{"id":744119,"date":"2026-06-18T08:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744119\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:55:11","slug":"body-found-on-gold-coast-beach-as-police-work-to-identify-young-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744119\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found on Gold Coast beach as police work to identify young woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A woman\u2019s body has been found on a busy stretch of the <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/gold-coast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gold Coast<\/a> coastline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A member of the public found the young woman deceased in the water at Crystal Beach on Golden Four Dr at Tugun about 11.30am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cPolice received a phone call from members of the public, who had located a female adult that was in the surf and was deceased,\u201d Acting Inspector Peter Venz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThose members of the public managed to pull that deceased person up onto the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Investigators are working to identify the woman and determine how she died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe currently have police full drives down on the beach, patrolling the beach, looking to see if there\u2019s any belongings or towels or anything that could be located on the beach,\u201d Venz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe\u2019ve also had our water police conduct sign mapping, which indicates the tides and the movement of the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police said inquiries remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u2014 More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/police-investigation-underway-after-antisemitic-message-written-on-gold-coast-beach-c-22442629\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Shock as antisemitic message written on popular beach<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/mary-the-tasmanian-devil-undergoes-specialist-treatment-after-going-missing-for-weeks-c-22449173\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Battle not over for Tassie devil after rescue<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman\u2019s body has been found on a busy stretch of the Gold Coast coastline. 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