 Can you just tell us what happened yesterday afternoon? Sure. As you're aware, we've continued our searches of the Matians Beach area. As the weather conditions have changed, we've been able to access more areas around Matians. One of our specialist search coordinators identified a number of areas that our volunteer searches couldn't access due to some safety reasons. So we called upon the expertise of our police dive squad. They attended earlier this week and have been searching some of those wetland areas where the mangroves are. And yesterday at about 3.30 they discovered some skeletal remains within the mangroves. Our preliminary investigations don't indicate that there's anything suspicious about the death, but as for a cause of death, we have a lot more forensic examinations to do. The parents of Declan, because obviously everyone's linking this to Declan, have been advised of the findings so far. They're obviously concerned, as you would expect, but they're awaiting further advice from us when we can get some sort of confirmation. Given the location and the fact that our ESC search was happening because of Declan's disappearance, police must be fairly confident that this is connected to Declan? Well, I wouldn't say we're confident, but we do have a lot of other forensic testing to do. We'll get some DNA analysis because the remains are quite decayed, so we certainly can't tell from what we've located at this stage. Was anything else found in the area of clothing or personal items or anything? There is clothing there, but as I say, it's quite decayed, so it's difficult to identify. What's the process? Does the testing have to happen in Brisbane, or can some of that happen here in Cairns? The majority of our forensic testing is done in Brisbane, so we have some forensic officers out there again today just to review the search area in some better light, because as you'd understand, it was quite dark yesterday when they were finalising their search. So they're back out there this morning. Once we finalised our examinations out there, we will send some of the remains down to Brisbane for DNA testing. How long before there's a result, do you think? I couldn't say. It just depends on how the quality of the material they've got to test, so they may have to test a number of items before they can get some sort of DNA match. You said it was non-suspicious at this stage. Is there any possibility that it could have been made to look like it's non-suspicious and the body's being dumped there? Certainly we can't rule that out, and certainly our investigations don't stop here. We're continuing the investigations we've been doing about locating Declan. We still have staff here, special staff to assist us. A major incident room is still running, so all those inquiries will conduct and try and determine what the cause of death was. One of the many rumours that has been doing the rounds is that Declan may have met with a crocodile. Is there any evidence of that, or is that an area where that's a possible scenario? Where the remains were found is certainly not in water. It's a tidal area. I don't believe it would be inundated with a large volume of water, but there's nothing to indicate that that's the case. Are there any signs of suicide at all? There are some signs of... They give us some information that it's not suspicious. Obviously not looking at making any arrests? Not at this stage, and as I say, we've got a lot more to do around our examinations, so once we get the results of those, I guess we'll know more. It obviously was a shock to police and obviously the detectives or who have been making the discovery. Are they receiving any sort of special attention today? We do have systems in place whereby we have support for officers who are involved in situations like this, so anyone who needs assistance will refer. How close are we talking to Declan's home? I believe it's in a straight line. It's about 300 metres from the rear of the residence. The bushland area is very thick. It's certainly not a well-trafficked area, and it was only through the expertise of the dive squad that the remains were located. They have been extremely thorough in their searching of those inaccessible areas, and they've come across it at 3.30, as I said. Was it just a routine search that police were doing? I didn't receive any tip-offs or information. No, it was just a routine search of those areas that we knew were wetland areas, which were difficult to get to. Early on in the searches, shortly after his disappearance, those areas would have been underwater, but when I say underwater, probably just certainly at least a foot, I think, is the advice I've got. Glenn, you've been dealing so closely with the family, and the way that all the indicators are showing up that we're looking at a suicide. Do you think it's time for us as a society to have a look at breaking down the taboos of youth suicide? I guess it's probably too early to discuss that, until we sort of determine exactly what has happened. I wouldn't really want to go into what we need to do holistically. Yeah, but obviously it's an issue that we all wrestle with, as police, as media, as the public, isn't it? How do you think that this case, given the prominence that it's had, do you think that that's something that maybe it's time for a trigger on breaking down those taboos? I think certainly family, schools, anyone that has contact with young people should be aware of the signs of people who maybe feel like they may have suicidal tendencies, but that's something that I think we should be doing already. I don't think that this incident should be a trigger for people to do that. And was there anything in the investigation that did have the warning signs? In our inquiries we have come up with some piece of information, but nothing that particularly leads to that. Obviously those inquiries, computer inquiries are continuing. Most of Declan's contact was through computer, Facebook and those sort of things. Some of that information is difficult to retrieve and we're still working through that. Did any of the Facebook and information that you found on the computer indicate that he was depressed or unhappy with his life? There's a broad range of things he discusses on Facebook. There are, I guess, some small areas where there is some mention of different thoughts about different things, but nothing specific that has led us in that direction as part of the investigation. That's just one of the scenarios that we've looked at across from the day Declan went missing. And the family was so sure that Ruth Crouch was maintained, I guess, that he had run away or was being harboured. How did this news come to her? Understandably they're upset. I mean, they don't have confirmation yet that the remains are Declan. So we're discussing with them and keeping them up to date on any of their findings. Are you still looking at accidental death as an option as well? Certainly, yeah. As I said, there's nothing to indicate that it's suspicious, but until we've conducted and finalised our examinations, we really can't be sure. Was this an area frequented by Declan? Did he have any reason to be in that? He was known to walk around in the bushland, but whether that particular spot is somewhere that he frequented, we can't cover this up. Are you actually describing a little bit more detail, the scene where the remains were found? You mentioned mangroves and a creek, but are you able to describe how difficult it is to get to? Extremely difficult to get to. It's like a tidal wetland area, it seems that on different tides there would be water over the ground there, but it is somewhere that was inaccessible to our search teams earlier, and it was only the special skills, I guess, of our dive squad searches that got into that area. If the dive squad had been, they have searched it? I guess given the conditions, most likely not. It was only recently, in recent searches in the past few weeks, that those areas were identified that still weren't readily accessible to our volunteer searches. And that was because of the lasting impacts of the wet season? Yeah, mostly, and also that it's tidal area. What sort of searches will be happening today, as far as seeing where obviously there's a few people heading there? Our friends examine us and we'll look at the scene again just to make sure that they've covered all the area. We've done a perimeter search around the location of the remains to see if there's any other evidence, and those perimeter searches they may continue this morning as well. So will the remains be sent to the John Tong Centre in Brisbane? Is that the usual process? Yes. And in cases such as this, is that process sort of exploited, I guess, because we know that the John Tong Centre is sometimes. We're certainly making representations to expedite it so we can get the information back to the family as soon as possible. They posted last night on Facebook, never give up hope. It's been 12 hours now. How are they holding up today? As I said, I understand Blue, they're upset. And Ruth, I think, as was mentioned, has maintained hope throughout this investigation, as I expect most parents to. So, I mean, I expect Ruth to maintain that hope until she does get confirmation. No, I think that's it. Oh, sorry, one thing. It's probably a good opportunity to thank the media for all the assistance that we've received and keeping this within, I guess, the public domain. And we have received a lot of information from the public. And also the assistance we've received from the SES and volunteers in the searches that we've conducted throughout the investigation as well. It feels like it's going to be a huge emotional response from the public, given that you look around Cairns and there's still all the posters up for Declan, and it does feel quite sad, doesn't it? Yeah, well, I think the whole community know about this situation. And not just the Cairns community, I know Australia-wide there's a lot of interest in this case. So I would expect that a lot of people will be affected by what we've found so far and I guess are awaiting any sort of confirmation that we may be able to give. And then, obviously, there's this forensic testing and so forth happening today. Will there be any other work happening in terms of interviewing any of the people in that particular part of Machines Beach? Was that one of the areas that was covered in the first round of the interview? Yeah, we've spoken to the Machines Beach community, members of the Machines Beach community numerous times. They've been very helpful throughout the whole investigation, but the findings yesterday, I don't see that that will start off any further interviews of any people out there. Thank you. Thank you.