Gary Tweddle's body formally identified Tragedy: Gary Tweddle. A body recovered from a cliff in the Blue Mountains has been formally identified as Sydney man Gary Tweddle, police said. Blue Mountains rescue officers retrieved the 23-year-old's body from branches on a cliff ledge at Leura on Tuesday afternoon. His girlfriend Anika, 23, and her family made the heartbreaking journey to the Sublime Point Road where Mr Tweddle spent his final moments. Police carried the body to the top of a cliff after abseiling down to retrieve him during a 10-hour operation in tough terrain. He was then lifted with a winch to a Leura oval before he was taken away to be formally identified. An NSW Ambulance rescue helicopter spotted his body during a training exercise about 4pm on Monday afternoon. Mr Tweddle was born in Britain and moved to Australia a few years ago. He and Ms Haigh had been dating for three years and Ms Haigh described her partner as the most fun-loving and caring person she had ever met. My best friend has been taken from me and it's so hard. My heart aches, it hurts, I didn't even know I had these emotions," she said in a previous interview with Fairfax Media. Mystery still surrounds the night Mr Tweddle went missing but police have said previously that he was clearly affected by something. He went back to one of the rooms to continue drinking and then left the room to go down to reception. During the conversation his friends told police it sounded as though he was running and jumping over things. Police said his phone either died or was switched off and no one had heard from him since.