"Scott Johnson was found dead at the base of North Head, a sandstone promontory in Manly, Australia, that looms two hundred feet above the craggy shore of the Tasman Sea. A pair of spear fishermen were walking along the water on a humid morning in December, 1988, when they came upon his body, which was naked and badly disfigured. A storm had swept the coast the night before, washing away most of the blood, but seagulls were picking at bits of innards strewn across the rocks."
"One of the men left to call for help; the other waited for the police to arrive and hiked with them to the top of the cliff. Thirty feet from the edge, they spotted a neatly folded pile of clothes and a pair of sneakers stuffed with personal effects, including a rail pass. There were no signs of foul play, and there was no suicide note."
Hamas released the final twenty living Israeli hostages, ushering in ceasefire negotiations likely to be more complex. Decades after a young man's death in Australia, new information has emerged. Scott Johnson was found dead at the base of North Head in Manly in December 1988; his body was naked and badly disfigured. A storm washed away most blood and seagulls scattered innards across the rocks. Clothes and a rail pass were found thirty feet from the cliff edge. Scott, twenty-seven, was an American living in Canberra with his partner Michael Noone; Noone phoned Scott's brother Steve before identifying the body.
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