Police this afternoon announced the death was not being treated as suspicious and officers were investigating a possible car accident after the discovery of a hatchback in a dam this morning.
Body found in a car thought to have been submerged in a dam for four months could be that of a missing Geelong man.
Farmers draining a dam on a Werribee South property found the car with the body inside on Monday morning.
Police are investigating whether the vehicle ended up in the water after an accident.
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They believe the dead man could be a 46-year-old from Corio who has been missing since January.
"The death is currently not being treated as suspicious and police are looking at a number of factors, including a possible vehicle collision," a police statement said.
Police have not named the person but in January they issued an appeal to help locate 46-year-old Ismet Toprak after he failed to turn up for work in Werribee South.
His wife last saw the father of four leaving his home in the Geelong suburb of Corio about 4.30am on January 12.
But he failed to arrive for work at a broccoli and cauliflower farm in Werribee South.
In January, police and relatives said it was extremely out of character for Mr Toprak, described as a hard worker and family oriented, not to be in contact with his family and friends.
Mr Toprak's brother Huseyin Toprak flew to Melbourne from Turkey to support the family, who migrated to southwestern Victoria in the late 1990s. Their extended family remains in Turkey.
Police at the time said Mr Ismet Toprak reportedly had been upset by his wife's long battle with cancer but remained committed to his family, and usually called his wife every half hour to check how she was.
It's understood the car was covered in algae, indicating it had been in the dam for some time, and that a section of barbed wire fence had been knocked down near the site.
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