SA Police say they received information earlier today from a member of the public that they had found what appeared to be a human skull in scrub in Port Lincoln.
Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke says the area the remains were found in had not previously been searched by police and was not an area of interest based on the information they had at the time.
“Preliminary investigations and phone calls to Forensic Science Centre has provided information that the remains are most likely human and I believe that they are the remains of Julian Story,” he said.
“To confirm this however, those remains are going to be subjected to further forensic and scientific testing over the coming days.”
The announcement on Thursday came a week after police said they had called off searches around the Port Lincoln area for Mr Story’s remains.