Mexican police are investigating three people in connection to the men’s disappearance, but have not specified whether they are considered suspects.
Mexican officials have located four bodies on a ranch in northern Mexico, where two Australians and an American went missing. Three of the bodies have not yet been identified, but local news source Zeta reported the fourth body has been confirmed as the ranch owner, who had been missing for several weeks.
Three sources close to the investigation confirmed the discovery to Reuters on Friday, a week after Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, and brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, were last sighted in Baja California province. The trio was enjoying a surfing vacation in Ensenada, about an hour and a half south of the U.S.-Mexico border when they vanished.
Grim Discovery, Foul Play Suspected
The remains were found in a well exceeding 15 meters (49ft) deep, located beside a cliff at Punta San José in Santo Tomás, within the municipality of Ensenada, near a secluded surfing area known as Lighthouse, as per the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Before the bodies were discovered, local police had suspected foul play, as the trio’s burned-out car was found as well as an abandoned campsite containing traces of blood and what was described as ‘dental parts’, according to reports from Zeta.
