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Police have cordoned off parts of Adelaide's CBD where wanted man Rodney Clavell is believed to be hiding.

Fugitive Rodney Clavell, taken from girlfriend Samantha Farrer's Facebook page Source: Supplied

FUGITIVE Rodney Clavell has been found dead following a 13-hour siege.

South Australia's Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Dickson told a media conference police sent a robot into the building he had been in at 12.55pm (SA time) and discovered what was thought to be Clavell's dead body. Shortly later police entered the building and confirmed the death at 1.40pm.

It brought an end to the siege that had paralysed central Adelaide but Asst Commissioner Dickson said it was not the outcome police wanted.

"It didn't work out the way we hoped."

Clavell stayed at the business, an adult services agency called Marilyns Studio, last night but it's not known if he had been there before.

He revealed Clavell had committed other "serious" offences while he had been on the run, including an incident on May 25 in Elizabeth Park in which a woman was assaulted and Clavell was in possession of a shotgun.

Rodney Clavell Siege - Picture Tom Huntley Source: Supplied

Rodney Clavell hostage. Picture Tom Huntley Source: News Corp Australia

Police also believe he had committed other offences over the past 14 days.

While he was found alone and in possession of a firearm police have stopped short of saying he took his own life.

An investigation had begun as it was now considered a death in custody.

The four women that had been in the building had a "harrowing" experience.

"I think we can all say that the four females who were in that premises had a fairly harrowing experience ... All of that information will come out once we've had a chance to talk to these ladies."

It is understood one of the women had previously worked with Clavell.

Police took necessary action to protect the community.

"There's always a risk to the community, when you have a man that we believe was armed.

He was operating out of the normal community's expectations … All of those reasons are the reasons why we acted as we did.

"Mr Clavell was in those premises and there was a firearm within those premises. We have always treated this incident as what we refer to as high risk.

5.6.2014. Scene of King William St siege where wanted fugitive Rodney Clavell has been holding four women against their will.The third hostage is released. Pic tait schmaal. Source: News Corp Australia

Rodney Clavell Siege - Picture Tom Huntley Source: Supplied

Police vehicles that had surrounded the building have now left and traffic is now moving through city streets that had been cordoned off all day.

Asst Commissioner Dickson said they had been communicating with Clavell through a third party.

Officers had asked relatives to speak to Clavell earlier today but at least one is understood to have refused to co-operate.

Earlier, four women emerged from the building where Clavell has been holed up since 1am (1:30am AEST).

In dramatic scenes, the hostages exited the premises with their hands in the air as gun-toting officers escorted them to safety.

One of the women was so distressed on release that she collapsed to the ground.

Police Superintendent Peter Harvey said the women were safe and uninjured. "The last person was visibly upset, and our indications are she's not hurt but very emotional as you can understand," he said.

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Rodney Clavell - Facebook Picture Source: News Corp Australia

Detective Superintendent Peter Harvey briefs the media. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Moments before their release a female police negotiator was seen talking on the phone nearby.

Police had been urging him to give up all day. A negotiator had been heard saying: "It's been a long day, a long night. You may feel a bit down but don't forget, there are people to help you.

The events came after a close associate of Clavell told The Advertiser's Nigel Hunt that the fugitive is armed with a .22 rifle and a cache of ammunition and has vowed to kill police if cornered.

"He thinks they have it in for him, he will take police out,'' she said. "He knows he won't survive this alive today."

Press conference with Paul Dickson after Rodney Clavell was found deceased. Pic. Noelle Bobrige Source: News Corp Australia

Rodney Clavell siege in the city. Source: News Corp Australia

Much of the city has gone into lockdown. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia

Supt Harvey said he was aware of Clavell's previous violent encounter with police and wanted him to know they wouldn't hurt him.

"From Rodney's point of view I know his history and police can sympathise which is why we're trying to be as open as we can.

The council of small business of Australia executive director Peter Strong told Adelaide radio station 5AA that many small businesses in the cordoned off area would be feeling its effects.

Mr Strong said cash was king when it came to small business which would be hit hard by having no cash flow. He urged residents and consumers to help them out with workers including taxi drivers and couriers also affected.

Clavell, 46, was being sought for breaching a firearms prohibition order and illegal use of motor vehicles and has been on the run for the past two weeks.

Supt Harvey used media to appeal directly to Clavell to give himself up and to release the people he had with him.

Picture: Tom Huntley Source: News Corp Australia

Scene of King William St siege where wanted fugitive Rodney Clavell was holed up. Source: News Corp Australia

In the past fortnight, police have conducted more than 80 raids in the hunt for South Australia's most wanted fugitive, but up until now he has evaded capture.

The ex-prison guard first captured headlines back in 2004, when he was shot twice and tasered by police snipers following a massive manhunt in the Adelaide Hills.

He was armed with a shotgun and drove a 12-tonne road grader during the chase, The Advertiser reported. Clavell earned four years in prison for the daring crime.

Just four years later, he was involved in a lengthy riot at Port Augusta prison.

He was acquitted earlier this year of a "brutal and cowardly" attack in which a woman was repeatedly punched in the face with a studded leather glove.

In February, he was found not guilty of aggravated assault causing serious harm to a woman at a Tranmere home in December 2012.

The high-profile fugitive has been the subject of one of Australia's most intense manhunts in recent weeks.

Last month, officers came close to snaring him after he was spotted as a passenger in a rental car, which was later found abandoned in Osmond Street following a short police chase.

Clavell did not hesitate in sending his girlfriend Samantha Farrer Facebook public messages while on the run.

It appears Rodney Clavell commented on the post while on the run. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

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Clavell is being sought for breaching a firearms prohibition and illegal use of motor vehicles. Source: Facebook

Meanwhile more details have emerged about Clavell's former life. Advertiser court reporter Sean Fewster has revealed his dramatic fall from grace.

Once a keen sportsman and boxer he married and had 11 children, two of whom have biblical names.

"He became this right-wing Christian guy but he was always pumping iron," another person remembered.

"As he was doing it he had this look, like he was angry underneath."

One former associate said they believed his first run in with the law, at age 35, was sparked by assaults at work and daily contact with inmates.

— with Debra Killalea and Daniel Piotrowski

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