Missing tourist's body found on Brazil beach
A body that washed up on a Brazilian beach has been confirmed as being the missing Australian tourist Rye Hunt.
According to CTV News, police inspector Elen Souto said forensic tests had confirmed the identity.
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Investigators have so far not been able to establish a cause of death.
Rye went missing on 21 May after leaving Rio's airport after reportedly rowing with a friend.
The 25-year-old electrician had arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 16 May as part of a world trip with a friend.
They had started out in southeast Asia and planned to spend two months in South America before heading to Europe, said Hunt's girlfriend of five years Bonnie Cuthbert (pictured below).
A family statement released on a Facebook page dedicated to finding Mr Hunt confirmed the identification saying: "It is with deep regret and sadness that clinical testing has confirmed that the body found in Marica, 25km away from Rio de Janeiro on 8 June 2016... is that of our beloved Rye Duval Hunt.
"Officials from the Australian embassy will now work with the family in Rio to return Rye to Australia."
It is believed Mt Hunt may have taken a psychedelic drug called NBOMe before his disappearance believing it to be MDMA, according to the Independent.
Ms Cuthbert said she had never known of him taking any illegal substances before.
In the family statement, Rye's sister Romany Brodribb said: "We are understandably heart broken. Rye was the youngest member of our family and was known for being loyal, loving, generous, cheeky, and as a brother, totally infuriating! Thinking about life without him is unfathomable. He will be very missed by us all."
And girlfriend Ms Cuthbert said: "I feel so blessed to have shared the last five years with my beautiful 'Big Bear.' We have been so lucky to have found and loved each other so deeply. The love Rye and I shared will remain within both of us, forever."
