it, but then, about half an hour later, all these police cars showed up – the criminal investigation department, forensics – everybody showed up. There were about 20 police officers.
“They all went to the side of the creek, where they were digging.”
Bob claimed that officers, masked and gloved, got down on their hands and knees and dug up the body.
Ambulance personnel also arrived on the scene, but were unable to resuscitate the man.
Police were at a construction site in Wollongong on Tuesday morning where the body of a man was found
According to employees of neighboring businesses, police exhumed the body from a creek at the site
North SW police confirmed that the body of a man was found at the location, under circumstances that did not appear suspicious.
“Upon arrival, police found the body of a man who has not yet been officially identified,” a police spokesperson said.
Officers from the Lake Illawarra Police District have established a crime scene.
‘Initial investigation shows that this is not a suspicious death.’
The gruesome discovery was made by professionals at the site on Thursday morning
A report is being prepared for the coroner.
The construction site foreman declined to comment.
The site, once home to a Bonds textile mill, was sold to Hornby Property Investments Pty Ltd in November 2022 for $11.275 million.
The former warehouse on the site housed a workforce of over 200 until 2010, when Pacific Brands closed the location.