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Mick Roberts had not made contact with family on Tuesday and on Wednesday and his niece Leah Parson said he had been found dead.
"He's not missing anymore. .sorry but his body has been found in his house..very sad day for us to srart the year but we're a bloody tight family and we will never forget our mate and my beautiful Uncle Mick," Ms Parsons wrote on the East Gippsland fire season 2019-2020 Facebook page.
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