Body found in a river during search for missing schoolgirl, 16 | UK News
Police searching for a teenage girl who has been missing for eight days have found a body.
Leah Bedford, 16, was last seen by friends on September 20.
Officers searching in York found a body in the River Ouse near the Terry Avenue area at around 1pm today, the Sun reports.
She had previously been seen on CCTV at the edge of the river near Lendal Bridge, and on Monday underwater search officers found a phone used by Leah in the river.
North Yorkshire Police said: ‘Officers carrying out searches of the River Ouse in York recovered a body from the river in the Terry Avenue area at around 1pm.
‘Although formal identification has yet to be carried out, Leah’s next of kin have been informed.
‘Pending the results of a post-mortem, a report will be prepared for the coroner to inform a future inquest.’
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