Heartbreaking find during search
In March, police began investigating after Jayden Harwood, 20, went missing and launched a public appeal for information.
His mother previously told Nine News that the father-of-two was last seen on Sackville Street on March 1 after staying at his girlfriend's parents' house.
His mother, Alanai-Brie Wallace, said that in her family's final conversation with him, he said that he had been attacked and was trying to get back to his girlfriend's partners' home.
'I need my son back, I need my baby back,' Ms Wallace told Nine News earlier this month.
'I need to know what's happened, why he's not here.'
On Saturday morning, police and SES found a man's body while searching bushland near Ingleburn.
'During the search the remains of a man suspected to be that of the 20-year-old were located,' NSW Police said in a statement.
Police are yet to positively identify the man and are attempting to determine the cause of death.
Police have launched Strike Force Devon to investigate the incident.
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