MYSTERY SURROUNDS DISCOVERY OF LAKE MACQUARIE BODY

PHOTO: Crime scene cordoned off by police. 

Mystery surrounds the discovery of a body in a burnt-out ute at Lake Macquarie.

The grim find was made in remote bushland at Wakefield at around 10:30 this morning.

Police cordoned off Archery Road and established a crime scene.

Officers spent much of the day at the site as part of their investigation, which involved a number of forensic crews and detectives.

The body is yet to be identified.

PHOTO: Archery Road, Wakefield.