Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Monday, 2nd September 2024, at 12:30hrs
Formal identification is yet to take place but Police believe the body to be that of missing 16-year-old Jonty Evans.
Police confirm that a body found in the River Weaver is believed to be that of a missing 16-year-old boy who went missing on Friday.
Cheshire Police made an appeal to locate the Jonty Evans who had been reported missing from his home in Nantwich.
A search operation went underway, and sadly, a body was recovered from the River Weaver on Sunday afternoon.
Although formal identification has not yet taken place police believe this to be Jonty and his family have been informed.
In an update posted this morning, Cheshire Police said,
“At around 5.13pm on Sunday 1 September, police searching the River Weaver near Riverside, Nantwich, as part of enquiries into the report of a missing teenager, sadly found a body.
While formal ID has not yet taken place, it is believed to be that of the 16-year-old boy who has been missing since 30 August from the Nantwich area.
Next of kin have been informed.
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