Dead man scrawled help plea in dust ( 65 Views )

1. A MAN'S cry for help was found written in dirt near his body in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, police say. The man, believed to be a 53-year-old from Queensland, was discovered by people on the Meda cattle station, 40km west of Derby, at 4pm yesterday. A police spokeswoman said today he was 15km from the residence on a remote part of the 1.25 million acre property. He was lying near a makeshift shelter, there was an empty water bottle nearby and he had written HELP on a track near his body, the spokeswoman said. Inland temperatures reached 40C last week with the town of Derby, on the coast, experiencing 42.5C yesterday. Police say the man probably died several days ago. An aerial search found the man's vehicle several kilometres from his body, bogged in a tidal creek. It's thought he was travelling alone and his death is not being treated as suspicious. Police say the man's next of kin have not been informed. Meda station manager Jamie Laurisson said that while temperatures had been high, there was plenty of water around the place. "There's quite a bit of water around ... because it's not far from the May River. "There's pools and there's man-made waters, windmills and tanks. "It's an area with quite a lot of activity because it's very close to the town of Derby," Mr Laurisson said.
   
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