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Australian Student’s Body Found Near Tamarindo

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OFFICIALS have confirmed that aset of teeth found among the remains of ahuman body in Tamarindo, a beach townin the northwestern province ofGuanacaste, belong to 25-year-oldAustralian Brendan Dobbins, accordingto Luis del Valle of the Judicial Morgue.Dobbins, who was here on anexchange program, disappeared fromTamarindo March 4 (TT, March 18).

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